{"id":9259,"date":"2017-01-12T06:31:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2019-05-29T22:43:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:43:35","slug":"ask-dotto-tech-30-how-do-you-edit-your-default-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/ask-dotto-tech-30-how-do-you-edit-your-default-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Edit Your Default Browser? 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I hope you understand why.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis week\u2019s question is from Sophie and it\u2019s a good one!\n<h2>Question: How do you edit\/change your default browser?<\/h2>\nBrowsers are important, powerful tools. They do a lot of the crucial behind the scenes work to seamlessly interpret and display web pages.\n\nLike with most apps, we\u2019ve all got preferences. Some people swear by Chrome\u2019s minimalist interface, others love Safari and there are still about 10 people left in the world who still believe Opera is the best browser ever made.\n\nMost computers come preloaded with a standard browser&#8211; the kind you get depends on who&nbsp;owns your operating system.\n\nMicrosoft package the latest version of Internet Explorer (now Microsoft Edge) on any piece of hardware that runs Windows while Apple products make Safari your default browser.\n\nLet\u2019s take a look at how to avoid being like everyone else and set your favorite browser as your default.\n<h3>Changing your default browser in OSX<\/h3>\nIf you\u2019ve ever run anything in OSX&nbsp;you know that Apple is determined to try and make you use Safari.\n\nTo adjust your browser settings you have to:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Open <em>Safari<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Click on <em>Safari<\/em> in your top menu and select <em>Preferences<\/em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13684\" src=\"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2-768x193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2-720x181.jpg 720w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2-610x153.jpg 610w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers2.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/li>\n \t<li>Select <em>Set Default<\/em> and choose your browser<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13685\" src=\"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1-720x602.jpg 720w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1-610x510.jpg 610w, https:\/\/dottotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Changing-web-browsers1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<h3>How to edit your browser settings in Windows<\/h3>\nWindows 10 makes it pretty easy to change your browser settings.\n<ol>\n \t<li>Go to <em>Settings<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Select <em>System Settings<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Click on <em>Default Apps<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Scroll down to<em> web browser<\/em> and click on it<\/li>\n \t<li>Select any of your installed browsers as your default<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Making document specific selections<\/h3>\nEvery browser has a very particular set of skills and you don\u2019t have to commit to your default browser for everything.\n\nBy right clicking on each application, you can select the <em>Open with<\/em> option and pick what you\u2019d like to open certain apps with.\n\nThat\u2019s how you change your default browser in Windows 10 and OS.\n\nDo you have a question for Ask Dotto Tech? Leave a comment on this post, send me an email, a tweet or a smoke signal!\n<h2>Until next time, have fun storming the castle!<\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are you doing this Wednesday? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/webinars\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for our Wednesday webinar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every week we break big, complex processes like building your email list and growing a successful YouTube channel into small, actionable steps you can put into practice straight away.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webinars not your thing? 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