Disable-web-security in Chrome 48+

Question

I have a problem with the --disable-web-security flag. It is not working in Chrome 48 and Chrome 49 beta on Windows.

I've tried killing all of the instances, reboot and run Chrome with the flag first of all, tried different machines as well. In the beta I can see the warning popup ("You are using unsupported flag.."), but CORS is still being enforced. Public version seems to ignore the flag completely.

There seems to be no news or people reports about that, so it might be a local issue. Will be grateful for help or any related info.

Answer 1

On OS X, to open a new Chrome window - without having to close the already open windows first - pass in the additional -n flag. Make sure to specify empty string for data-dir (necessary for newer versions of Chrome, like v50 something+).

open -na /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/ --args --disable-web-security --user-data-dir=""

I found that using Chrome 60+ on Mac OS X Sierra, the above command no longer worked, but a slight modification does:

open -n -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --args --user-data-dir="/tmp/chrome_dev_sess_1" --disable-web-security

The data directory path is important. Even if you're standing in your home directory when issuing the command, you can't simply refer to a local directory. It needs to be an absolute path.

Answer 2

The chosen answer is good, but for those who are still struggling with what they are talking about(your first time dealing with this issue), the following worked for me.

I created a new shortcut to Chrome on my desktop, right clicked it, and set the "Target" field to the following,

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="c:/chromedev"

The directory can be anything you want, I decided to make an empty folder called chrome dev in my C: directory. It has nothing to do where chrome is installed on your computer. It's just a fluff type thing.

This link also has clear directions for other OSes. How to disable web securityin Chrome

Answer 3

Install This Chrome-plugin for Disable-web-security in Chrome::

" Allow-Control-Allow-Origin: * " link Here or you can google above plugin if you want.

it is very easy to enable and disable the security with this plugin.