{"id":1832,"date":"2021-08-05T13:06:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1832"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:49:21","slug":"how-to-change-your-default-browser-windows","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/?ht_kb=how-to-change-your-default-browser-windows","title":{"rendered":"How to Change your Default Browser (Windows)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Open the <strong>Start Menu<\/strong>, then select the gear icon to access your <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1834\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2.png 735w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2-50x32.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2-60x38.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2-100x63.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In your Windows Settings select\u00a0<strong>Apps<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1833\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-1024x797.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings-100x78.png 100w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Settings.png 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select\u00a0<strong>Default apps\u00a0<\/strong>on the side menu, then click on the browser icon listed under <strong>Web Browser\u00a0<\/strong>to select a new default web browser.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1835\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-1024x796.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-1024x796.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps-100x78.png 100w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/apps.png 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1836\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1.png 1006w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-3-1-100x79.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>We advise all WCSU users to select Google Chrome as your default web browser as it is the most efficient and compatible web browser across all WCSU systems. If you do not have Google Chrome installed on your computer below is the link to the download page for Google Chrome: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\/?brand=YTUH&amp;geo=US&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw47eFBhA9EiwAy8kzNHcdp3FaOYfQDl65Qsdr9GNnYJIjxjgNZwxVD3Vk2nXpd2JKTpuVIRoC-AkQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Google Chrome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open the Start Menu, then select the gear icon to access your Settings. In your Windows Settings select\u00a0Apps. Select\u00a0Default apps\u00a0on the side menu, then click on the browser icon listed under Web Browser\u00a0to select a new default web browser. NOTE:\u00a0We advise all WCSU users to select Google Chrome as your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[24],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1832","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-category&post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-tag&post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}