Unable to hide "Chrome is being controlled by automated software" infobar within Chrome v76

Question

After updating Chrome to version 76, I cannot figure out how to hide the "Chrome is being controlled by automated software..." notification overriding some controls on the page.

The latest stable release of ChromeDriver is indeed 76.0.3809.68. The following code worked with Chrome 75 and ChromeDriver 74.

var options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--test-type");
options.AddArgument("--disable-extensions");
options.AddArguments("disable-infobars");
options.AddArguments("--disable-notifications");
options.AddArguments("enable-automation");
options.AddArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
options.AddArguments("start-maximized");
var driver = new ChromeDriver(driverLocation, options, ScriptTimeout);

Answer 1

As of 1 Aug 2019 - You can send the excludeswitch - enable-automation to hide the message. and to disable pop up 'Disable developer mode extensions' set useAutomationExtension=false . Refer for useAutomationExtension

Tested on : Windows 10 Version 76.0.3809.87 (Official Build) (64-bit) ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.68

--enable-automation : Inform users that their browser is being controlled by an automated test Reference

     "goog:chromeOptions": {

        "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation" ],
        "useAutomationExtension": false
     }

In C# :

To disable pop up "Disable developer mode extensions" and automation info-bar message .

options.AddExcludedArgument("enable-automation");
options.AddAdditionalCapability("useAutomationExtension", false);

In JAVA :

options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);

In Python :

options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)

In Protractor :

Add below capabilities in conf.js/conf.ts

capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome',
    "goog:chromeOptions": {
      "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation" ],
      "useAutomationExtension": false
   }
  },