How to reduce Selenium Test Execution time by disabling images in Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

In this blog I will be sharing how to disable images in browsers like Google Chrome, Edge and Firefox to reduce the Selenium test execution time. I will be sharing two methods to disable images in Chrome and Edge and a single method to disable images in Firefox.

disableImagesInChromeMethodOne()

public static void disableImagesInChromeMethodOne() {
  chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
  chromeOptions.addArguments("--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false");
  driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }

disableImagesInChromeMethodTwo()

public static void disableImagesInChromeMethodTwo() {
  chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
  Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);
  chromeOptions.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
  driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }

disableImagesInEdgeMethodOne()

public static void disableImagesInEdgeMethodOne() {
  edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
  edgeOptions.addArguments("--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false");
  driver = new EdgeDriver(edgeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }

disableImagesInEdgeMethodTwo()

public static void disableImagesInEdgeMethodTwo() {
  edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
  Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);
  edgeOptions.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
  driver = new EdgeDriver(edgeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }

disableImagesInFirefox()

public static void disableImagesInFirefox() {
  firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
  firefoxOptions.addPreference("permissions.default.image", 2);
  driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }

DisableImagesInBrowsers — complete java class code

package com.tests;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions;

public class DisableImagesInBrowsers {
 private static WebDriver driver;
 private static ChromeOptions chromeOptions;
 private static EdgeOptions edgeOptions;
 private static FirefoxOptions firefoxOptions;

 public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

  disableImagesInChromeMethodOne();
  disableImagesInChromeMethodTwo();
  disableImagesInEdgeMethodOne();
  disableImagesInEdgeMethodTwo();
  disableImagesInFirefox();
 }
 public static void disableImagesInChromeMethodOne() {
  chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
  chromeOptions.addArguments("--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false");
  driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }
 public static void disableImagesInChromeMethodTwo() {
  chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
  Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);
  chromeOptions.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
  driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }
 public static void disableImagesInEdgeMethodOne() {
  edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
  edgeOptions.addArguments("--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false");
  driver = new EdgeDriver(edgeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }
 public static void disableImagesInEdgeMethodTwo() {
  edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
  Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);
  edgeOptions.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
  driver = new EdgeDriver(edgeOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }
 public static void disableImagesInFirefox() {
  firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
  firefoxOptions.addPreference("permissions.default.image", 2);
  driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxOptions);
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
  driver.get("https://www.amazon.in/");
 }
}

After executing the above java class 2 browser windows of Chrome, Edge and 1 browser window of Firefox will be opened respectively with Amazon website having images disabled.

Screenshots of browsers after disabling images:

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox

Note: I have used Selenium Version 4.12.1, Google Chrome Version 117.0.5938.88, Microsoft Edge Version 117.0.2045.31 and Mozilla Firefox Version 117.0.1

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