If you want to change the start page on Google Chrome and match it to your own interests and needs, you can do so via ‘Settings’. Simply follow our step-by-step in­struc­tions

Quick guide: set your Chrome homepage

With Windows

  1. In Chrome, go to ‘Settings’.
  2. Select ‘On startup’ from the left menu bar.
  3. Select one of three options for your Chrome homepage.

With Android

  1. In the Chrome app, go to ‘Settings’.
  2. Go to the ‘Homepage’ tab.
  3. Set your Chrome homepage of choice.

Set your Chrome homepage: with Windows

There are two ways to set the homepage of Google Chrome on Windows: via ‘Settings’ and via the ‘Home button’ in the toolbar. This is how you proceed:

Via Settings

Step 1: Start your Chrome browser and go to the three-dot symbol in the top-right, then select ‘Settings’.

Image: Select the three-dots symbol in the top-right corner of your Chrome Browser before selecting ‘Settings’
Select the three-dots symbol in the top-right corner of your Chrome Browser before selecting ‘Settings’

Step 2: In the Settings menu, go down to the field that says ‘On startup’. Here you have the option to set the Chrome homepage that should be displayed at the start.

Image: Scroll down to ‘On startup’ and set your Google Chrome homepage of choice
Scroll down to ‘On startup’ and set your Google Chrome homepage of choice

Step 3: The following options are available to change your Chrome homepage:

  • Open the New Tab page: Chrome opens an empty tab with Google search as the homepage.
  • Continue where you left off: Chrome displays web pages on the homepage that you had opened recently.
  • Open a specific page or set of pages: You specify a URL that you want to set as your Chrome homepage.
Image: Chrome gives you three options to set your Chrome homepage
Chrome gives you three options to set your Chrome homepage

Step 4: If you want a blank page as your Chrome homepage, enter the command ‘about:blank’ under ‘Open a specific page or set of pages’. You will now get a blank page without the Google search bar.

Image: With ‘about:blank’ Google Chrome will open a blank homepage upon startup
With ‘about:blank’ Google Chrome will open a blank homepage upon startup

Via symbols

If you not only want the homepage to be displayed when you open the browser, but also want to return to the homepage at any time, then you can add the home button to the toolbar. To do this, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Open the Chrome browser, go to the three-dot icon and then select ‘Settings’.

Step 2: In the settings menu, go to ‘Ap­pear­ance’ on the left. Under ‘Show home button’, activate the switch and specify whether you want a new tab or a specific URL as your homepage with the home button.

Image: Go to ‘Appearance’ and set your Chrome homepage via the ‘Show home button’ section
Go to ‘Ap­pear­ance’ and set your Chrome homepage via the ‘Show home button’ section
Tip

If the com­pet­i­tion between Chrome vs. Firefox has led you to choose Firefox, then you also have the option to set your Firefox homepage via your settings.

Set your Chrome homepage: with Android

As one of the most popular web browsers worldwide, Google Chrome is also regularly used on Android devices. If you want to set your homepage in Chrome on Android, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Open the Chrome app, go to the three-dot icon and open ‘Settings’.

Step 2: Go to ‘Homepage’ under ‘Advanced’ in the settings menu.

Image: Select ‘Homepage’ in the settings menu of your Chrome app
Select ‘Homepage’ in the settings menu of your Chrome app

Step 3: Set a preset or custom homepage for your Chrome browser on Android here.

Image: Select Google’s preset homepage or enter a custom web address
Select Google’s preset homepage or enter a custom web address

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  • Julia Hertler

    Julia Hertler

    With over 18 years of ex­per­i­ence in content marketing, Julia Hertler has deep expertise in digital com­mu­nic­a­tions. For the past 10 years, she has spe­cial­ised in the areas of domains and hosting at the IONOS Digital Guide, making complex technical topics easy to un­der­stand.

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