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How to set the home page

We'll show you how to automatically open any web page you want when you launch Firefox or
click the Home button .

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 Set or change your home page

 Set your home page through Firefox options
o Set multiple pages as your home page
 Having problems?

Set or change your home page

1. Open the web page you want to use as your home page.
 2. Drag and drop that tab onto the Home button on your toolbar (it's on the left side by default).

3. Click Yes on the prompt to set this page as your home page.

Set your home page through Firefox options

1. Click the menu button and select Options.
2. Click the Home panel.

3. Click the menu next to Homepage and new windows and choose to show the default Firefox
Home page, custom URLs or a blank page.

Set multiple pages as your home page

You can set a group of pages as your home page. Open each page in a separate tab, select
Custom URLs… in the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu and click on Use Current
Pages.

Having problems?
We have solutions:

 If you keep getting the "Firefox has just updated" tab every time Firefox starts, see the article
Firefox says it's just updated every time it starts - how to fix.
 If your home page settings are not saved, see How to fix preferences that won't save.
 If you can't see the Home button, have a look at Customize Firefox controls, buttons and
toolbars.
 If your home page was hijacked or automatically changed, see Remove a toolbar that has taken
over your Firefox search or home page.

 If a page keeps opening even after you've removed a third-party toolbar and restored your
home page, see Wrong home page opens when I start Firefox - How to fix.

 An extension may be controlling your home page. For more information, see An extension
changed my New Tab page.

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