How to control the download of files with Selenium + Python bindings in Chrome
The path you declared for the default directory is invalid. Either escape the back slashes or provide a literal string. options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() options.add_experimental_option(“prefs”, { “download.default_directory”: r”C:\Users\xxx\downloads\Test”, “download.prompt_for_download”: False, “download.directory_upgrade”: True, “safebrowsing.enabled”: True }) driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options) Here are the available preferences: https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/common/pref_names.cc