How to Change Your Home Page

Open Google Chrome., Click ⋮., Click Settings., Click Show home button., Select a home page option., Enter a URL, then press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open Google Chrome.

    It's a yellow, green, red, and blue sphere icon. , It's in the top-right corner of the Google Chrome window., You'll see this toward the bottom of the drop-down menu., It's near the top of the "Appearance" heading.

    Doing so will prompt a house-shaped icon appear to the left of the Chrome URL bar.

    If the switch to the right of Show home button is blue, your browser is already showing the home button. , You have two options beneath the "Show home button" heading:
    New Tab page
    - Clicking the home button will open a blank tab, which will usually display your most-frequently visited sites.

    Enter custom URL
    - Enter a website's address (e.g., "www.google.com") to set it as your browser's home page.

    There may also be a URL here already, in which case you'll need to delete it first. , This will set your preferred site as your Google Chrome home page.

    Skip this step if you clicked the New Tab page option.
  2. Step 2: Click ⋮.

  3. Step 3: Click Settings.

  4. Step 4: Click Show home button.

  5. Step 5: Select a home page option.

  6. Step 6: Enter a URL

  7. Step 7: then press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return.

Detailed Guide

It's a yellow, green, red, and blue sphere icon. , It's in the top-right corner of the Google Chrome window., You'll see this toward the bottom of the drop-down menu., It's near the top of the "Appearance" heading.

Doing so will prompt a house-shaped icon appear to the left of the Chrome URL bar.

If the switch to the right of Show home button is blue, your browser is already showing the home button. , You have two options beneath the "Show home button" heading:
New Tab page
- Clicking the home button will open a blank tab, which will usually display your most-frequently visited sites.

Enter custom URL
- Enter a website's address (e.g., "www.google.com") to set it as your browser's home page.

There may also be a URL here already, in which case you'll need to delete it first. , 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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