Load Chrome Profile using Selenium WebDriver using java

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I'm having some troubles getting Selenium loading a chrome profile.

String pathToChrome = "driver/chromedriver.exe";
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", pathToChrome);

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
String chromeProfile = "C:\\Users\\Tiuz\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default";
ArrayList<String> switches = new ArrayList<String>();
switches.add("--user-data-dir=" + chromeProfile);
capabilities.setCapability("chrome.switches", switches);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");

It starts great and works perfect, but I want to get the default profile loaded because I want to test it with some Extensions enabled and some preferences tested.

Does anybody has an idea why this code isn't working?

I've tested it with Selenium 2.29.1 and 2.28.0 with chromedriver 26.0.1383.0 on windows 7 x64.

Hi, could you direct me to a tutorial, on how to do this - how to add chrome profiles your your driver? many thanks! — snikt
– snikt, Commented Jul 30, 2018 at 15:57

JasonG · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-25 19:11:04Z

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This is an old question, but I was still having a problem getting it to work so I did some more research to understand what was happening. The answer from @PrashanthSams is correct, but I was incorrectly adding \Default to the end of the profile path

I found that Chrome appends \Default to the profile path specified in the user-data-dir. So if your profile path is specified as:

user-data-dir=C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\

it will append \Default and you will end up at:

C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Default

which is not the same as the profile that you would get if you opened chrome under that user profile normally.

You can also verify your settings if you open a command prompt, navigate to the chrome executable directory, and run chrome with the options specified similar to this:

chrome.exe --user-data-dir="C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data"

Finally, you can go to a new tab in Chrome and browse to chrome://version/ you will see the actual profile that is being used. It will be listed like:

Profile Path C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

answered Jan 25, 2016 at 19:11

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Glen Pierce Over a year ago

To select a different profile, say Profile 1, use options.addArguments("profile-directory=Profile 1");

snikt Over a year ago

Hi, could you direct me to a tutorial, on how to do this - how to add chrome profiles your your driver? many thanks!

Prashanth Sams · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30 12:20:43Z

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These combinations did trick for me :)

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("user-data-dir=C:/Users/user_name/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

edited Oct 30, 2013 at 12:20

answered Mar 7, 2013 at 11:46

Prashanth Sams

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singe3 Over a year ago

Doesn't work for me, it continues to start with a new clean session

Ajmal Moideen Over a year ago

This solution didn't work for me either. ` options = webdriver.EdgeOptions() options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\user_name\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Edge\\User Data") driver = webdriver.Edge(options=options) driver.maximize_window()`

Gaël J · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-16 16:03:21Z

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You should try this

op.addArgument("--user-data-dir=C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/");

op.addArgument("--profile-directory=Profile 2");

edited May 16, 2021 at 16:03

Gaël J

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answered Dec 4, 2019 at 16:06

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Thiago Gomes da Silva · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-27 21:43:13Z

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Path where Chrome stores the profiles on Linux.

String chromeProfilePath = "/home/(user)/.config/google-chrome/Profile3/";

Creating ChromeOptions object, desabling the extensions and adding the profile I want to use by ".addArguments".

ChromeOptions chromeProfile = new ChromeOptions();
chromeProfile.addArguments("chrome.switches", "--disable-extensions");
chromeProfile.addArguments("user-data-dir=" + chromeProfilePath);

As said above by JasonG, after this point Google-Chrome will append \Default to the String you've provided.

There is a "/Default" folder inside "/Profile3" directory, so what I did was...

I copied the content of "/Profile3" to the "/Default" folder.

Set the Browser System Properties and Path as you usually do, call the constructor that receives a ChromeOption and it will work fine.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeProfile);

answered Mar 27, 2017 at 21:43

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ImtiazeA Over a year ago

This one is working for me! Thanks, Thiago and JasonG! I tried renaming my existing profile "Profile 6" to "selenium" and copied the contents of "Profile 6" under "selenium\Default" on Windows 10 and it worked.

GalAbra Over a year ago

On Mac I've used String chromeProfilePath = "/Users/<User Name>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome";

user2686009 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-15 13:30:35Z

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I copied default profile to any other folder and then I do connect to this copy

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--user-data-dir=C:\\AnyFolder");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

So it uses default profile

answered Aug 15, 2013 at 13:30

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Nobal · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-19 14:15:02Z

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I tried in windows and following code works for me:

String userProfile= "C:\\Users\\user_name\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default\\";
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("user-data-dir="+userProfile);
options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");

How to know whether it is working ?
One way to know is to run the program twice without killing previous instance of the chrome. If the profile is valid, you'll see the second instance "as a new tab" in the first browser window. If it is not working, you get the second instance "as a new browser window".

answered Sep 19, 2013 at 14:15

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logbasex · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-12 17:37:50Z

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None of these above solutions works for me. And after several hours tirelessly research and trying, I already found out this solution

        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver");
        ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
        chromeOptions.addArguments("--start-maximized");
        //chrome://version/
        
        chromeOptions.addArguments("--user-data-dir=/home/{username}/.config/google-chrome");
        //load default profile
        chromeOptions.addArguments("--profile-directory=Default");

answered Oct 12, 2021 at 17:37

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tmacblane · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-05 20:41:30Z

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According to the ChromeDriver wiki, this is a known issue and is currently not possible.

https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver

answered Mar 5, 2013 at 20:41

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