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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 fx57}{note}This article applies to older versions of Firefox ([[Find what version of Firefox you are using|Firefox version]] 56 and below).<!--Starting in version 57, the [[About Tiles in New Tab|New Tab]] page is now the default Firefox home page. -->{/note}{/for}<!-- This may not occur. See discussion and bug 1411797 --> 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. __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:Fx52DefaultHomePage-Win]]{/for}{for mac,linux}[[Image:home fx29]]{/for}<!--using old image. Need a new screenshot for mac,linux--> 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''' section, click {button Restore to Default}. #;{for not fx56}[[Image:restore default fx38]]{/for}{for fx56}[[Image:Fx56GeneralPanelStartup-RestoreDefaultHomePage]]{/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= The default home page includes the following buttons at the bottom of the page: *'''Downloads:''' Click here to open the list of your [[Find and manage downloaded files|downloaded files]] in the library window. *'''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. *{for win}'''Options:'''{/for}{for mac,linux}'''Preferences:'''{/for} Quickly access Firefox [[T:optionsorpreferences]]. ;{for win}[[Image:Fx52HomePageButtons-Win]]{/for}{for mac,linux}<!--Need a new screenshot for mac,linux--> =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. To get your tabs and windows back, just click it. {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}