How do you hide the Address bar in Google Chrome for Chrome Apps?

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vivatus picture vivatus · Apr 20, 2013 · Viewed 345.4k times · Source

I want to increase the screen real estate for my Chrome app. The Address Bar is useless in a Chrome App and I was wondering if there was a way to disable it.

Answer

Force picture Force · Dec 18, 2013

You can run Chrome in application mode.

Windows:

Chrome.exe --app=https://google.com

Mac:

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --app=https://google.com

Linux:

google-chrome --app=https://google.com

This removes all toolbars, not just the address bar, but it will definitely increase your real estate without having to use Kiosk mode.

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