How to Change Your Home Page on Desktop & Mobile

If you want to see a specific website when you open new browser windows or tabs, you can change your home page. The steps to change your home page vary by web browser, device, and platform, but the process is always very simple. This wikiHow guide will teach you how to change your web browser's home page on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari on a computer, phone, or tablet.

Easily Change Your Homepage in Any Browser

Chrome: Go to ⋮ > Settings > Appearance, turn on "Show home button," and select a home page option.
Edge: Go to ⋯ > Settings > Start, home, and new tab page, turn on "Show the home button," and select a home page option.
Safari: Go to Safari > Settings > General and select a home page option.
Firefox: Go to ☰ > Settings > Home and choose a homepage option under "Homepage and new windows."

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Google Chrome (Desktop)

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It's in the top-right corner of the Google Chrome window. A drop-down menu will appear.^{[1]
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You'll see this toward the bottom of the menu.

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Click the Appearance tab. It's in the left panel.
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Turn on "Show home button." You'll see this in the right panel. This option adds a house-shaped icon to your browser's toolbar.
- If the switch to the right of Show home button is blue, your browser is already showing the home button.
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Select a home page option. You have two options beneath the "Show home button" heading:
- New Tab page — Clicking the home button will open a blank tab with a Google search bar.
- Enter a custom URL — If you want to use a specific homepage, enter the website's address (e.g., https://www.yahoo.com) here. There may also be a URL here already, in which case you'll need to delete it first.
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Enter a URL if necessary. If you checked the box next to the URL field, type in the address of the website you want to use as your home page, then press ↵ Enter. This will set your preferred site as your Google Chrome home page.
- Skip this step if you clicked the New Tab page option.

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Google Chrome (Mobile)

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Tap the menu in Chrome ⋮. It's in the top-right corner of Chrome on your Android phone or tablet. A drop-down menu will appear.
- It's not possible to change your Chrome homepage if you're using Chrome on an iPhone or iPad.^{[2]
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This option is near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
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Tap Home page. You will see this under "Advanced."
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Select the default home page or add a custom page. You can choose the standard Chrome homepage, which features a Google search bar, or enter the URL of the website you want to set as your home page. Once you make your changes, your home page will be set.^{[3]
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Microsoft Edge (Desktop)

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It's the 3 horizontal dots at the top-right corner of Edge. A menu will appear.
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Click the Start, home, and new tab page tab. It's in the left panel.
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Click the "Show the home button" switch
. This option is at the top of the Advanced Settings menu. This adds the house icon to your toolbar.
- If the switch here says "On" next to it, the Home button is already enabled.
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Select a home page option. If you want new tabs and browser windows to use Edge's default "New Tab" window, which shows a Bing search bar and some news headlines, select New tab page. To use a specific website as your home page, select Set custom site instead.
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Enter the URL of the home page you want to use. If you're using a custom site as your home page, type or paste the URL (e.g., https://www.google.com) into the box. Once you enter the address, your home page in Edge will be set.

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Microsoft Edge (Mobile)

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Tap the menu in Edge •••. This opens the Edge menu on your Android phone or tablet.^{[5]
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- You cannot change your home page in the Edge app for iPhone or iPad.
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Tap Settings. This opens your Edge settings.^{[6]
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Tap General. Your general settings will expand.
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Tap Home page. Now you'll have the option to change your home page.
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Select a home page option. If you want new tabs and browser windows to use Edge's default "New Tab" window, which shows a Bing search bar and some news headlines, select New tab page. To use a specific website as your home page, select A specific page instead.
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Enter the URL of the home page and tap Save. If you're using a custom site as your home page, type or paste the URL (e.g., https://www.google.com) into the box. Once you enter the address and tap Save, your home page in Edge will be set.

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Safari (Desktop)

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This menu item is on the top-left side of the screen when Safari is open on your Mac.
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Click Settings. This opens your Safari settings to the General tab.^{[7]
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It's in the top-left corner of the Preferences window.
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Type your preferred address into the "Homepage" field. For example, https://www.google.com.
- Alternatively, if the website you want to use as your homepage is currently open in Safari, you can select Set to Current Page to use it as your home page.
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Choose when to see your home page.
- If you want to see your home page when you open new Safari windows, click the New windows open with menu, then select Homepage.
- If you want to see your home page when you open new tabs, click the Open new tabs with menu, then select Homepage.^{[8]
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Safari (Mobile)

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Customize your Safari home page. While you can't set a custom home page in the Safari app for iPhone or iPad, you can choose what appears on the start page. Here's how:^{[9]
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- In Safari on your iPhone or iPad, tap the menu ••• and select New Tab.
  - If you don't see the menu, tap the two overlapping squares at the bottom first, then tap +.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the start page and tap Edit.
- Use the toggle switches to choose which options appear on your home page.
- Select a custom home page background from the Background Image list.

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Firefox (Desktop)

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It's in the upper-right corner of the browser window.^{[10]
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Click Settings. This is toward the bottom of the menu.
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Click the Home tab. It's in the left panel.
Here, you can choose whether a new window displays the default Firefox start page, a blank page, or Custom URLs…
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Enter one or more custom URLs (optional). If you want to set a custom home page, you can click Use Bookmark… to select a page you have bookmarked or paste a URL into the field.^{[11]
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- Another option is to click Use Current Pages, which makes it so the currently open tabs open in all new browser windows.
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Select an option from the "New tabs" menu. If you want to change the home page that appears on new tabs, you can select the default Firefox home page or a blank page.
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Customize the Firefox home page. If you chose to display the default Firefox home page on new tabs and/or new windows, you can use the options under "Firefox Home Content" to customize that start page.

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Firefox (Mobile)

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Tap the menu ⋮ ••• and select Settings. If you're using an Android, you'll see the three dots at the top of the Firefox app. On iPhone and iPad, look for the three horizontal dots at the bottom of the app.^{[12]
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Choose a homepage. At the bottom, you'll be able to choose the default Firefox Home page, which you can customize to your liking, or tap Custom URL to make your home page a specific website.
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Enter a custom URL (optional). If you chose Custom URL in the last step, type or paste the web address of the page you want to set as your home page. For example, https://www.google.com.
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Customize the Firefox Home page (optional). If you want to use Firefox's default home page, you can choose what appears on it using the toggles and options under "Include on Homepage."

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To change your home page in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, navigate to Settings, then select "View Advanced Settings." Enable "Show the Home Button" and choose your preferred home page from the dropdown menu.

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To set a new home page for your web browser, navigate to your browser's settings or preferences. Look for a section related to "Homepage," "Startup," or "Appearance," and you can then enter your desired home page URL.

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