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Victor Ashiedu August 15, 2022 10584 Views 0

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Introduction

You can set homepage in Chrome (Google Chrome) directly from Settings. This method is suitable for individual or home users.

However, Windows administrators can set homepage in Chrome with Group Policy. This is an easy way to set homepage in Chrome for thousands of computers joined to an Active Directory Domain.

Options to Set Homepage in Google Chrome

This guide demos how to set homepage in Chrome from Chrome settings or with Group Policy.

Set Homepage in Google Chrome from Chrome Settings

Here are the steps

Open Google Chrome. Then click 3 dots on the top right of the page.

Next, click Settings.

When Chrome Settings open, click the 3 lines beside Setting.

Then click On Startup. set homepage in chrome from Settings

To set homepage in Chrome to open a specific website at start up, select Open specific page or set of pages. set homepage in chrome from Settings

Then click Add a new page. set homepage in chrome from Settings

Enter the page. Then click Add. The new page is added to Chrome start-up page.

If you wish to add more pages for Chrome to open at startup, click Add. Alternatively, you can edit or delete existing pages by clicking the 3 dots beside the added page. Then select Edit or Remove (see the second image below).

Finally, close and reopen Google Chrome. The homepage is set to your desired page (s)! You have set homepage in Chrome to open a specific page.

Set Homepage in Chrome with Group Policy

The steps in this section is intended for Windows administrators. If you are a home or individual user, use the steps here – Set Homepage in Google Chrome from Chrome Settings.

The demo in this guide was performed in Windows Server 2016.

Before you proceed with the steps in this section you must add Google Chrome’s Administrative Template file to Group Policy.

If have not done this, follow the steps in How to Download and Install Google Chrome Administrative Template.

Setting homepage in Chrome with Group Policy is a 3-step process:

Create a new GOPLink GPO to a ContainerEdit the GPO to set homepage in Chrome Create a New GOP Login to Windows Sever 2016. Then open Server Manager.

When Server Manager opens, click Tools. Then select Group Policy Management.

From Group Policy Management, expand Domains. Then expand your domain name.

You can set your group policy with the Default Domain Policy but it is recommended to create a new Group Policy Object (GPO).

To create a new GPO:

Expand Group Policy Objects container.

Then, drag the GPO you wish to use to create a new one into Group Policy Objects container. In this example, I will drag Default Domain Policy to the Group Policy Objects container.

To copy the GPO, select one of the options and click OK. If you are not sure, select Use the default permissions for new GPOs. When the copy is complete, click OK. A copy of the GPO is created. See the second image below.

To rename the copied GPO, right-click it. Then select Rename. Give the GPO a descriptive name. See mine below. set homepage in chrome

Link GPO to an Active Directory Container

The next step is to link the new GPO to an AD container. In this example, I will apply the GPO to the root of my domain.

You can apply a Group Policy Object to Sites, Domains or OUs (Organizational Units) Drag the GPO to the container you wish to link it to. When you drag the GPO to the container you will be asked to confirm. Click OK.

The GPO will now appear beneath the container (in this instance, the root of my domain). set homepage in chrome - GPO linked to the domain container

Edit the GPO to Set Homepage in Chrome

This is the last step to set homepage in Google Chrome with Group Policy.

Here are the steps:

Right-click the GPO you linked to your desired container. Then select Edit.

Then navigate to.. Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Classic Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Startup, Homepage and new tab\

Locate and double-click Action on Start-up page policy.

When the policy opens for editing, click Enabled. Then On the Action on start-up drop-down, select Open a list of URLs. Finally, to save your changes and click OK.

The state of the policy is now Enabled.

Next, double-click URLs to open on start-up policy.

When the policy opens, click Enabled. Then, beside URLs to open on start-up, click Show. set homepage in chrome

Beneath URLs to open on start-up, enter the websites one on each line. When you finish click OK. set homepage in chrome

You will be returned to the policy edit screen, click OK. set homepage in chrome

The URLs to open on start-up policy is now Enabled.

To enforce the policies immediately, from a client computer type the command below into command prompt. Then click enter. Alternatively, restart the computer. GPUpdate /force When you open Google Chrome, the homepage will be set to the sites you entered in the policy.

Now, if you open Chrome On Startup Settings, it is locked and cannot be edited by users.

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