Does --disable-web-security Work In Chrome Anymore?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

The new tag for recent Chrome and Chromium browsers is :

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

Answer 3

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!

Answer 4

This flag worked for me at v30.0.1599.101 m

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

Open target location of chrome and navigate through cmd type

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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

Answer 10

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.

Answer 11

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