You can customize Chromium to open any page for the homepage or startup page. These two pages aren’t the same unless you set them to be.

  • Your startup page is the one that shows when you first launch Chromium on your device.
  • Your homepage is the one you go to when you click Home.

If your startup page, homepage, or search engine has suddenly changed, then you may have unwanted software.

#Set your startup page

You can control what page or pages appear when you launch Chromium on your computer.

#Have a new tab open

You can tell Chromium to open to a new tab page.

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click More img img Settings.
  3. Under "On startup," select Open the New Tab page.

#Continue where you left off

You can tell Chromium to re-open the same pages you were looking at when you quit.

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click More img img Settings.
  3. Under "On startup," select Continue where you left off.

Your cookies and data are saved, so any websites you were logged into before will open again. If you don't want to be automatically signed in to these pages, follow the steps below:

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click More img img Settings.
  3. Under "Privacy and security," click Cookie****s and other site data.
  4. Turn on Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chromium.

On FydeOS: To reopen your pages when you sign in, press Ctrl + Shift + t.

#Open a specific set of pages

You can tell Chromium to open to any webpage.

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click More img img Settings.
  3. Under "On startup," selectOpen a specific page or set of pages.
    • Click Add a new page. Enter the web address and click Add.
    • Click Use current pages.

To update your pages, to the right of a page, click More img img Edit or Delete.

#Problems with your startup or homepage

If you’re seeing a homepage or startup page that you didn’t set yourself, your computer may have malware.

If you're on a FydeOS device at work or school, your network administrator can choose your startup page(s) or homepage for you. If so, you won't be able to change them. For more help, ask .

#Choose your homepage

You can control what page appears when you click Home.

  1. Open Chromium.
  2. At the top right, click More img img Settings.
  3. Under "Appearance," turn on Show Home button.
  4. Below "Show Home" button, choose to use the New Tab page or a custom page

The Home button will appear to the left of your address bar.