disable-infobars argument unable to hide the infobar with the message "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" with ChromeDriver v2.36

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I just updated ChromeDriver to newest version - 2.36. In previous versions I've set:

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.addArguments("disable-infobars");

and the "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" warning bar wasn't displayed. With the same option set, I'm keep seeing it. Do you know how to disable this from appearing in the newest ChromeDriver? Thanks in advance

Looks like people have the same problem on official Chrome Driver 2.36 Google thread. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromedriver-users/Tf3vzBMEzHg — Karol Majewski, Mar 08 '18 at 10:47

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '18 at 13:33

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disable-infobars flag has been removed in latest Chrome => https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/d869ab3350d8ebd95222b4a47adf87ce3d3214b1

answered Mar 08 '18 at 13:33

Tomek Brek

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Any replacement? – Karol Majewski Mar 08 '18 at 20:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 14 '19 at 04:38

I was able to get rid of the message by adding the following...

    chromeOptions.AddExcludedArgument("enable-automation")

This in turn causes a popup in Chrome titled "Disable developer mode extensions". I am able to close this popup in VB.NET by calling CloseChromeDialogDisableDeveloperModeExtensions() method below at the appropriate time(s).

I hope this helps!

    Private Declare Auto Function FindWindow Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SendMessageA" (hWnd As IntPtr, wMsg As Int32, wParam As Int32, lParam As String) As Int32

    Private Sub CloseChromeDialogDisableDeveloperModeExtensions()
        Try
            Const WM_CLOSE As Integer = 16
            Dim popupHandle As IntPtr = FindWindow("Chrome_WidgetWin_1", "Disable developer mode extensions")

            If popupHandle <> New IntPtr(0) Then
                SendMessage(popupHandle, WM_CLOSE, 0, Nothing)
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            'swallow exception
        End Try
    End Sub

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 07:34

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disable-infobars flag has been removed but you can get rid of the message by adding the following:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches",Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));    
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

This work for me and I hope works for you too.

answered Mar 21 '18 at 07:34

Abhishek Dhoundiyal

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Thanks. It helped. Can you eleborate on what those experimentalOptions acctuly do? – Karol Majewski Mar 21 '18 at 10:29
This worked for me with Chrome v76 and ChromeDriver v76.0.3809.68. – Andre Aug 05 '19 at 12:28

undetected Selenium · Answer 4 · 2019-03-02T11:40:13.710

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You saw it right.

Passing the argument disable-infobars no more suppresses the infobar with text as Chrome is being controlled by automated test software with ChromeDriver v2.36.

As per https://crrev.com/528386 the flag --disable-infobars was removed on Wed Jan 10 19:44:29 2018 as this flag is no longer needed by the perf testing infrastructure and can be misused for malicious purposes, so remove it.

Remove --disable-infobars.

This flag is no longer needed by the perf testing infrastructure and can be
misused for malicious purposes, so remove it.

BUG=none
TEST=none

This change landed with ChromeDriver v2.36 on 2018-03-02 which supported Chrome v63-65. Hence while using ChromeDriver v2.36 the infobar is no more getting supressed.

But as per Infobars cannot be disabled - breaks coordinate assumptions in Selenium tests the --disable-infobars was back on Mar 20 2018.

Solution

With ChromeDriver v2.36 if you are unable to supress the infobar with text as Chrome is being controlled by automated test software, you need to upgrade to ChromeDriver v2.38 of 2018-04-17 which supported Chrome v65-67

edited Mar 02 '19 at 11:40

answered Mar 08 '18 at 09:50

undetected Selenium

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Unfortunately it didn't help. Thanks for trying, though. – Karol Majewski Mar 08 '18 at 09:53
I tried that now on chrome version 64 and your solution worked, after update chrome to version 65 it stopped working. Maybe we should wait for newer version of chromedriver. – Pivoman Mar 08 '18 at 10:32
This topic relates to Chrome Driver version 2.36. This is the newest, not 2.35. Chrome v65. – Karol Majewski Mar 08 '18 at 10:42
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@KarolMajewski For the time being I would avoid commenting on _ChromeDriver v2.36_. ChromeDriver v2.36 was in alpha/beta for a bit longer wrt the previous releases. So I am a bit skeptical and would advise you the stable _ChromeDriver v2.35_. – undetected Selenium Mar 08 '18 at 10:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '18 at 09:51

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New version of ChromeDriver has been released - 2.37. It again supports:

options.addArguments("disable-infobars");

answered Mar 28 '18 at 09:51

Karol Majewski

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 09:51

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Use this code. It works fine

`ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); 
        options.addArguments("disable-infobars"); 
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);`

answered Mar 20 '18 at 09:51

Walter Fernandes

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Depends on the chromedriver version number. – shlgug Aug 13 '19 at 20:00

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 07 '20 at 15:06

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A latest working example in Java:

options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);

Tested in Chrome Version 80

edited Mar 07 '20 at 15:06

mhrabiee

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answered Mar 07 '20 at 12:12

Mahbub shaun

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 16 '20 at 13:34

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Streamlined solution:

options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", new String[]{"enable-automation"});

answered Dec 16 '20 at 13:34

arquillos

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disable-infobars argument unable to hide the infobar with the message "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" with ChromeDriver v2.36

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