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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.

{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} __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 not fx29} ;{for win}[[Image:New Home Page - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:New Home Page - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:New Home Page - Lin]]{/for} {/for} {for fx29} ;[[Image:home fx29]] {/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 not fx29}{for win}[[Image:Restore default home page - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Restore default home page - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Restore default home page - Lin]]{/for}{/for}{for fx29}[[Image:default hp]]{/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}[[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 [[Create bookmarks to save your favorite webpages]] for more information. *'''History:''' This opens your browsing history in the library window. See [[Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox]] and [[Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox#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 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 Firefox Sync?]] for details. *'''Settings:''' {for win}Quickly access Firefox options.{/for}{for mac,linux}Quickly access Firefox preferences.{/for} =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 not fx29}{for win}[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Session Restore - Home - Lin]]{/for}{/for} ;{for fx29}[[Image:restore fx29]]{/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}