How to disable CSS in Python Selenium using ChromeDriver using ChromeOptions

To show the page without CSS, to make page loading faster you can disable the Preferences used for storing the default values for the individual content settings using the following solution:

  • Code Block:

    from selenium import webdriver
    
    options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
    prefs = {'profile.default_content_setting_values': {'cookies': 2, 'images': 2, 'javascript': 2, 
                                'plugins': 2, 'popups': 2, 'geolocation': 2, 
                                'notifications': 2, 'auto_select_certificate': 2, 'fullscreen': 2, 
                                'mouselock': 2, 'mixed_script': 2, 'media_stream': 2, 
                                'media_stream_mic': 2, 'media_stream_camera': 2, 'protocol_handlers': 2, 
                                'ppapi_broker': 2, 'automatic_downloads': 2, 'midi_sysex': 2, 
                                'push_messaging': 2, 'ssl_cert_decisions': 2, 'metro_switch_to_desktop': 2, 
                                'protected_media_identifier': 2, 'app_banner': 2, 'site_engagement': 2, 
                                'durable_storage': 2}}
    options.add_experimental_option('prefs', prefs)
    options.add_argument("start-maximized")
    options.add_argument("disable-infobars")
    options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
    driver.get('https://play.google.com/store')
    
  • Browser Snapshot:

Disabling_Preferences_storing_default_values

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