How to disable the new chrome UI (2024, updated for Chrome 125!)

Hi, this is a 2024 update from my previous article : “How to disable the new chrome UI (2023, round)”.
@Google : Please stop messing with the UI especially the “right click > inspect” 😡

UPDATE May 2024 : If you have upgraded to Chrome 125, the solution below is no longer applicable (because they’ve removed the corresponding flags) BUT, there’s another alternative ⬇️

You just need to launch Chrome with the following argument:

--disable-features=CustomizeChromeSidePanel

For example on Windows, you can right click on your Chrome Icon > Properties and change the “target”, it should look like this :

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=CustomizeChromeSidePanel

Once you’ve done this just restart your Chrome and give me a follow on X/Twitter : @LeBugArtisan 😄

YES ONCE AGAIN WE DID IT!

If you are below Chrome 125, this solution below is still applicable (and easier!)

1. Open chrome://flags
2. If you’ve followed my previous article: it’s safe to reset to default the flags of before (Chrome Refresh 2023….). If not then ignore this.
3. Search for “Customize Chrome Side Panel”
4. Disable it (only the one flag with this exact title)
5. Chrome will ask you to reload the browser and that’s it! Done :)
6. Follow me on Twitter : @LeBugArtisan :)

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Bug Artisan, out.