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How to Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari

• Mahesh Makvana

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  • How to Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome on Desktop
  • Set Google As Your Homepage
  • Make Chrome Launch Google on Startup
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome on Mobile
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Firefox on Desktop
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Firefox on Mobile
  • Set the Homepage on Android
  • Set the Homepage on iPhone and iPad
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Edge on Desktop
  • Make Google Open When You Click Home
  • Open Google When You Launch Edge
  • Make Google Your Homepage in Edge on Mobile
  • Set Google as Your Home Page on Safari

A quick and easy way to access Google in your web browsers is to make Google your homepage. You can do this in browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, and well show you how.

Your browser has a box that you can fill in with any sites URL to make it your homepage. You can set any region-specific Google site (like Google UK) as the homepage if you prefer.

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Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome on Desktop

In Chrome, you can make Google your homepage so that it opens when you click the home icon, which is beside the address bar. You can also make Google launch when you open the Chrome browser. Well show you how to do both of these below.

Set Google As Your Homepage

To make the home button launch Google, then in Chromes top-right corner, click the three dots.

From the three-dots menu, select Settings.

In Settings, from the left sidebar, select Appearance.

You will see an Appearance section on the right. Here, enable Show Home Button if it is not already enabled.

Click the Show Home Button option to expand the section. Then, beneath the New Tab Page option, click the text field and type the following URL. Then press Enter.

And Google is now the homepage in Chrome on your computer. To try it, click the home icon beside the address bar, and Google will open.

Make Chrome Launch Google on Startup

To make it so Chrome opens Google when you launch the browser, add Google to Chromes startup section.

To do so, in Chromes top-right corner, click the three dots and choose Settings.

In Settings, from the left sidebar, select On Startup.

An On Startup section will appear on the right. Here, enable Open a Specific Page or Set of Pages.

In the menu that expands, click Add a New Page.

Chrome will open a small Add a New Page window. In this window, click the Site URL field and type the following URL. Then click Add.

Youre set. From now on, when you launch Chrome, it will automatically launch the Google site.

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Make Google Your Homepage in Chrome on Mobile

You can only set a homepage in Chrome on Android. Theres no option to do that in Chromes iPhone and iPad versions.

To set the homepage, first, open Chrome on your Android phone.

In Chromes top-right corner, tap the three dots.

From the three-dots menu, select Settings.

Scroll the Settings page to the Advanced section. Here, tap Homepage.

On the Homepage screen, turn on the toggle at the top. Then tap the Enter Custom Web Address field and type the following:

And thats it. When you tap the home icon in Chrome, it will load the Google site.

Make Google Your Homepage in Firefox on Desktop

To set Google as your homepage in Firefox, first, open Firefox on your computer.

At the top-right corner of Firefox, click the three horizontal lines.

In the menu that opens, click Settings.

In Settings, from the left sidebar, select Home.

A Home page will open. Here, in the New Windows and Tabs section, click the Homepage and New Windows drop-down menu and select Custom URLs.

In the Paste a URL field, type the following and press Enter.

Firefox has now made Google the homepage. When you open a new Firefox window, it will automatically load the Google site.

Make Google Your Homepage in Firefox on Mobile

In Firefoxs Android version, theres no way to set a homepage. Instead, you can add Google to the top sites list that appears on the first page of Firefox. On an iPhone and iPad, you can set a proper homepage in Firefox.

Set the Homepage on Android

Launch Firefox on your phone. Tap the address bar at the top, type the following, and hit Enter:

When the Google site loads, in Firefoxs top-right corner, tap the three dots.

In the three-dots menu, tap Add to Top Sites.

Google is now pinned to the site list on Firefoxs default page. Tap it to quickly access the site.

Set the Homepage on iPhone and iPad

Open Firefox on your iPhone or iPad. At the lower-right corner, tap the three horizontal lines.

In the menu that opens, tap Settings.

On the Settings page, select Home.

On the Home screen, in the Show section, tap Custom URL and type the following. Then press Enter:

Google is now the homepage in Firefox.

Make Google Your Homepage in Edge on Desktop

In Microsoft Edge, you can make the home button launch Google, and you can also make Google automatically launch when you open Edge. Let us show you how to do both.

Make Google Open When You Click Home

To make the home button launch Google in Edge, first, open Edge on your computer.

In Edges top-right corner, click the three dots.

From the three-dots menu, select Settings.

On the Settings window, in the left sidebar, click Appearance.

Scroll down the Appearance page to the Select Which Buttons to Show On the Toolbar section. In this section, turn on the Home Button option. Then, beside the toggle, click Set Button URL.

You will now specify what site the home button should take you to. In the Home Button section that opens, click the Enter URL field and type the following URL. Then click Save.

And you have successfully set Google as the homepage in Edge on your computer. Click the home button beside the address bar each time you want to visit Google.

Open Google When You Launch Edge

To have Edge open Google when you launch the browser, set Google as the startup page in Edge. To do so, first, open Edge on your computer.

In Edges top-right corner, click the three dots and choose Settings.

On the Settings page, in the left sidebar, click Start, Home, and New Tabs.

In the When Edge Starts section on the right, select the Open These Pages option.

Next to Pages, click Add a New Page.

You will now tell Edge what site to launch when you open the browser. On the Add a New Page window, click the Enter a URL field and type the following URL. Then select Add.

Youre all done. Google is now the startup page in Edge, and it will automatically launch when you open the browser.

Make Google Your Homepage in Edge on Mobile

To set or change Edges homepage on iPhone, iPad, or Android, first, open Edge on your phone.

At the bottom of Edge, tap the three dots.

From the menu that pops up, select Settings.

In Settings, tap General.

At the bottom of the General page, from the Home Page section, choose A Specific Page.

A Set Home Page box will open. In this box, tap the text field and type the following. Then tap Save.

Set Google as Your Home Page on Safari

Unfortunately, Safari for iPhone and iPad doesnt have a precise homepage feature. It will open the last webpage you had open, or to the Start Page. However, you can customize the Start Pageto include a link to Google, change your default search engineto Google, or add a link to Google to your Home Screen and use it any time you want to launch Safari.

If youre on a Mac, though, you can make Google your home page by first clicking Safari > Preferences, or use the keyboard shortcut Command+, (comma). Then click General.

In the Homepage field, enter the following:

You also may want to make sure New Windows Open With and New Tabs Open With are set to Homepage.

Youre all set. Enjoy quick access to your favorite site from your all web browsers!

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