How Do I Change My Homepage?

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How do i change my homepage ? Do you want to change it to Google or Yahoo or Bing or Aol or any other webpage.In this Blog,You will learn the following which is mentioned below.

What is Browser?

A Browser is any software which can help you connect with World Wide Web and Display Content ,Images and Videos. Few Examples are : Google Chrome ,Firefox ,Safari ,Internet explorer ,Opera Etc

What is Homepage?

A homepage is any webpage that you see first when you open your browser. For example : Google.com ,Bing.com ,Yahoo.com ,Aol.com ,Xfinity.com Etc.

Why your Homepage is changed?

Most of the times it is seen the homepage is hijacked by My way ,Search Conduit , Ask.com . Now Read carefully. As this is very important to understand what exactly went wrong.

Did you change it mistakenly? Yes ,Then dont worry you will learn in next paragraph how to change it back.

Have you downloaded any extension recently? Yes ,Then it may be the reason that your homepage and other settings are hijacked by that unwanted extension.

Have you downloaded any software recently? Yes,Then it may be possible that the software you downloded came along with some pushy softwares which are capable of changing your browser settings including your homepage settings.

Do you play free Games on computer ? Yes ,then most of the times you receive ads on free Game websites which can turn your machine into a peice of junk. You will learn how you can avoid ads in next paragraph.

There can be other reason for a individual : which can only be checked and fixed after diagnosing the computer

What can you do to fix it?

How do i set google as my homepage? It is very important to find out the reason before you start following any steps.

If you changed it yourself : Then we assume nothing bad was downloaded

You need to go in to chrome setting section and change it accordingly. As shown in the picture.

  • Click on three Dots icon at right-top and go into settings.
  • Click on Default browser from left pane menu.
  • In the left you will have an option “ Open a specific page or set of pages ” from there you can change you homepage back to default.
  • You can also make google your homepage by adding www.google.com in the list.

Change Homepage to google

If you have downloaded any software recently : Then you need to remove that software by going into control panel and follow the above instruction to change your homepage back to default.

If you have downloaded any extension recently : Then you need to remove that extension by simply clicking the three dot icon at right-top and Hover you Cursur on More Tools and click on extensions . Remove the extensions that you do not recognize and follow the above instruction to change your homepage back to default.

Remove Unwanted Extensions

If you play any free games or watch free videos or follow free receipes : Then its is possible that you may have some adware or malware in the computer. Scan your computer using any good security and check if it finds anything. or follow above steps if they work for you.

What can you do to prevent it?

If you are new to computer world or you are not very computer savvy. then it is for you. Make sure you follow things mentioned below.

  • While surfing internet if you receive any popups for update,notifications -Never click on them .
  • While playing game if you see any ads try to avoid them
  • While installing any free software make sure to uncheck things which are coming with that freeware.
  • And make sure you computer is well maintained.

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