Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--user-gesture-required

What does --user-gesture-required do?

Autoplay policy to require a user gesture in order to play.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --user-gesture-required using CLI

chrome --user-gesture-required

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --user-gesture-required using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--user-gesture-required']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --user-gesture-required using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--user-gesture-required']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --user-gesture-required using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--user-gesture-required')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)