How to make a default browser on Windows

If you ever wondered how to make a default browser, then in this article you will find the answers.

A browser is a utility that no one can do without at the present time. Thanks to it, any user can access the Internet, browse and host websites, watch movies, videos, listen to music, download files, read online books, make purchases in online stores, chat with other users, find information, view and download images and etc.

What are browsers like?

To date, there are an incredibly large number of browsers. And the most popular is the free Google Chrome browser, developed by the American corporation Google in 2008, which was founded in 1998 by Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google Chrome has become popular because of its ease of use and speed, due to the lack of extra features.

In second place is the Mozilla Firefox browser. This utility has become the best option for beginners, because it has a very simple and convenient menu, a colorful and beautiful interface, and stable operation. This browser is easy to manage a large number of plugins.

Third place is Opera. It was developed by the Norwegian company Opera Software, founded in 1994. In this browser, the interface is available in 42 languages, in addition, it is distinguished by high speed, stability and ease of use. Opera is the founder of the innovations that are used in the browser these days.

At the moment, Yandex Browser, released in 2012 by the Russian company Yandex, is rapidly gaining popularity. Its founders are Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich. This browser has already built-in add-ons that you had to install manually in Google Chrome. Also in the utility there is a “Turbo” mode, the ability to turn off ads, view Word and PDF files without closing the browser. But there is one drawback - sometimes it does not display pictures.

Let's move on to how to make the default browser

We recommend that you follow all the rules and paragraphs indicated in this article, and then you will succeed. How to make Opera the default browser?

1. First of all, you need to find a shortcut on the desktop with the words Opera.
2. After you find it, you need to hover over it and click the right mouse button.
3. You will see a menu in which left-click on the "Open" button.
4. A browser window will open. And in the left corner you will see the inscription "Menu". Click on it.
5. A browser settings window will appear, where we look for the "Settings" item and click on it.
6. The settings window will open in full screen. There we find the item “Browser” and click on it. And going down a little lower, you will notice the option “Make Opera the default browser”. Click on it.

That's it, now the Opera browser will be installed by default. And all the links will first open in it. So, we figured out how to make a default browser, using the Opera utility as an example.

Chrome browser

Let's move on to the next one. Now consider how to make Google the default browser:

• On the desktop we find the browser shortcut "Google Chrome" and double-click to open the program.
• In the corner on the right we find at the top three dots of gray color - they are located vertically. We hover over them and left-click on the points once.
• A small menu appears on the screen in the same corner, lower the cursor down and on the penultimate line we see the “Settings” item. We open them.
• A new tab with the settings will open in the browser, scroll down and find the item “Default browser”. Immediately below it will be the item "Make Google Chrome the default browser." Click, and you're done!

After the change in the deadline it will be written "Google Chrome is used as the default browser."

Now we will look at how to make the default browser in Windows

For the last example, we will use Yandex.Browser. So, how to make Yandex the default browser:

1. In the lower left corner, open the "Windows Search".
2. We are looking for the gear icon and click on it.
3. The "Windows Settings" window opens. In the upper left corner we find the "System" section.
4. We open it and on the left we see the settings sections. And the second paragraph will be “Default Applications”. We go into this section and scroll down to the option “Web browser”.
5. Click on the box below and see a list of available browsers. Select Yandex.Browser. Done! Now, your system defaults to Yandex Browser.