Run chrome browser in inconginto Mode in Selenium

Question

I want to run chrome in incongito mode through selenium. I googled enough for it and found how to run chrome directly in incongito mode with the help of this link:

1. Right click on the shortcut of Google Chrome and select "Properties".
2. On "Shortcut" tab on the "Target" field add an –incognito to the end of program path. So in the "Target" field you should have "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" –incognito

but I didn't get how to run this in selenium.

Substandard

Answer 1

One other way to launch chrome in incognito mode is to add argument "-incognito" like following:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--incognito");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);

This solution works for me.

Substandard

Note latest version of selenium for python v3.141.0 uses ChromeOptions.add_argument() rather than addArguments(). – Farmer

Answer 2

According to the ChromeDriver wiki you can pass parameters to the executable like this:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setCapability("chrome.switches", Arrays.asList("--incognito"));
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);

So passing the paremeter --incognito should do the trick.

Merchandise

Thanks for your answer buddy,but is there any way we can do this in Selenium RC.I am using this version. – Substandard

According to [the api docs of DefaultSelenium](cloudtesting.com/selenium-docs/1.0.1/…, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)) it is possible to pass a full startup command to the constructor; so rather than calling new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 8080, "*googlechrome", "http://www.stackoverflow.com") you could try new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 8080, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -incognito", "http://www.stackoverflow.com") (or similar) – Merchandise

Answer 3

The code below will open the browser in incognito mode using selinium. Assuming selenium is setup in your eclipse:

public WebDriver chromedriver;
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--incognito");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver chromedriver=new ChromeDriver(capabilities);

Raeraeann

Answer 4

When you use Selenium.WebDriver3.14.0 with ChromeDriver 81 bellow code should work.

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--incognito");

Driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Sabir

Answer 5

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--incognito")

caps = options.to_capabilities()

browser = webdriver.Chrome(desired_capabilities=caps)
browser.get('https://amazon.in')

browser.quit()

Chrysler

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Answer 6

    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path for chromedriver.exe");
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.addArguments("incognito");
    DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
    cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
    driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);
    driver.get("webpage URL");  

Biles

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Answer 7

IN selenium 4.6 DesiredCapabilities was depreciated so we can use ChromeOptions, try the below 3 step code.

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--incognito");
this.driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Side

Answer 8

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path for chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("incognito");
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);
driver.get("https://google.com");

Whitton

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Answer 9

from selenium import webdriver
baseUrl = ""
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--incognito")
capability = options.to_capabilities()
driver = webdriver.Chrome(desired_capabilities=capability)
driver.get(baseUrl)

Openwork

Answer 10

use --incognito

Forces Incognito mode even if user data directory is specified using the --user-data-dir switch.

https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#incognito

Mosa

Provide the complete code solution – Soteriology