How to delete the cookie consent popup element from the webpage using Selenium

Question

So, I'm trying to create a Script that opens a Google Chrome page and search "LMFAO", for example. Only a problem: Cookies. I want to learn how to delete a specific element from a webpage, in this case the Cookies Pop-up of youtube.

Here's the actual script.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://youtube.com')

time.sleep(8)

driver.execute_script("""
   const ll = document.getElementById("dialog")[0];
   ll.remove();
""")

searchbox = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="search"]')
searchbox.send_keys('LMFAO')

Cookie Popup snapshot:

Here

For the undetected Selenium Comment, here's the button html:

<tp-yt-paper-button id="button" class="style-scope ytd-button-renderer style-primary size-default" role="button" tabindex="0" animated="" elevation="0" aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Agree to the use of cookies and other data for the purposes described"><!--css-build:shady--><yt-formatted-string id="text" class="style-scope ytd-button-renderer style-primary size-default">I Agree</yt-formatted-string><paper-ripple class="style-scope tp-yt-paper-button"><!--css-build:shady-->
    

    <div id="background" class="style-scope paper-ripple"></div>
    <div id="waves" class="style-scope paper-ripple"></div>
</paper-ripple></tp-yt-paper-button>

_how to delete a specific element_: Which element are you trying to delete? — undetected Selenium, Apr 09 '22 at 21:51
The dialog box of youtube cookies, when you open it in a new chrome non-identified session. — heytch_ official, Apr 09 '22 at 22:03
I don't really encounter the cookies dialog opening new chrome non-identified session. Can you help me with a snapshot please? — undetected Selenium, Apr 09 '22 at 22:05
Ok, I've edited the post mentioning you, I added a picture. That box includes all. — heytch_ official, Apr 09 '22 at 22:08
Seems non English text. Can you update the question with the HTML of the **ACCETTO** button? — undetected Selenium, Apr 09 '22 at 22:10

undetected Selenium · Answer 1 · 2022-04-09T22:54:10.173

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You don't have to delete the cookie consent popup and can simply click on I AGREE.

To click on the element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "tp-yt-paper-button[aria-label='Agree to the use of cookies and other data for the purposes described'] yt-formatted-string.style-scope.ytd-button-renderer.style-primary.size-default#text"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//tp-yt-paper-button[@aria-label='Agree to the use of cookies and other data for the purposes described']//yt-formatted-string[@class='style-scope ytd-button-renderer style-primary size-default' and text()='I Agree']"))).click()

Note: You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

edited Apr 09 '22 at 22:54

answered Apr 09 '22 at 22:28

undetected Selenium

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Did either of the solution work for you? – undetected Selenium Apr 09 '22 at 22:30
Here's the string error. ``` File "C:\Users\highm\Desktop\PYTHON FILES\Searchmemes\searchmemes.py", line 13, in WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[contains(., 'I AGREE')]"))).click() File "C:\Users\highm\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\wait.py", line 89, in until raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: Stacktrace: Backtrace: ``` – heytch_ official Apr 09 '22 at 22:32
Try the second option. – undetected Selenium Apr 09 '22 at 22:33
Ok, another type of error: "selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable: element has zero size" – heytch_ official Apr 09 '22 at 22:35
Hmmm, for any further suggestion I'd need to see the text based HTML of the element. Can you update the question please? – undetected Selenium Apr 09 '22 at 22:37
Ok, I've uploaded the button HTML. If You were talking about something else, tell me. – heytch_ official Apr 09 '22 at 22:42
Checkout the updated answer and let me know the status. – undetected Selenium Apr 09 '22 at 22:54
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It worked! I've used the CSS Selector method. Thank You for this much support! – heytch_ official Apr 09 '22 at 22:57

How to delete the cookie consent popup element from the webpage using Selenium

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