Set Google as your homepage

You can easily set up Google as the start page for your browser - whether in Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer. We show you how to do this in this guide.

Change homepage on Google Chrome

Please note that this guide applies to Chrome 36.

Click the three bars across the top right corner of Chrome and choose Settings.

Under "At start" check the box "Open specific page or pages" and click on "Add new page".

Enter the URL //www.google.de under "Add new page" and confirm with "Add".

Set up Firefox homepage

Please note that these instructions refer to Firefox 30.

Click on the three-bar icon at the top right and select "Settings".

Enter the URL //www.google.de in the "General" tab and confirm the changes by clicking "OK".

Set up the start page in Internet Explorer

Please note that these instructions refer to Internet Explorer version 11.

Click on the Settings icon in the top right corner and select "Internet Options".

Enter the URL //www.google.de in the "General" tab under "Home".

Confirm the changes by clicking "OK".

In the next practical tip we will show you how to open PDF documents in the browser.