title: Unable to hide “Chrome is being controlled by automated software” infobar within Chrome v76
body: <p>This is not really a new question, nor an answer to the original question, but is rather a request for clarrity since the answer posted to the original question is incomplete, but any request for clarrity gets deleted...</p>
  
  <p>Original post is here... <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57298901/unable-to-hide-chrome-is-being-controlled-by-automated-software-infobar-within">Unable to hide &quot;Chrome is being controlled by automated software&quot; infobar within Chrome v76</a></p>
  
  <p>So, while I understand your original answer, we do not use managed instances of Chrome, and we all run on Windows 10 Home Edition... so, this setting your answer is not an option for us. On the other hand, all of our regression tests are failing now because this stupid banner is in the way of everything. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way a non-IT-Managed user running Windows 10 Home Edition can suppress this banner? </p>
  
  <p>If not, how does Google expect us to continue using Chrome for testing? Any suggestions greatly appreciated... Also, I am using Python, so if you supply code example, please keep that in mind... this is what I am currently doing, and it was working before last week, but not working now...</p>
  
  <pre><code>options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  
  options.add_argument('--start-maximized')
  options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
  options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
  options.add_argument("--disable-automation")
  
  options.add_argument("--log-level=3")
  # options.add_argument('headless')
  options.add_argument('window-size=1920x1012')
  options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"download.prompt_for_download": False})
  options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"plugins.plugins_list": [{"enabled": False, "name": "Chrome PDF Viewer"}]})
  options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"download.default_directory": os.path.abspath(context.BaseResultsDir + '/Downloads/')})
  options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"download.extensions_to_open": "applications/pdf"})
  context.driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)
  </code></pre>