Set your homepage and start-up page

You can customise Google Chrome to open any page for the homepage or start-up page. These two pages aren’t the same unless you set them to be.

• Your start-up page is the one that is displayed when you first launch Chrome on your device.
• Your homepage is the one that you go to when you click Home .

If your start-up page, homepage or search engine has suddenly changed, you may have unwanted software. Learn how to find and remove malware from your device, and get your settings back.

Set your start-up page

You can control which page or pages appear when you launch Chrome on your computer.

Have a new tab open

You can set Chrome to open a new tab page whenever you open a new window.

1. On your computer, open Chrome .
2. At the top right, click More   Settings. 
3. On the left, click On start-up. 
4. Click Open the new tab page.

You can customise your new tab page with:

• Your shortcuts
• Recipes that you viewed
• Your shopping baskets on other sites
• Different themes

Learn how to personalise your new tab page.

Continue from where you left off

You can tell Chrome to reopen the same pages that you were looking at when you quit.

On a computer:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Settings.
3. Click On start-up.
4. Select Continue where you left off.

Your cookies and data are saved, so any websites that you were logged into before (like Gmail, for example) will open again. If you don't want to be automatically signed in to these pages, follow the steps below:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Settings.
3. Click Privacy and security Cookies and other site data.
4. Turn on Clear cookies and site data when you exit Chrome.

On a Chromebook: To reopen your pages when you sign in, press Ctrl + Shift + t.

Open a specific set of pages

You can tell Chrome to open to any web page.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Settings.
3. Under 'On start-up', select Open a specific page or set of pages.
   • Click Add a new page. Enter the web address and click Add.
   • Click Use current pages.

To update your pages, to the right of a page, click More Edit or Delete. 

Problems with your start-up or homepage

If you’re on a computer and you see a homepage or startup page that you didn’t set yourself, your computer may have malware. Learn how to block unwanted changes to Chrome.

If you're on a Chromebook at work or school, your network administrator can choose your start-up page(s) or homepage for you. If so, you won't be able to change them. For more help, ask your administrator.

Choose your homepage

You can control what page appears when you click Home .

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Settings.
3. Under 'Appearance', turn on Show Home button.
4. Below 'Show Home button', choose to use the New tab page or a custom page

The Home button will appear to the left of your address bar. 

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