Firefox's default home page has quick links to common features
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When you first start Firefox, click the home button or create a new window you're greeted with the default home page. This page contains a handy default engine web search and quick links to downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, Sync and settings. Also, if you had tabs open the last time you used Firefox, you can restore them from the home page with a single click.
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How do I get the Firefox home page?
The default Firefox setting is to show you the Firefox home page when you start Firefox, click the home button or open a new window.
If you don't see this page when you start Firefox, click the home button or open a new window you can restore the default setting like this:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel.
- In the Startup section, click
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.
Access downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, Sync and settings from the home page
When you open Firefox or create a new window you should see the default home page with the following buttons at the bottom of the page:
- Downloads: Click here to open the list of your downloaded files in the library window.
- Bookmarks: This opens your bookmarks in the library window. See Bookmarks in Firefox for more information.
- History: This opens your browsing history in the library window. See Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox and How do I remove a single website from my history? for more information.
- Add-ons: Quickly access the add-ons manager. For more information, see Find and install add-ons to add features to Firefox.
- Sync: Click here to set up Sync and take your tabs and bookmarks with you. See How do I set up Sync on my computer? for details.
- Settings: Quickly access Firefox Settings .
Restore your tabs and windows from the last time you used Firefox
If you had tabs and windows open when you closed Firefox, the default Firefox home page will have a
button on it. To get your tabs and windows back, just click it.