How to set the home page

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We'll show you how to automatically open any web page you want when you launch Firefox or click the Home button Home Button 57.

Set or change your home page

  1. Open the web page you want to use as your home page.
  2. Drag and drop that tab onto the Home button Home Button 57 on your toolbar (it's on the left side by default).
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  3. Click Yes on the prompt to set this page as your home page.

Set your home page through Firefox optionspreferences

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Choose the General panel.

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  • The default Startup setting for When Firefox starts is to show your home page. You can also choose to have Firefox show a blank page or to show your windows and tabs from your last session.
  • You can set multiple pages as your home page. Open each page in a separate tab and click on Use Current Pages under Home page.
  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Click the Home panel.
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  3. Click the menu next to Homepage and new windows and choose to show the default Firefox Home page, custom URLs or a blank page.

Set multiple pages as your home page

You can set a group of pages as your home page. Open each page in a separate tab, select Custom URLs… in the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu and click on Use Current Pages.
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Restore the default home page

If you want to delete your home page customizations, this is how to do it:

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Select the General panel.
  3. Under Home page, click Restore to Default.
  4. Close the Settings page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.

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