How to Change Your Homepage on Chrome

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: October 6, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to change your Google Chrome homepage, which is the page that you can go back to by selecting the "home" button in your browser. You can enable and set a homepage in Google Chrome for your computer and for an Android phone or tablet, but you can't use the home page feature in Chrome for the iPhone or iPad.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Changing the Home Page on Desktop

1
Open Google Chrome
. It's the red, yellow, green, and blue app icon.
2
Click ⋮. This icon is in the top-right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

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3
Click Settings. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking it opens the Settings menu in a new tab.
4
Click the grey "Show home button" switch
. This option is near the top of the "Appearance" section of settings. The switch will turn blue
. You should now see a house-shaped icon
in the upper-left side of the window.
- If the "Show home button" switch is already blue, your browser has a home button.
5
Check the "Enter a URL" circle. Click the circle to the left of the "Enter a URL" field. This will allow you to enter a website's address to set it as your homepage.
- You can also check the "New Tab page" circle to open a new tab whenever you click the home button.
6
Enter a website's address. Click the "Enter a URL" field, then type in an address (e.g., https://www.facebook.com/).
7
Close the Settings tab. Click the small x in the top-right corner of the "Settings" tab at the top of the Chrome window. Your changes will be saved; you can now click the house-shaped home button
in the upper-left side of the window to open the page that you set as your homepage.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Changing the Home Page on Android

1
Open
Google Chrome. Tap the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, green, yellow, and blue sphere.
2
Tap ⋮. It's in the top-right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
3
Tap Settings. You'll find it near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
4
Tap Home page. This option is near the bottom of the "Basics" group of settings.
5
Tap the grey "On" switch
. It will turn blue
. Tapping this switch places a house-shaped home button
in the upper-left side of Google Chrome's screen.
- If the switch is already blue, your browser has the home page enabled.
6
Tap Open this page. This option is near the top of the page.
7
Tap the text field. It's at the top of the page.
8
Enter a website's address. Type in the address of the website that you want to use (e.g., https://www.twitter.com/).
- If there is already a web address here, delete it first.
9
Tap SAVE. Doing so will set your homepage. You can tap the house-shaped home button to go to that page at any time.

Community Q&A

Question

Why don't I have my regular homepage at setup?

Community Answer

You may have another version of Chrome that is different than the one shown in this article.
Question

I have changed all my settings. Where is the OK button?

Gideon James

Community Answer

There isn't one. You just exit. You're fine.