How do I disable Javascript in Chrome?
8 Answers
Click on the address bar —yea the "omnibox", if you prefer a cooler name— and type chrome://settings/content
.
(Alternatively, go Settings
and type “javascript” into the search box.)
You can disable JavaScript by selecting “Do not allow any site to run JavaScript”:
It autosaves; you don't have to click Done or anything else.
Indeed, we don't even need a mouse to disable JavaScript and get back to the current page:
CtrlT
chrome:settings
Enterjavascript
Tab EnterTab x 6, ▼
Lastly, CtrlW to close
Settings
.
should take about 5 seconds.
Another way:
Quick Javascript Switcher, a Chrome extension for quickly enabling / disabling Javascript) :
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The only problem with this solution is that QJS breaks certain CSS3 styles and properties, such as transitions. Jan 13, 2016 at 19:16
via http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5e291648113cc731&hl=en:
To disable JS on Windows, find your Google Chrome shortcut (say, on your desktop or somewhere similar). Right-click it, and go to Properties. In the "Target:" field, put "-disable-javascript" after the quotation marks.
Any better ways?
There are two built-in methods to disable Javascript in Chrome:
- in Chrome settings
- in Chrome developer tools
Chrome settings method
- open Chrome settings
- click content settings button under Privacy (see picture)
- select the option to disable javascript
Chrome developer tools method
- open dev tools (cmd + option + i in OS X)
- click the gear icon (red box below)
- click the disable javascript option (second down as of writing)
Yet another way to do this that might be easier:
Pull up the Chrome Console, and click on the settings icon in the lower-right. At the top in "General" is the option to disable Javascript - along with lots of other easier-to-access goodies.
I'm still using NotScripts, because it blocks more than just JavaScript, allows for both temporary and permanent exceptions, and it actually has a decent UI (unlike Chrome's built-in functionality).