The home page is the page Firefox shows when you start it or when you click the Home button in the toolbar. You can change the start page to any web site, several web sites, or even a blank page. You can also choose to see the windows and tabs you had open when you closed Firefox last.

• If you keep getting a "Firefox has just updated" tab, see Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox.

Table Of Contents

• Choosing your start option
• Setting the home page
• Dragging it to the home button
• Use current page button
• Typing it in manually
• Setting several home pages
• Setting the home page back to the default

Choosing your start option

By default, when Firefox starts, a single window is opened, displaying your specified home page. If you would like to choose a different start option, or want to switch back to using your home page:

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. Select the Main panel.
3. From the When Firefox starts drop-down, choose one of the following options:
   • Show my home page to always start Firefox using the same web site.
   • Show a blank page to start Firefox without loading any websites
   • Show my windows and tabs from last time to restore your previous session.
4. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window

Setting the home page

There are several ways to set your home page:

Dragging it to the home button

1. Navigate to the page you want set as your home page.
2. Click on the icon to the left of the web address and drag it to the Home toolbar button.

Use current page button

1. Navigate to the page you want set as your home page.
2. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
3. If it isn't already selected, click the Main icon. The Main options panel is displayed.
4. Click on Use Current Page.
   • If you have a group of tabs open, the entire group of tabs will be set as your home page.
   • You can also use the Use Bookmark button to set one of your bookmarks as your home page.

Typing it in manually

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. If it isn't already selected, click the Main icon. The Main options panel is displayed.
3. In the Startup box, highlight the text in the Home Page: box. By default, this will probably say

   http://en-US.start.mozilla.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

   If you are not using an English version of Firefox, this may be slightly different.
4. Replace the text with the address of the website you wish to be your new home page. For example, to set your home page to Yahoo!, enter

   http://www.yahoo.com/

   
   
5. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window.

Setting several home pages

Firefox allows you to set several home pages, which will all open in their own tabs.

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. If it isn't already selected, click the Main icon. The Main options panel is displayed.
3. After the ending of the current homepage put | and than start your next homepage.
   • For example:

     http://www.yahoo.com/|http://www.mozilla.com/

4. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window.

Setting the home page back to the default

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
2. If it isn't already selected, click the Main icon. The Main options panel is displayed.
3. In the Startup box, click Restore to Default.
   
   
   
4. Click OK to close the Options windowClick Close to close the Preferences windowClose the Preferences window.