{"id":4809,"date":"2016-02-05T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hellotech.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2021-06-17T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:17:00","slug":"change-homepage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/change-homepage","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Homepage in Your Web Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"c2 wp-block-paragraph\">When you click the Home button or open a new tab, your Web browser may automatically load a homepage. This could be a blank tab, a certain website or a list of frequently visited pages. At some point, you are likely to want to change the home page because you&#8217;ve had enough with the old one or another program changed it without your permission. Here&#8217;s how you can customize your own homepage in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-microsoft-internet-explorer\">Microsoft Internet Explorer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2 wp-block-paragraph\">Click the <span class=\"c1\">Tools<\/span>&nbsp;menu and then click <span class=\"c1\">Internet options<\/span>. If the menu is hidden, press the Alt key first to make it appear. Under the <span class=\"c1\">General<\/span>&nbsp;tab, overwrite the URL in the <span class=\"c1\">Homepage<\/span>&nbsp;text field with the website URL(s) of your choice. Alternately, click <span class=\"c1\">Use current <\/span>to copy the URL of the website you&#8217;re currently viewing, click <span class=\"c1\">Use default<\/span>&nbsp;to restore Internet Explorer&#8217;s default page (MSN.com), or click <span class=\"c1\">Use new tab<\/span>&nbsp;to open a tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mozilla-firefox\">Mozilla Firefox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2 wp-block-paragraph\">Open a new tab and load the Web page you want to set as your homepage. Drag and drop that tab onto the Home button. Click <span class=\"c1\">Yes<\/span>&nbsp;when prompted. For further customizations, click <span class=\"c1\">Menu <\/span>(the button that looks like a hamburger) and select <span class=\"c1\">Options<\/span>. Similar to Internet Explorer, the homepage settings are located under the <span class=\"c1\">General<\/span>&nbsp;tab, specifically in the <span class=\"c1\">Startup<\/span>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-google-chrome\">Google Chrome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2 wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"h.gjdgxs\"><\/a>Click the <span class=\"c1\">Menu<\/span>&nbsp;button and select Settings. In the <span class=\"c1\">Appearance<\/span>&nbsp;section, enable the homepage by marking the <span class=\"c1\">Show Home button<\/span>&nbsp;checkbox. Click the <span class=\"c1\">Change<\/span>&nbsp;link and either choose to open the New Tab page or a specific Web page of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-apple-safari\">Apple Safari<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c2 wp-block-paragraph\">Click <span class=\"c1\">Safari<\/span>&nbsp;at the top left corner of your screen and then select <span class=\"c1\">Preferences<\/span>. Under the <span class=\"c1\">General<\/span>&nbsp;tab, overwrite the <span class=\"c1\">Homepage<\/span>&nbsp;text field with the website URL of your choice or click <span class=\"c1\">Set to Current Page <\/span>to automatically copy-paste the active page&#8217;s URL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you click the Home button or open a new tab, your Web browser may automatically load a homepage. This could be a blank tab, a certain website or a list of frequently visited pages. At some point, you are likely to want to change the home page because you&#8217;ve had enough with the old one or another program changed it without your permission. 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