Make Firefox your default browser

If you have more than one spider web browser installed, any links that you click on will automatically open up in your default browser. This article shows you how to make Firefox your default browser.

  • For additional information on how to make Firefox the default browser on Windows 10 or Windows 11, see the How to alter your default browser in Windows article.

How to set Firefox as your default browser

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select . Click the carte push button Fx57Menu and select . Click the menu push button Fx89menuButton and select .

  2. In the panel, click Make Default….
    Fx67GeneralPanelStartup-MakeDefault Fx94MakeDefault
    • Firefox will now exist gear up as your default browser.

If Firefox was unable to make itself the default browser it will open up the Windows Settings Default apps panel (shown below), where you can click the entry under Spider web browser to choose Firefox as the default.

For additional data, run into How to change your default browser in Windows.

Use the Settings app in Windows 10 to change your default browser

Alternatively, you tin open the Settings App from the Windows Start carte du jour to fix Firefox as the default browser:

  1. Get to the Windows Start menu and click the Settings icon.
  2. Click Apps, then choose Default Apps on the left pane.
  3. Gyre down and click the entry under Web browser.
    default apps win10
  4. Click on Firefox in the dialog that opens with a list of available browsers.
    firefox default 10
  5. Firefox is at present listed as your default browser. Close the Settings window to salvage your changes.

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select . Click the menu button Fx57Menu and select . Click the menu push Fx89menuButton and select .

  2. In the panel, detect the default browser setting in the Startup section at the peak of the page.
    Fx67GeneralPanelStartup-MakeDefault Fx94MakeDefault
  3. Click the Make Default… button. Firefox will now be set every bit your default browser.

If Firefox nevertheless isn't the default, encounter How to change your default browser in Windows for steps to manually change your default browser to Firefox.

Note: To change your default to another browser, encounter the support documentation for that other browser.

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