How to Minimize and Maximize the Browser using Selenium Java

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Selenium WebDriver provides methods to maximize and minimize the browser window.

1. To maximize the browser window to full screen, use:

driver.manage().window().maximize();


2. To minimize the browser window, use:

driver.manage().window().minimize();

Note: minimize() method is available from Selenium 4 onward. 

Example Code

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class BrowserWindowExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        // Open a website
        driver.get("https://www.qafeast.com");
        // Maximize the browser window
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        // Wait for a few seconds (for demo purposes)
        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        // Minimize the browser window
        driver.manage().window().minimize();
        // Close the browser
        driver.quit();
    }
}