How to set the home page

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Your home page loads when you launch Firefox or click on the home button. This article shows you how to set one or more pages as your home page.

Important: If your home page has been hijacked, see the article Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page.

Set a single home page

  1. Open the website you want to set as your home page. If you want a blank home page, open a new tab.
  2. Click the icon to the left of the web address, drag it to the Home button, and release.
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  3. Click Yes to set this as your home page.

Set up multiple home pages

  1. Load each website in a separate tab.
  2. The template "OptionsPreferences" does not exist or has no approved revision.
  3. Select the General panel.
  4. Click Use Current Pages.
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  5. The template "closeoptionspreferences" does not exist or has no approved revision.
Tip:You can also set Firefox to load sites from your last visit by selecting "Show my windows and tabs from last time" in the General panel .

Restore the default home page

If you want to delete your home page customizations, this is the way to do it.

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Settings (select Preferences on older macOS versions).Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Select the General panel.
  3. In the Startup box, click Restore to Default.
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  4. Close the Settings page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.

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