Chrome driver 2.28: "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" notification. Can it be removed?

Question

I have just updated my project with the latest chrome driver (2.28). When I run the browser through the driver, a yellow notification pops under the URL bar, saying "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software". Is there any way to configure Chrome not to show this notification?

I used this code to start the driver:

    ChromeOptions cOptions = new ChromeOptions();
    cOptions.addArguments("test-type");
    cOptions.addArguments("start-maximized");
    cOptions.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc");  
    cOptions.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info"); 
    cOptions.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
    cOptions.addArguments("--disable-default-apps"); 
    driver = new ChromeDriver(cOptions);

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Answer 1

Just in case someone sees that post , I added :

cOptions.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Arrays.asList("enable-automation"));

And it caused the driver to crash when calling:

driver().manage().window().maximize();

So I had to remove it. Anyway , Adding :

options.addArguments("disable-infobars");

solved the original issue. Thank you all for your help.

Answer 2

Solution for Python 3:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = path_to_chromedriver,chrome_options=chrome_options)

Answer 3

You can use

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));

Also, it's better to use Collections.singletonList instead of Arrays.asList since we are passing in a single argument to excludeSwitches.

Disabling the infobar using --disable-infobars flag will suppress other useful information in the future and is not recommended as @michaeldurrant suggested.

Answer 4

I've managed to do it by passing the "disable-infobars" argument:

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

Answer 5

The infobar was added in the most recent Chrome update:

Add an infobar if a session is being controlled by an automated test.

This infobar is only displayed if the browser is launched with the --enable-automation switch. It also disables the developer mode extensions warning bubble.

To disable it, remove the switch like so:

ChromeOptions cOptions = new ChromeOptions();
cOptions.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Arrays.asList("enable-automation"));
_driver = new ChromeDriver(cOptions);

Answer 6

ChromeOptions option = new ChromeOptions();
option.AddArguments("disable-infobars");
driver = new ChromeDriver(option);

Answer 7

Here is a solution for Ruby with Capybara:

Capybara.register_driver :selenium_chrome do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome, args: ["--disable-infobars"])
end

Answer 8

In chrome 57+ and chromedriver 2.28, the execution was not starting when driver.manage().window().maximize(); is used

Solution:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("-incognito");
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();    
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver webDriver = new <strike>ChromeDriver</strike>(capabilities);//Capabilities is deprecated in latest version 

Don't Use driver.manage().window().maximize();

Answer 9

Thanks , I added :

options.addArguments("disable-infobars"); 

I also added :

cOptions.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Arrays.asList("enable-automation"));

Just to make sure nothing pops in the future. It looks like the problem has been solved.

Answer 10

I tried using :

ChromeOptions option = new ChromeOptions();
option.AddArguments("disable-infobars");
driver = new ChromeDriver(browserFolder);

it did not dismiss the pop-up. I'm using selenium webdriver with C#.