[low_key]

I do something similar with chrome (have to use sometimes it for testing compatibility), but just create a fresh profile every time with:

  chrome_dir=$(mktemp -d)
  
  echo "Using temp dir: $chrome_dir"
  
  /usr/bin/google-chrome \
      --incognito \
      --user-data-dir="$chrome_dir" \
      --window-size=1280,1280 \
      --no-referrers \
      --no-pings \
      --no-experiments \
      --disable-translate \
      --dns-prefetch-disable \
      --disable-background-mode \
      --no-first-run \
      --no-default-browser-check
  
  wait $!
  
  rm -rf "$chrome_dir"

[teddyh]

And on the day that “mktemp” fails for some reason, that script will then delete your entire home directory.

[papaf]

And on the day that “mktemp” fails for some reason, that script will then delete your entire home directory.

That's a good point but an incredibly lazy comment. I think the possible failure of 'mktemp' could be protected against by using 'set -e' at the start of the script.

[Tipewryter]

Nice.

I think --incognito makes no difference if you throw away the data dir anyhow.