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The Firefox home page contains a handy web search and quick links to downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, sync and settings. Firefox's default home page has quick links to common features

{for not fx23} 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 Google 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. {/for} {for fx23} 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. {/for} {for not fx13} [[Template:ApplytoFx|channel=release|slug=firefox]] {/for} __TOC__ =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. {for win}[[Image:New Home Page - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:New Home Page - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:New Home Page - Lin]]{/for} 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: # [[T:optionspreferences]] # Select the {menu General} panel. # In the Startup box, click {button Restore to Default}.{for win}<br><br>[[Image:Restore default home page - Win]]{/for}{for mac}<br><br>[[Image:Restore default home page - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}<br><br>[[Image:Restore default home page - Lin]]{/for} # [[T:closeOptionsPreferences]] {note}'''Note:''' For more information about home page settings including how to change it to something else, see [[How to set the home page]].{/note} = 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: {for win}[[Image:Home Page Buttons - Win]]{/for}{for mac}<br><br>[[Image:Home Page Buttons - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Home Page Buttons - Lin]]{/for} *'''Downloads:''' Click here to open the [[Find and manage downloaded files|{for not fx20}Downloads window{/for}{for fx20}Library window{/for}]]. *'''Bookmarks:''' This opens your bookmarks in the library window. See [[How to use bookmarks to save and organize your favorite websites]] for more info. *'''History:''' This opens your browsing history in the library window. See [[Remove recent browsing, search and download history]] and [[Remove recent browsing, search and download history#w_how-do-i-remove-a-single-website-from-my-history|How do I remove a single website from my history?]] for more information. *'''Add-ons:''' Quickly access the add-ons manager. For more, 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 [[Firefox Sync - Take your bookmarks, tabs and personal information with you]] and [[How do I set up Firefox Sync?]] 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 Restore Previous Session} button on it. To get your tabs and windows back, just click it. {for win}<br><br>[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Win]]{/for}{for mac}<br><br>[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}<br><br>[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Lin]]{/for} {note}'''Note:''' For more info about how session restore works, see the [[Restore previous session - Configure when Firefox shows your most recent tabs and windows]] article.{/note} [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/MNBYyj]]