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How to change your homepage

Changing your homepage is pretty easy, but keeping it there is difficult because a lot of software programs try to alter it, sometimes without your explicit permission (there is big money in homepages btw).

Today I will show you how to set your homepage in the most common browsers, with some offering multiple homepages and other nifty options, which I will guide you through too.

Choose your web browser…

  1. Google Chrome
  2. Chromium
  3. Firefox (WIN)
  4. Firefox (LINUX)
  5. Internet Explorer
  6. Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)
  7. Opera
  8. Safari (MAC)
  9. Safari (WIN)

Change homepage in Safari (WIN)

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtVdRAbHnM]

In this short guide I will show you how to change your homepage in Apple Safari running on Windows, and it’s pretty easy too. Safari has a few other options I will go through in the video guide above so be sure to watch that too.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Safari (WIN)

  1. Open Safari
  2. Visit the web page you want as your homepage
  3. Click the Tools icon Safari Tools button at the top-right of your browser window
  4. Click on the Preferences… menu item
  5. The Preferences window should now be open, click on the General icon
  6. Look for the Homepage: item, then click the Set to Current Page button
  7. You can also manually enter the URL into the text box
  8. Enter the URL in the following format: http://www.google.com/ replace google with your webpage address
  9. When you’ve finished, close the Preferences window and restart Safari to check your homepages
  10. You’re all done!

Change homepage in Safari (MAC)

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3sEhPucAo]

In this short guide I will show you how to change your homepage in Apple Safari running on MAC, and it’s pretty easy too. Safari has a few other options I will go through in the video guide above so be sure to watch that too.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Safari (MAC)

  1. Open Safari
  2. Visit the web page you want as your homepage
  3. Click on the Safari item from the top menu bar
  4. Click on the Preferences… menu item
  5. The Preferences window should now be open, click on the General icon
  6. Look for the Homepage: item, then click the Set to Current Page button
  7. You can also manually enter the URL into the text box
  8. Enter the URL in the following format: http://www.google.com/ replace google with your webpage address
  9. When you’ve finished, close the Preferences window and restart Safari to check your homepages
  10. You’re all done!

Change homepage in Opera

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpfx5epdMg4]

Today I’ll take you through changing your homepage in Opera web browser, which also allows for multiple homepages and a few other nifty options too. If your homepage keeps on changing without your consent, it’s likely you have a Malware or virus infection so perhaps run a full virus scan before following this guide.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Opera browser

  1. Open Opera
  2. Visit the web page you want as your homepage
  3. Click on the Opera Button Opera settings button at the top-left of your browser window
  4. Click on the Settings menu item, then look for the On startup heading (top)
  5. Select the Open a specific page or set of pages option, then click the Set pages link
  6. Click on the Use current pages button to add your homepage
  7. Remove any pages you don’t want by mouse-over, then click the X (cross) to the right
  8. When you’ve finished, click the OK button, then close the Settings tab
  9. Restart Opera to test your new homepage settings
  10. You’re all done!

Change homepage in Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79_CMUrxSk]

Today I will show you how to change your homepage in Internet Explorer via the Metro interface on Windows 8/8.1 which is a little different from going via the Internet Options route. Perhaps watch the video guide as well as reading the text guide.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)

  1. Open Internet Explorer via the Start Screen tile
  2. Type in the web address of the page you want as your homepage, and hit enter
  3. Mouse-over the address bar at the bottom of your screen to make it appear (if it isn’t already visible)
  4. Click on the Spanner icon at bottom-right of your screen, then choose Options
  5. Look for the Home pages heading, then click on the Customize button
  6. Now click the Add current site button, then the Add button, to add your homepage
  7. Remove any pages you don’t want by clicking on the link, then click the Remove button
  8. Click outside the sidebar to close
  9. You’re all done!