Setting your browser homepage

About this article

This article includes instructions for setting your home page in several major web browsers. It is intended for all members of the WSU community.

Why set a browser homepage?

You probably spend a significant amount of time each day using your Web browser. It's a critical learning tool in your digital toolbox and one that can be personalized to meet your specific needs. Creating a personalized learning environment will help you find and use the information you need quickly. All major browsers allow you to personalize your browsing experience by changing the default homepage or the page that's displayed every time you open your browser. When you install a new browser, a page associated with the company who built the browser will be set a your default homepage. You can change that to any page you wish. You can also configure your browser to load multiple pages as tabs across the top of your browser window. This is a real time saver if you have websites that you visit every day. Although it only takes a minute to type in the web addresses or select the sites from a list of favorites, these minutes add up.

Use WSU eHome

Consider adding the WSU eHome page as either your primary homepage or one of your home pages (e.g., on a second tab).

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the page you want to set as your new homepage. You can open multiple pages, one on each tab, if you wish. This will allow you to open multiple pages, not just one homepage, when you start Internet Explorer.
2. Tap or click the Tools button
3. Tap or click Internet options.
4. On the General tab, under Home page, select the Use current button. The default URL will be replaced by the URL(s) of the page or pages that you have open in Internet Explorer currently. You can also enter the URL of the site you want to set as a home page manually. If you add more than one URL manually, put each URL on its own line.
5. Tap or click Apply (applies the change, but doesn't close the window) or OK (applies the change and closes the window).
6. The next time you open a new browsing session, your homepage(s) will be loaded automatically.

Google Chrome

1. Open Chrome. If you have a Google account, login. When you make changes to your homepage settings, Google will save that information to the cloud. When you login to Chrome on another device, your homepages will be there.
2. Navigate to the page you want to set as your new homepage. You can open multiple pages, one on each tab, if you wish. This will allow you to open multiple pages, not just one homepage, when you start Chrome.
3. Select the Customize and control Google Chrome button.
4. Select Settings.
5. Under On startup, make sure Open a specific page or set of pages is selected. Select the Set pages link
6. On the Startup pages window, select the Use current pages button. You can also add a page by entering the URL manually.
7. Select OK