Chrome disable SSL checking for sites?

Question

I'm getting this warning for visiting non https site as https

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Tried this to disable it by adding that command to shortcut target, but it doesnt work.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests

Is there any possible method to disable ssl check for websites ?

Disabling the certificate check destroys the security of SSL. Don't do that. — SLaks, Oct 15 '14 at 17:28
I know, but need to do it for our project before it will be published. — user198989, Oct 15 '14 at 17:29
Also see [Why am I suddenly getting a “Blocked loading mixed active content” issue in Firefox?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/18251128/608639). [Mixed content causes specific browser behavior](http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-mixed-content-20140722/) per the W3C. — jww, Oct 15 '14 at 18:15

score 73 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 12 '20 at 07:35

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To disable the errors windows related with certificates you can start Chrome from console and use this option: --ignore-certificate-errors.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --ignore-certificate-errors

You should use it for testing purposes. A more complete list of options is here: http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

edited Feb 12 '20 at 07:35

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answered Jul 24 '15 at 14:36

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Link to launching Chrome in OSX: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13146125/how-can-i-launch-chrome-with-flags-from-command-line-more-concisely – i_a May 03 '16 at 23:30
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doesn't help in Chrome Version 53.0.2785.116 – Alexeev Valeriy Sep 29 '16 at 08:57
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Works! But doble check all your chrome windows / tabs are closed before running!! ... Or it will not work – gtamborero Mar 17 '18 at 17:36
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If you also add: `--user-data-dir="%TEMP%"` (or any other dir), you don't need to close other chrome instances to make it work. – José Antonio Postigo Aug 27 '20 at 08:04
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I am getting NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H15) and Chrome Version 86.0.4240.183 (Official Build) (x86_64). Above solution does not help. – Gopal Bairwa Nov 10 '20 at 16:52
Also works for Opera browser! – StormsEngineering Mar 01 '21 at 22:30
Thanks @JoséAntonioPostigo ! I was having trouble to listed to online radio where only the certificate used by the stream was invalid and your solution works! – GuiRitter May 09 '21 at 02:12

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 14 '18 at 07:12

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Mac Users please execute the below command from terminal to disable the certificate warning.

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --ignore-certificate-errors --ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests &> /dev/null

Note that this will also have Google Chrome mark all HTTPS sites as insecure in the URL bar.

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answered Oct 12 '17 at 06:22

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this works, but the spaces are not escaped in your answer use this `/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --ignore-certificate-errors` – santiago arizti Mar 07 '18 at 19:41
this should be ```open -a Google\ Chrome --args --ignore-certificate-errors --ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests``` – Antwan van Houdt Mar 04 '19 at 04:01
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Thanks! `--ignore-certificate-errors --ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests` also seems to be working on Ubuntu. – Christian Baumann Apr 15 '19 at 06:55
These errors are there for a reason... Globally disabling them seems like a really bad idea... – Sancarn Apr 04 '21 at 10:30
Working on Chrome 92 on Windows 10 20H2. Altough Chrome warns "this is a bad idea", broken HTTPS sites can be displayed. – SonicARG Aug 04 '21 at 23:39

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 04 '17 at 14:48

In my case I was developing an ASP.Net MVC5 web app and the certificate errors on my local dev machine (IISExpress certificate) started becoming a practical concern once I started working with service workers. Chrome simply wouldn't register my service worker because of the certificate error.

I did, however, notice that during my automated Selenium browser tests, Chrome seem to just "ignore" all these kinds of problems (e.g. the warning page about an insecure site), so I asked myself the question: How is Selenium starting Chrome for running its tests, and might it also solve the service worker problem?

Using Process Explorer on Windows, I was able to find out the command-line arguments with which Selenium is starting Chrome:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-background-networking --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-default-apps --disable-hang-monitor --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-sync --disable-web-resources --enable-automation --enable-logging --force-fieldtrials=SiteIsolationExtensions/Control --ignore-certificate-errors --log-level=0 --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --password-store=basic --remote-debugging-port=12207 --safebrowsing-disable-auto-update --test-type=webdriver --use-mock-keychain --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Sam\AppData\Local\Temp\some-non-existent-directory" data:,

There are a bunch of parameters here that I didn't end up doing necessity-testing for, but if I run Chrome this way, my service worker registers and works as expected.

The only one that does seem to make a difference is the --user-data-dir parameter, which to make things work can be set to a non-existent directory (things won't work if you don't provide the parameter).

Hope that helps someone else with a similar problem. I'm using Chrome 60.0.3112.90.

Seems like the `--ignore-certificate-errors` flag might also be a relevant one. — computergorl, Apr 09 '19 at 21:54

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