An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Depending on the settings of your Android phone or tablet, you might not have a default web browser. As a result, you'll be presented with a ...

You can change the default browser on Mac in System Preferences or your browser's settings page. Macs set Safari as the default browser, but you can change it to any ...

In iOS 14, Apple finally added the ability to choose your default browser and email client. That means when you click a link in an app, it won’t lead you to Safari when you'd rather go to Chrome—or ...

Photo: Getty Images. Illustration: Reagan Allen. While the latest operating system may have many useful new features, it also has a sneaky one: If you’re not really careful, your default browser will ...

Windows is generally flexible about tweaks to its system—and advanced users have long taken advantage of registry tweaks to make the OS behave. But recently, Microsoft has quietly barred access to one ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and ...

Not everybody wants to use Safari, the Mac's default web browser, but switching completely to another one looks difficult — until you know how. Using a browser that isn't set to your default on macOS ...

Firefox 75 comes with a new telemetry agent that sends information about your operating system and your default browser to Firefox every day. This guide will walk you through disabling this "feature" ...

Windows 11 famously made it an exhaustive chore to change your default browser, but it has since eased up quite a lot. Now, Google Chrome is rolling out the ability to become your default browser on ...

Changing the default browser is more challenging in Windows 11 than in Windows 10. But you can still do it. Here's how. With Windows 11, Microsoft has altered the steps for changing your default ...

Microsoft introduced a new integrated browser with the launch of Windows 10: Microsoft Edge. It’s billed to be lightweight and fast, but many PC owners may not like having an integrated browser forced ...