Set your homepage and startup page

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

  • Your startup page is the one that shows when you first launch Chrome on your device.
  • Your homepage is the one you go to when you click Home Home.

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

Set your startup page

You can control what 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 Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More More and then Settings
  3. On the left, click On startup
  4. Click Open the New Tab page.
You can customize your New Tab page with:
  • Your shortcuts
  • Recipes you viewed
  • Your shopping carts on other sites
  • Different themes
Learn how to personalize your New Tab page.
Continue where you left off

You can tell Chrome to re-open the same pages you were looking at when you quit.

On a computer:

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

Your cookies and data are saved, so any websites 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 More and then Settings.
  3. Click Privacy and security and then Site settings and then Additional content settings and then On-device site data.
  4. Turn on Delete data sites have saved on your device when you close all windows.

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 webpage.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More More and then Settings.
  3. Under "On startup," 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 More and then Edit or Delete

Problems with your startup or homepage

If you’re on a computer and you're seeing 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 startup 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 Home.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More More and then 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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Learn how to customize Chrome and change your Chrome settings.

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