Hide/Silence ChromeDriver window

Question

When I launch Selenium's WebDriver (Chromedriver). A console window (chromedriver.exe) runs and it opens Chrome. I need to know how I can hide those like a silent mode because I get messy when there are too many open. I am using C#.

Answer 1

As of Chrome 59, you can now also hide the chrome browser window by using headless mode:

options.AddArgument("headless");

and in combination with:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

it runs in complete silence.

Answer 2

To my knowledge it's not possible to hide the browser. However, you can hide the console and set the browser offscreen:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

var options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--window-position=-32000,-32000");

var driver = new ChromeDriver(service, options);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.co.uk");