How to disable JavaScript in Chrome Developer Tools?
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I am trying to debug the features of a website when users disable their JavaScript. I was wondering how do you disable JavaScript for a page from the Google Chrome DevTools?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Click the gear icon in the corner of the Developer Tools, click Settings
, then under Debugger
, check Disable Javascript
, as shown in the following video:
Solution 2 - Javascript
Update August 2020
- Developer Tools (F12)
- Click the Gear icon
- Should open the Preference tab
- Disable Javascript option is on the far right
Original answer
- Developer Tools (F12)
- Three vertical dots in upper right
- Settings
- Under the "Preferences" tab on the left
- There will be a "Debugger" section with the option (probably on far right)
Solution 3 - Javascript
Official documentation: Disable JavaScript With Chrome DevTools
There's now a command menu built into DevTools that makes it easier to disable JavaScript. This has been around as of April 2016 or so.
- Open DevTools.
- Press Command+Shift+P (Mac) or Control+Shift+P (Windows, Linux) to open the Command Menu. Make sure that your cursor's focus is on the DevTools window, not your browser viewport.
- Type
Disable JavaScript
(or some version of that... it's a fuzzy search) and then press Enter.
Use the Enable JavaScript
command when you want to turn it back on.
Solution 4 - Javascript
chrome://settings/content
Javascript/Manage Exceptions
Solution 5 - Javascript
This extension makes it faster (I am the author) : Quick Javascript Switcher
It is open source: https://github.com/maximelebreton/quick-javascript-switcher
Solution 6 - Javascript
You can also run Chrome with JavaScript disabled by default by using the flag:
-disable-javascript
You would use this for example by running Chrome like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome" -disable-javascript
Solution 7 - Javascript
The quickest way is problably this one:
- F12 to open the dev console
- ctrl + shift + p to open the command tool (windows)
- Type 'disable javascript' and hit enter
Solution 8 - Javascript
On OSX, I had to click the triple vertical dots, and uncheck a box in the settings section. Which can also be opened with f1
Solution 9 - Javascript
Using only the keyboard at least for Windows 10:
- F12, shows Developer Tools
- F1, shows Settings
- tab, moves to the "Disable Javascript" check box
- space, toggles the option
- esc, hides Settings
Solution 10 - Javascript
On Mac OS X:
- Preferences
- Show advanced settings
- Press the "content settings" button
- Scroll to the "JavaScript" section
- Check the checkbox in front of "Do not allow any site to run JavaScript"
The Chrome Quick JavaScript Switcher extension is a lot easier though :-)
Solution 11 - Javascript
- Go to options (Windows: three vertical dots in the top right) -> Settings, or hit F1.
- In the General section you find "disable JavaScript"
The gear icon is no longer part of developer tools. Since Chome 30.0 it is not even possible to bring it back (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15348919/in-google-chrome-developer-tools-the-toolbar-icons-disappeared-what-gives)
Solution 12 - Javascript
To temporarily block JavaScript on a domain :
- Click on the Button left to the address on the address bar (which says
View site information
) - In the drop-down next to
JavaScript
, selectAlways block on this site
- Reload Page
Solution 13 - Javascript
The fast way:
-
just click on CTRL + SHIFT + P
-
fill the field by the 3 letters dis and will appear this box and select the item Disable Javascript
[![disable javascript][1]][1] [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/vGr2r.png
.
that's all folks!
Solution 14 - Javascript
- Click the ⋮ menu in the corner of the Developer Tools, click Settings
- Click on Advanced at the bottom
- Click on Content Settings
- Click on JavaScript
- Switch off
Solution 15 - Javascript
Full and fast instructions for Chrome browsers (Opera incl.)
The first way
- If Developer Tools aren't open then press F12 key on keyboard to show the Developer Tools. In Opera browser you have to use key combination Ctrl + Shift + i on keyboard to open it.
- To show the settings just press F1 key on keyboard. The Developer Tools window must be focused when you are doing it. Or if you want to open the settings with the mouse then you have to click on
⋮
button in the top right corner of the Developer Tools, then clickSettings
in the menu.
Then you have to scroll down the settings window to bottom and then you will see the checkbox for disabling JavaScript like follows:
Just click on this checkbox and push esc key on keyboard for hide the settings. If you want to enable it then you have to do the same way again.
The second way
- If Developer Tools aren't open then open it like in the first way is described.
- Press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + P (for Windows or Linux) or Cmd (⌘) + Shift + P (for Mac) to open the Command Menu. Be sure that the focus is on the DevTools window.
- Type there "Disable JavaScript" and then press Enter or click it with the mouse. If you want to turn back the enanled JS then open the Command Menu again and type there "Enable JavaScript" and then press Enter or click it with the mouse. You could also write just only "JavaScript" or "Java" there and then choose it with the mouse.
If all this does not work
For some reason it is possible that it does not work. I this case open a new empty site in "Incognito Mode" and do all this there.
The quickest way
In Chrome Web Store or on Opera Addon site you can find and install extensions which do it per one click. Just search "Javascript Switcher"
:
Solution 16 - Javascript
Press F8 for temporarily freezing / unfreezing JS (with DevTools open).
This is very useful for debugging UI issues on elements that may lose focus if you click or press anything outside of that element. (Chrome 71.0.3578.98, Ubuntu 18.10)
Solution 17 - Javascript
Paste it: chrome://settings/content
Go to "Javascript" section and disable it.
Solution 18 - Javascript
Chrome://chrome/settings/Privacy/Content settings/JavaScript
and there you can PASTE your website's URL in Manage exceptions..
and change the JavaScript priority from ALLOW to BLOCK.
Solution 19 - Javascript
This is the latest setting for the windows
Settings > Advanced > Privacy and security > Site Settings > Javascript > Blocked then get switch on and off
Solution 20 - Javascript
good question, i try so many way, but it is curry and boring, until i find shortcut.
- alt + cmd + i, this open dev tools, unless you use pocket, that need set other shortcut.
- shift + cmd + p, then input: javascript
only two shortcut, but i think safari is more convenient for that.