Pin Sites on the Firefox for Android start screen

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When you go to the Firefox home page, Firefox shows your top sites. Learn how to pin sites to this page, and edit sites on this page.

Note: This applies to the latest Firefox beta version which can be downloaded from mozilla.org/beta.

How do I organize my top sites on the Firefox home page?

Firefox displays websites on the Firefox home page based on how frequently you visit each site and how recently you were there. You can easily pin, edit and delete the sites that show up on the Firefox home page to customize it just the way you want.

You can pin up to six sites. If you have less than six sites pinned, then Firefox will dynamically fill in empty slots with top frequented sites. If you wish to keep a top frequented site, you can do this by pinning the site. If you wish to change the URL of a pinned site, you can edit the URL.

Pin a site

  1. Go to the site you want to pin by typing its URL or tapping on it in Top Sites, Bookmarks, or your History.
  2. Tap on the title bar and type about:home.
  3. Long tap on the site you want to pin

    long tap on mozilla.org home page - Android ICS

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  4. Tap Pin Site

    after long tap tap pin site.

    Firefox will display a visual indicator on the top right to confirm the site has been pinned.



visual indicator site pinned - Android ICS

Remove a site by unpinning it

  1. Tap on the title bar and type about:home.
  2. Long tap on the site you want to remove and then tap Unpin Site.



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Edit a pinned site's URL

  1. Tap on the title bar and type about:home.
  2. Long tap on the site whose URL you want to change and then tap Edit.

    edit pinned site - Android ICS
  3. Type in the site's URL or choose it from the Top Sites, Bookmarks or History tabs.

    edit url of pinned site tap go - Android ICS
  4. Tap Go to save the new URL to the Firefox home page.