User Agent Switcher for Chrome

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artlung picture artlung · Sep 26, 2011 · Viewed 19.8k times · Source

I'm looking for a User Agent Switcher for Chrome.

Searching the Chrome Web Store does not come up with a simple switcher. I understand I can run the browser via command line and arguments: Google Chrome: Change User Agent to Access Website.

Is there a user agent switcher built in to the UI of Google Chrome? If so, how do I access it?

Answer

Alexander Pavlov picture Alexander Pavlov · Feb 22, 2012

Chrome Developer Tools (as of version 17+) have the ability to supply custom User-Agent header

  • Bring up the developer tools by pressing f12

  • Look in the Console "drawer" (make it visible if not visible)

  • Click the Emulation tab in the console drawer.

  • Tick "Spoof user agent" and select an agent (or enter your own User-Agent string using the Other... option).

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