How do I disable Javascript in Chrome?

Click on the address bar —yea the "omnibox", if you prefer a cooler name— and type chrome://settings/content.

(Alternatively, go Settings and type “javascript” into the search box.)

You can disable JavaScript by selecting “Do not allow any site to run JavaScript”:

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It autosaves; you don't have to click Done or anything else.

Indeed, we don't even need a mouse to disable JavaScript and get back to the current page:

  1. CtrlT

  2. chrome:settings Enter

  3. javascript Tab Enter

  4. Tab x 6,

  5. Lastly, CtrlW to close Settings.

should take about 5 seconds.


Another way:

Quick Javascript Switcher, a Chrome extension for quickly enabling / disabling Javascript) :

  • Chrome webstore: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/geddoclleiomckbhadiaipdggiiccfje
  • Github: https://github.com/maximelebreton/quick-javascript-switcher

Open Developer tools (Ctrl+Shift+I or F12) -> Preferences (F1) -> Section Debugger -> Disable JavaScript Screenshot