# Pin a website to the taskbar on Windows 10 A pinned web link in the taskbar makes it easier to access webpages. How you pin a webpage to the taskbar in Windows 10 depends on which browser you are using. Here you can find different procedures depending on the browser. ## What are web links in the taskbar? You use a website regularly, but you don’t want to enter the address in the browser first or save it as a favorite? In this case it is recommended to directly **pin the website to the taskbar**. The advantage is that you can get to the URL with one click, without having to access it in the browser. How many web links you pin to the taskbar is up to you - there is no limit. However, it depends on which browser you use in Windows 10. In Microsoft’s Edge browser, pinning can be done quickly. Pinned web links appear directly as a **shortcut in the taskbar** or pinned to the **browser icon**. With browsers like Firefox or Google Chrome, direct pinning as a separate shortcut is not possible. However, web links can also be pinned to the browser icon in the taskbar. ## Pinning a website to the taskbar: With Edge If you want to directly **pin a website to the taskbar** in Windows 10, use the Edge browser. You can either **pin the shortcut directly to the taskbar** or **pin it to the browser icon in the taskbar**. Proceed as follows: **Step 1:** In the Edge browser, go to the URL you want to pin. In this example, we’ll choose Google’s home page. Go to the **three-dot icon** on the top right. [![Image: Edge browser: Top right three-dot icon](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/6/f/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-1_c038e8c9ea.webp "Edge browser: Top right three-dot icon")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-1.png) Before pinning a website to your Edge browser, bring it up in the browser and click on the three-dot icon. **Step 2:** Now click 'More tools' and click '**Pin to taskbar'**. [![Image: Edge browser menu: 'More Tools', 'Pin to Taskbar'](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/9/9/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-2_8c2c8fdfef.webp "Edge browser menu: 'More Tools', 'Pin to Taskbar'")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-2.png) Now go to the 'More Tools' item and click on 'Pin to Taskbar'. **Step 3:** After confirming that you want to pin the URL shortcut to the taskbar, the web link will appear in your taskbar. Click on it to open the link directly with Edge. [![Image: Pinned web page as icon in taskbar](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/f/4/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-3_84f6721a50.webp "Pinned web page as icon in taskbar")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-3.png) You have successfully pinned the desired website to your taskbar in Windows 10. **Alternative solution:** If you don’t want an extra shortcut in the taskbar, just drag the URL to the Edge icon in the taskbar. Proceed as follows: **Step 1:** Click the lock icon to the left of the website address and drag the URL to the **Edge icon in the taskbar.** [![Image: Edge browser: Drag lock icon to Edge icon in taskbar](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/9/6/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-4_4e415b53ef.webp "Edge browser: Drag lock icon to Edge icon in taskbar")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-4.png) Drag the web link to the taskbar by clicking the lock icon to the left of the URL. **Step 2:** The web page is now pinned to the Edge icon. To open it, **right-click the Edge icon** and click the pinned link. You can pin as many links as you like this way. [![Image: Pinned link in the right-click menu of the Edge icon in the taskbar](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/5/c/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-5_1ca0727511.webp "Pinned link in the right-click menu of the Edge icon in the taskbar")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-5.jpg) All pinned links can be found by right-clicking the Edge icon at the bottom of the taskbar. --- ### Tip Pinned web links in the taskbar speed up working in Windows 10. But sometimes it is advisable to make [Windows 10 itself faster](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/configuration/how-to-speed-up-windows-10/ "How to Speed up Windows 10"). By disabling [autostart programs](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/configuration/windows-11-startup/ "Windows 11 startup"), clearing your [Windows 10 clipboard](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/configuration/clipboard-windows-10/ "Clipboard windows 10"), or [defragmenting your hard drive](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/configuration/windows-10-defragmenting-the-hard-disk/ "Windows 10: defragmenting the hard disk"), you’ll get more performance out of Windows 10. --- ## Pinning a website to the taskbar: With Google Chrome and Firefox In other browsers like **Firefox and Google Chrome**, web links cannot be pinned to the taskbar as an extra shortcut with its own icon. However, there is a way to pin web links in these browsers as well. First, create a shortcut for the corresponding browser in the taskbar. Then proceed as follows: --- ### Note In our example, we use Google Chrome. The procedure is identical with browsers like Firefox and Opera. --- **Step 1:** In the target browser, open the desired URL. In this example, it is the Google home page. Click the **lock icon** to the left of the web address and drag the URL to the relevant browser icon in the taskbar. [![Image: Google Chrome: Drag the lock icon to Chrome icon in taskbar](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-6_84b37ef6df.webp "Google Chrome: Drag the lock icon to Chrome icon in taskbar")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-6.png) You can drag a web link to the taskbar by clicking on the lock icon to the left of the URL and moving it towards the browser icon. **Step 2:** To find and open the pinned web link, **right-click the browser icon** in the taskbar and click the pinned link. [![Image: Pinned link in the right-click menu of the Chrome icon in the taskbar](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/4/e/csm_internetseite-an-taskleiste-7_914e58696d.webp "Pinned link in the right-click menu of the Chrome icon in the taskbar")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2022/internetseite-an-taskleiste-7.jpg) Open the pinned link by right-clicking the browser icon and selecting the link. This is a markdown version of: [https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/online-marketing/online-sales/pin-a-website-to-the-taskbar/](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/online-marketing/online-sales/pin-a-website-to-the-taskbar/) for AI/LLM consumption.