<input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="554d87a88e" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/3180" /><input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="554d87a88e" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/blog/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/3180" />{"id":3180,"date":"2015-03-02T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T00:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2015-03-02T11:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T00:42:02","slug":"how-to-disable-chrome-developer-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/02\/how-to-disable-chrome-developer-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable Chrome developer tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0--><p>If you&#8217;re intending to use Chrome kiosk mode (read <a title=\"How to setup Chrome Kiosk Mode\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/chrome-kiosk-mode\/\">this article<\/a> on how to achieve this) then it&#8217;s a must to disable the Chrome Developer tool as this is not disabled by default in Chrome.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the Chrome Developer tool?<\/h2>\n<p>This is a useful built in tool in Chrome used by developer to debug, troubleshoot webpage issues. If you want to use this feature all you have to do is press F12 or Control &#8211; Shift &#8211; J or click on the Settings Icon at the top right hand corner (3 lines) then more tools and then select developer tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools.jpg?strip=all&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3186\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools-319x666.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Chrome Developer tools\" width=\"319\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools-319x666.jpg?strip=all 319w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools.jpg?strip=all&amp;zoom=0.2&amp;resize=319%2C666 63w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools.jpg?strip=all&amp;zoom=0.4&amp;resize=319%2C666 127w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools.jpg?strip=all&amp;zoom=0.6&amp;resize=319%2C666 191w, https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Chrome-Developer-tools.jpg?strip=all&amp;zoom=0.8&amp;resize=319%2C666 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<h2>How do I disable this feature?<\/h2>\n<p>To disable this feature when using Chrome \u00a0Kiosk Mode all you have to do is add the following lines in your Chrome Preferences file.<\/p>\n<p>Edit the file \u00a0C:\\users\\[your users account]\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default\\Preferences<\/p>\n<p>Find the section with devtools and add the line &#8220;disabled&#8221;:true,<\/p>\n<p>See below for example<\/p>\n<div id=\"wpshdo_1\" class=\"wp-synhighlighter-outer\"><div id=\"wpshdt_1\" class=\"wp-synhighlighter-expanded\"><table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td align=\"left\" width=\"80%\"><a name=\"#codesyntax_1\"><\/a><a id=\"wpshat_1\" class=\"wp-synhighlighter-title\" href=\"#codesyntax_1\"  onClick=\"javascript:wpsh_toggleBlock(1)\" title=\"Click to show\/hide code block\">Source code<\/a><\/td><td align=\"right\"><a href=\"#codesyntax_1\" onClick=\"javascript:wpsh_code(1)\" title=\"Show code only\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" style=\"border: 0 none\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-synhighlight\/themes\/default\/images\/code.png?strip=all&w=960\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"#codesyntax_1\" onClick=\"javascript:wpsh_print(1)\" title=\"Print code\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" style=\"border: 0 none\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-synhighlight\/themes\/default\/images\/printer.png?strip=all&w=960\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-synhighlight\/About.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Show plugin information\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" style=\"border: 0 none\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.businesslegions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-synhighlight\/themes\/default\/images\/info.gif?strip=all&w=960\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><div id=\"wpshdi_1\" class=\"wp-synhighlighter-inner\" style=\"display: block;\"><pre class=\"php\" style=\"font-family:monospace;\"><span class=\"st0\">&quot;devtools&quot;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">:<\/span> <span class=\"br0\">&#123;<\/span>\n<span class=\"st0\">&quot;dock_side&quot;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">:<\/span> <span class=\"st0\">&quot;undocked&quot;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">,<\/span>\n<span class=\"st0\">&quot;disabled&quot;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">:<\/span> <span class=\"kw4\">true<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">,<\/span>\n<span class=\"st0\">&quot;split_location&quot;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">:<\/span> <span class=\"nu0\">529<\/span>\n<span class=\"br0\">&#125;<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">,<\/span><\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Save the file and restart chrome. 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