Disable mouse gestures in Google Chrome on Mac

If you hate this arrow as much as I do, then you want to disable it right away! Go to your terminal and run these commands:

defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool true
defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableMouseSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool true

Then restart your Chrome and be happy.

Before Mavericks

Before Mavericks this command was enought, but it does not work for your mouse in Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan.

defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool true

Canary

For Canary you have to replace com.google.Chrome with com.google.Chrome.canary.

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