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Reputation: 727

Does --disable-web-security work in Chrome?

I'm trying to do a simple test without changing any server-side code involving a cross-domain AJAX call, and I was wondering if it's possible to use --disable-web-security anymore. It seems to not work on Chrome 28.

I haven't used it since Chrome version 21; has this feature been dropped?

Upvotes: 49

Views: 258608

Answers (12)

Super Jade
Super Jade

Reputation: 6364

Automated solution for Windows 10

  1. Right-click on Chrome icon > right-click Google Chrome > Properties

Windows 10 toolbar > right-click Chrome icon > right-click Google Chrome > Properties

  1. Shortcut > Target > "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="C:\ChromeDevSession"

Shortcut > Target > "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="C:\ChromeDevSession"

Notes:

  • Your file path for chrome.exe may vary.
  • Also, the --user-data-dir flag is required, and its file path may vary. Besides C:\ChromeDevSession, another possible location is ~/chromeTemp
  1. Now Chrome always has its web security disabled :-)

Upvotes: 1

CodeChanger
CodeChanger

Reputation: 8351

Try this :

Windows:

Run below commands in CMD to start a new instance of chrome browser with disabled security

Go to Chrome folder:

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application

Run below command:

chrome.exe --disable-web-security --user-data-dir=c:\my-chrome-data\data

MAC OS:

Run this command in terminal:

open -n -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --args --user-data-dir="/tmp/chrome_dev_sess_1" --disable-web-security

Hope this will help both Windows & Mac users!

Upvotes: 29

CSSian
CSSian

Reputation: 1661

This flag worked for me at v30.0.1599.101 m enter image description here

The warning "You are using an unsupported command-line flag" can be ignored. The flag still works (as of Chrome v86).

Upvotes: 16

Manoj Verma
Manoj Verma

Reputation: 538

just run this command from command prompt and it will launch chrome instance with CORS disabled:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --disable-gpu --user-data-dir=~/chromeTemp

Upvotes: 0

Gajender Singh
Gajender Singh

Reputation: 1313

Open target location of chrome and navigate through cmd type

chrome.exe --disable-web-security --user-data-dir=c:\my\dat

Upvotes: 4

Mirko
Mirko

Reputation: 1042

As you can't run --disable-web-security and a normal chrome in parallel it's probably a good solution to use Opera for --disable-web-security

Here is how to create a launcher for opera on windows. By the way, Opera has the same debugging tools as chrome!

http://www.opera.com/

:: opera-browse-dangerously.bat
cd c:\Program Files\Opera\
launcher.exe --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="c:\opera-dev"

PS: Opera doesn't display any notification when started without web-security

Upvotes: 0

Pritam Banerjee
Pritam Banerjee

Reputation: 18923

The new tag for recent Chrome and Chromium browsers is :

--disable-web-security --user-data-dir=c:\my\data

Upvotes: 44

Zahran
Zahran

Reputation: 439

Just create this batch file and run it on windows. It basically would kill all chrome instances and then would start chrome with disabling security. Save the following script in batch file say ***.bat and double click on it.

TASKKILL /F /IM chrome.exe
start chrome.exe --args --disable-web-security –-allow-file-access-from-files

Upvotes: 3

Zahran
Zahran

Reputation: 439

This should work. You may save the following in a batch file:

TASKKILL /F /IM chrome.exe
start chrome.exe --args --disable-web-security
pause

Upvotes: 11

Nitin Jadhav
Nitin Jadhav

Reputation: 7296

If you want to automate this: Kill chrome from task Manager First. In Windows - Right Click (or Shift+right click, in-case of taskbar) on Chrome Icon. Select Properties. In "Target" text-box, add --disable-web-security flag.

So text in text-box should look like

C:\Users\njadhav\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security

Click Ok and launch chrome.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Drinnan
Peter Drinnan

Reputation: 4532

Check if you have Chrome App Launcher. You can usually see it in your toolbar. It runs as a second instance of chrome, but unlike the browser, it auto-runs so is going to be running whenever you start your PC. Even though it isn't a browser view, it is a chrome instance which is enough to prevent your arguments from taking effect. Go to your task manager and you will probably have to kill 2 chrome processes.

Upvotes: 2

Jason Gotti
Jason Gotti

Reputation: 514

Check your windows task manager and make sure you kill all chrome processes before running the command.

Upvotes: 49

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