Chrome Flags Reference

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

--utility

What does --utility do?

Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --utility using CLI

chrome --utility

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --utility using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --utility using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --utility using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--utility')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK