Selenium gives "selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary" on Mac

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Trying to get selenium to work with Python 3 for web scraping purposes:

from selenium import webdriver
chrome_path = r"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_path)

I get the following error message:

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary

A similar question was addressed here, but what is baffling to me is that Chrome is already installed on my system. The other asker apparently didn't have it on their computer. I'm running latest version of Mac OS.

Which version of chrome are you using ? Please attach a screenshot of the version with your question — Tarun Lalwani
– Tarun Lalwani, Commented Sep 3, 2017 at 19:30

Tarun Lalwani · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-03 20:24:02Z

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The issue is that chromedriver also needs to know where chrome is. In your case it is at a non-default path. So you need to specify the complete path to the Google Chrome binary.

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.binary_location = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
chrome_driver_binary = "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, chrome_options=options)

Above code is what you should use

answered Sep 3, 2017 at 20:24

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a-c-sreedhar-reddy Over a year ago

Do not miss that the path does not end with ..../chrome.app The path should include contents/macos/

Berlian Over a year ago

If I code in Google Colab, How to get the binary location?

zero Over a year ago

good day dear Tarun - many thanks: well what can i do if i am facing this issue in google-colab. Well that is a bit special i think: Can i do a workaround there too!? - see my thread here: stackoverflow.com/questions/76401453/… - look forward to hear from you. Regards

EckoTan · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-19 19:24:15Z

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I have met this annoying problem when I am lerning selenium. This is my solution: (MacOS 10.13.4)

uninstall my chrome
use homebrew to install chromedriver: brew cask install chromedriver
use homebrew to install chrome: brew cask install google-chrome

Thanks to homebrew now chrome and chromedriver are installed in the same folder and this problem will be automatically solved.

answered May 19, 2018 at 19:24

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Joseph Over a year ago

In 2021, just brew install google-chrome will do.

zero Over a year ago

goof day dear joseph - many thanks: well what can i do if i am facing this issue in google-colab. Can i do a workaround there too!? - see my thread here: stackoverflow.com/questions/76401453/… - look forward to hear from you. Regards

wjandrea · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-10 17:47:13Z

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If anyone is getting the same error on a linux machine, then you are missing google chrome installation as one of the steps needed for chrome driver to work.

Follow this link to install Google chrome on Linux.

Now, check code

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/usr/bin/chromedriver', options=chrome_options, service_args=['--verbose', '--log-path=/tmp/chromedriver.log'])

For me it worked.

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Max Kleiner · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-17 12:24:27Z

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It is important on Win to set the name of chrome.exe otherwise it fail to create a process (see below):

  from selenium import webdriver
  from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

  options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  options.binary_location = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
  chrome_driver_binary = r"C:/Users/Max/.wdm/chromedriver/75.0.3770.8/win32/chromedriver.exe"
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, chrome_options=options)
  driver.get('http://web.whatsapp.com')

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Failed to create a Chrome process.

For Firefox (download driver https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases):

  options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
  #options.add_argument('-headless')
  #options.binary_location = r"C:\maxbook\maxboxpython\geckodriver-v0.24.0-win64\geckodriver.exe"
  options.binary_location = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
  firefox_driver_binary = r"C:\maxbook\maxboxpython\geckodriver-v0.24.0-win64\\"
  driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_driver_binary, options=options)

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answered Jun 12, 2019 at 15:03

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zero Over a year ago

good evening dear Max - well i wonder how to get this fix included in google-colab!? It is important for me to get a solution in google colab. How to do that!?

Max Kleiner Over a year ago

in colab you can use download as well with wget (with ! at the begin): !wget github.com/maxkleiner/maXbox4/releases/download/V4.2.4.80/… #!sudo apt-get install unzip !unzip maxbox4.zip !ls -l

zero Over a year ago

dear Max - many thanks for the answer and all your hints - i try to get the things up and running - see here: stackoverflow.com/questions/76401453/… - but untill now - still struggle with all my approaches - look forward to hear from yiou. Regards

kamran kausar · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-16 12:12:21Z

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In my case, I install the Chrome browser then it's not throwing an error.

answered Feb 16, 2021 at 12:12

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Ammad Over a year ago

@what command did you use to install the browser?

adrian filipescu · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-28 14:55:15Z

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options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.binary_location = r"<YOUR_CHROME_PATH>\chrome.exe"
chrome_driver_path = r"<PATH_TO_CHROME_DRIVER>\chromedriver.exe>"

browser = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_path, chrome_options=options)

answered Mar 28, 2018 at 14:55

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Kyle Over a year ago

More explanation would be helpful for the OP.

adrian filipescu Over a year ago

@Kyle Mar see bellow please.

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-05 11:16:29Z

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If your chromedriver is located within /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/ directory the following code block should be working for you:

from selenium import webdriver

chrome_path = r'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/chromedriver'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_path)
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')

answered Sep 5, 2017 at 11:16

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zero Over a year ago

well dear undeteched Selenium - many thanks - i am trying to get this solution working for me.

zero Over a year ago

hello dear undetected Selenium - first of all many many thanks for your ciontinued help in all that things: dear u. Selenium: again many thanks for the answer and all your hints - i try to get the things up and running - see here: stackoverflow.com/questions/76401453/… - but untill now - still struggle with all my approaches - look forward to hear from yiou. Regards

Milad Saeedi · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-11 14:46:19Z

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all you need is download latest version of chrome and chromedriver and install it

answered May 11, 2021 at 14:46

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Peter · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-05 21:43:56Z

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This article gives the full breakdown on what is happening. Installing the latest web driver should fix the problem rather than changing the code.

Basically version 85 of chrome was installed in a different location, however this only affected new installations so it wasn't noticeable for most people.

The latest web driver understands about the new location so getting an updated driver is the easiest solution - that is of course unless you specifically need to test an older version.

Location of drivers.

answered May 5, 2021 at 21:43

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Muzammil Jethwa · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-30 23:51:00Z

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I recently solved this issue by simply downloading the Chrome Browser. Download it and to download latest version of chrome driver by using this code

from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())

answered Dec 30, 2022 at 23:51

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Vy Do · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-11 15:06:40Z

Create file main.py has content

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.binary_location = r"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
chrome_driver_binary = r"C:/Users/firerose/Downloads/chromedriver_win32/chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, options=options)
driver.get('https://golangnow.com')

Notice: New keyword is options .

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Makan dianka · Accepted Answer · 2024-09-18 14:00:50Z

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if you are on ubuntu make sure that the chromedriver executable points to the right chromedriver.

in my case I had an error like this: from unknown error: no chrome binary at /usr/bin/chromedriver

while my executable was: /usr/local/bin/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

by deleting the path /usr/bin/chromedriver it worked for me

answered Sep 18, 2024 at 14:00

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anzor davarashvili · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-09 14:19:30Z

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For mac: Note space between Chrome and .app

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.binary_location = "/Applications/Google Chrome .app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
chrome_driver_binary = "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, chrome_options=options)

answered Jan 9, 2023 at 14:19

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