How to change what Google Chrome opens on Startup

Description: This article will show you how to change where Google Chrome opens to upon starting up the browser. This can be set to a specific page, a default new tab page, or to have Chrome reopen to the previous session pages.

  1. With Google Chrome open, select the three dots found at the top right of the Chrome window.
    Google Chrome, three dots, customize and control Google Chrome
  2. On the Settings window that opens, choose On startup.
    Google Chrome Settings, On startup
  3. There are three ways to set up where Chrome opens to:
    • The default and first way is to Open to the New Tab page.
    • The second way is to Continue where you left off which would open the last page Chrome was on when it was closed.
    • The third way is to manually set an opening page.

    Google Chrome On Startup settings
    Open a specific page or a set of pages
  4. There are two options to manually set an opening page:
    • Add a new page
    • Use current pages

    Select one of these options and complete the information desired.
    Add a new page, Site URL, Add
    Chrome On Startup settings, list of pages

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