google-chrome(1) USER COMMANDS google-chrome(1)
NAME
google-chrome - the web browser from Google
SYNOPSIS
google-chrome [OPTION] [PATH|URL]
DESCRIPTION
See the Google Chrome help center for help on using the browser.
<https://support.google.com/chrome/>
This manpage only describes invocation, environment, and arguments.
OPTIONS
Google Chrome has hundreds of undocumented command-line flags that are
added and removed at the whim of the developers. Here, we document rel-
atively stable flags.
--user-data-dir=DIR
Specifies the directory that user data (your "profile") is kept
in. Defaults to $HOME/.config/google-chrome . Separate in-
stances of Google Chrome must use separate user data directories;
repeated invocations of google-chrome will reuse an existing
process for a given user data directory.
--incognito
Open in incognito mode.
--new-window
If PATH or URL is given, open it in a new window.
--proxy-server=host:port
Specify the HTTP/SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy server to use for requests.
This overrides any environment variables or settings picked via
the options dialog. An individual proxy server is specified us-
ing the format:
[<proxy-scheme>://]<proxy-host>[:<proxy-port>]
Where <proxy-scheme> is the protocol of the proxy server, and is
one of:
"http", "socks", "socks4", "socks5".
If the <proxy-scheme> is omitted, it defaults to "http". Also
note that "socks" is equivalent to "socks5".
Examples:
--proxy-server="foopy:99"
Use the HTTP proxy "foopy:99" to load all URLs.
--proxy-server="socks://foobar:1080"
Use the SOCKS v5 proxy "foobar:1080" to load all URLs.
--proxy-server="socks4://foobar:1080"
Use the SOCKS v4 proxy "foobar:1080" to load all URLs.
--proxy-server="socks5://foobar:66"
Use the SOCKS v5 proxy "foobar:66" to load all URLs.
It is also possible to specify a separate proxy server for dif-
ferent URL types, by prefixing the proxy server specifier with a
URL specifier:
Example:
--proxy-server="https=proxy1:80;http=socks4://baz:1080"
Load https://* URLs using the HTTP proxy "proxy1:80". And
load http://*
URLs using the SOCKS v4 proxy "baz:1080".
--no-proxy-server
Disables the proxy server. Overrides any environment variables
or settings picked via the options dialog.
--proxy-auto-detect
Autodetect proxy configuration. Overrides any environment vari-
ables or settings picked via the options dialog.
--proxy-pac-url=URL
Specify proxy autoconfiguration URL. Overrides any environment
variables or settings picked via the options dialog.
--password-store=<basic|gnome|kwallet>
Set the password store to use. The default is to automatically
detect based on the desktop environment. basic selects the built
in, unencrypted password store. gnome selects Gnome keyring.
kwallet selects (KDE) KWallet. (Note that KWallet may not work
reliably outside KDE.)
--version
Show version information.
As a GTK+ app, Google Chrome also obeys GTK+ command-line flags, such as
--display. See the GTK documentation for more:
<http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-running.html>
<http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/gtk-x11.html>
ENVIRONMENT
Google Chrome obeys the following environment variables:
all_proxy
Shorthand for specifying all of http_proxy, https_proxy,
ftp_proxy
http_proxy, https_proxy, ftp_proxy
The proxy servers used for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. Note: because
Gnome/KDE proxy settings may propagate into these variables in
some terminals, this variable is ignored (in preference for ac-
tual system proxy settings) when running under Gnome or KDE. Use
the command-line flags to set these when you want to force their
values.
auto_proxy
Specify proxy autoconfiguration. Defined and empty autodetects;
otherwise, it should be an autoconfig URL. But see above note
about Gnome/KDE.
SOCKS_SERVER
SOCKS proxy server (defaults to SOCKS v4, also set SOCKS_VER-
SION=5 to use SOCKS v5).
no_proxy
Comma separated list of hosts or patterns to bypass proxying.
FILES
$HOME/.config/google-chrome
Default directory for configuration data.
$HOME/.cache/google-chrome
Default directory for cache data. (Why? See <http://stan-
dards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/> .)
BUGS
Bug tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list
Be sure to do your search within "All Issues" before reporting bugs, and
be sure to pick the "Defect on Linux" template when filing a new one.
AUTHOR
The Chromium team - <http://www.chromium.org>
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