How To Set Safari As Default

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  1. Unsurprisingly, Apple has buried the option to switch your default browser pretty deeply. To find the menu, you'll have to go to the Settings app, then scroll down (or search) to find your.
  2. Once you have set up Safari as your default Web browser, you can customize its settings in the Safari 'Preferences' window. Make sure that you are downloading a version of Safari that your operating system can support. For Safari 2.0 you will need a computer running OS 10.4. Check the download page on Apple's Web site for Safari software updates.

Yesterday, we talked about changing default browser manually and I showed how we can set Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer as the default browser without the need to restart them.

Today, we will see how to make Safari or Opera as your default browser. The scenario remains the same – you had been using Safari or Opera as default and some changes to the system caused another browser (like Chrome or IE) to set itself as the default. So now you need to change it back to the way it was.

This means you can use email apps like Outlook and Gmail and browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox as the default ones instead of Mail and Safari on the iPhone. IOS 12 brought the flexibility to delete the default iOS apps from the iPhone. But it still forced consumers to use the default apps for email and web-browsing requirements. The change will come into effect on iOS 14. An upcoming version of the Microsoft Edge browser for iOS will allow users to set it as the default browser on the iPhone.

How to set safari as default

Make Safari Your Default Browser

To set Safari as default, you would first need to visit its Preferences.

Under General, you'll find the Default web browser option and a drop-down menu to select the default browser. The unique thing here is that it lists all the browsers installed in your system, and you can select any one of them as your default browser.

Make Opera Your Default Browser

In Opera, the browser preferences are found under Settings in the Menu options.

Here, you'll need to go to the Advanced tab and click on Programs. You'll see a checkbox that says Check if Opera is default browser on startup. Check it, click on OK and restart the browser. It'll ask you if you want to make it default. Click on Yes.

Unlike other browsers, where a restart wasn't needed to set them as default, in Opera I couldn't find a way to do that.unless you select Opera in the default web browser menu in Safari's preferences. 🙂 How to log into word.

How To Set Safari As Default Browser On Iphone

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Make Safari Your Default Browser

To set Safari as default, you would first need to visit its Preferences.

Under General, you'll find the Default web browser option and a drop-down menu to select the default browser. The unique thing here is that it lists all the browsers installed in your system, and you can select any one of them as your default browser.

Make Opera Your Default Browser

In Opera, the browser preferences are found under Settings in the Menu options.

Here, you'll need to go to the Advanced tab and click on Programs. You'll see a checkbox that says Check if Opera is default browser on startup. Check it, click on OK and restart the browser. It'll ask you if you want to make it default. Click on Yes.

Unlike other browsers, where a restart wasn't needed to set them as default, in Opera I couldn't find a way to do that.unless you select Opera in the default web browser menu in Safari's preferences. 🙂 How to log into word.

How To Set Safari As Default Browser On Iphone


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