The homepage is the first screen you see when you start Chome so it is important it's something you want to see

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Introduction:

Once you know how to set a homepage on chrome you'll be able to select a page of your choosing to open every time you start the browser -- this tutorial will show you how to do this.

Step # 1 -- Visit the Page You Want to be Your Homepage

Start Google Chrome and visit the page that you want to set as your homepage. In this example we are going to be setting the BBC website as our homepage.


Step # 2 -- Opening Settings

Now we need to open settings. Click on the icon that looks like three vertical bars in the top right hand corner of the browser. In the menu that appears click "Settings". This will open the "Settings" tab. You will notice a part of the tab with the title "On startup" under this title click on the "Set pages" link.


Step # 3 -- Setting the Homepage

The "Startup pages" window will appear and click the "Use current pages" button. You will see a list with any open webpages open, click the one you want to make your homepage -- in the case "BBC -- Homepage". Finally click "OK".

Step # 4 -- Confirming Homepage Change

That is how to set a homepage on chrome and to check it has worked close Chrome and open it again. The browser should automatically load the page you have set, in this case the BBC website.