How to Create Shortcuts on the Google Chrome Homepage

You might often want to access your favourite site or the most frequently used site quickly without typing in the name or the entire website address. Here in this blog, you will learn how to create shortcuts on the Google Chrome homepage.

In most cases, it might happen that you do not recall the name of the website you want to access, but you need to reach the website quickly.

In such situations, if you have the shortcut ready for the site, then you can quickly access it at any time. No matter what you want to access, whether it is a website such as a news site or simply your email and social media, you can easily get to the site with a single click.

Why Create Shortcuts on the Google Chrome Homepage?

Here are a few reasons why you might consider creating shortcuts for your favourite websites on the Google Chrome homepage.

• Quick Access to Your Favorite Sites: When you create a shortcut for any site on your Chrome browser homepage, you can easily get to that site with just a single click. This helps to access your most frequently visited site in just a moment.
• Saves Time and Easier Navigation: Even if you forget the name or the web address of the website, you can still reach it using the shortcut for that site.
• Perfect for Daily Use: Having shortcuts helps you access the sites you visit regularly, whether you check the news sites daily, logging into social media is your daily dose or when you check your emails.
• Boosts Productivity: With all your go-to websites just right at your fingertips, you can save time and avoid the hassle of typing URLs or searching for sites every time.

Prerequisites to Create Shortcuts on the Google Chrome Homepage

Before you start creating shortcuts on the Chrome homepage for your websites or any webpage, you need to first ensure that you have either a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop where the Google Chrome browser is installed.

Also, the website you are willing to create a shortcut for exists and is ready.

If you do not have Chrome installed on your computer, you can easily download it from the official Chrome website. For Android, you need to install the Google Chrome app from the Google Play store.

If you use an iPhone or MacOS, you can get Chrome from the Apple Store.

How to Create Shortcuts on the Google Chrome Homepage

1. Create Shortcuts on the Desktop

Here are the steps for how to create shortcuts on the Chrome homepage if you have a desktop.

• Firstly, navigate to the website for which you are willing to create the shortcut. It can be anything, such as emails like Gmail, Yahoo, any other email that you use, or any social media site that you often visit.
• Copy the web address or the URL of the website you are creating a shortcut.
• Then, go back to the Google Chrome homepage and click on the Add shortcut option. You will get it below the Chrome search bar as a circle shape with a + icon inside it.
• After clicking on it, a box will open asking you for the Name and the URL of the website. Type in the website name and paste the URL you copied before in the Nmaer and the URL section, respectively.
• At last, simply click on Done and the shortcut for the website or the webpage will be created on your Chrome homepage.

2. Create Shortcuts on Android

On your Android device, once you have installed Chrome, the websites you frequently visit, be it any news site, shopping site, or simply a search result, get automatically saved in your Chrome browser homepage as a shortcut.

How to Create a Shortcut for a Webpage

It might sometimes happen that your Chrome browser does not work properly or it hangs on your Android phone, and then the shortcuts you have created on your Chrome homepage will not be accessible to you anymore.

In such a situation, you can create a shortcut to the website on your desktop or Android home screen.

1. Create a Shortcut on the Desktop

Here are the steps for how you can create shortcuts to your Chrome webpage on your desktop home screen.

• Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of your Chrome Window and click on the Cast, save and share option, or you can simply over over the option as well.
• This will open up a small box with more options on the left. Simply choose Create shortcut.
• Another dialogue box will appear asking for the Name of the site. Type in the name or keep it as the default one and click on Create.
• Once you click, you will be asked to select the location of the shortcut. Choose it as you wish, and the shortcut will appear there.

2. Create a Shortcut on Android

Here are the steps for you to create shortcuts to the webpage of your Chrome browser on your Android phone home screen.

• First, just open the Chrome app on your Android device and visit the website for which you want to create a shortcut.
• Tap on the three dots in the top-right corner of your Chrome app, followed by tapping on Add to Home Screen.
• Choose a name for the shortcut, by default it will automatically use the website’s title if you don’t alter it.
• Simply tap on Add, and the shortcut will appear on your home screen.

Wrapping Up

You can easily create shortcuts for your favourite websites or the websites you mostly visit on your Google Chrome homepage so that you can access them at any time with just a simple click without remembering or typing in the entire web address or the name of the website.

You can simply do it from the Add shortcut option on your Chrome browser on your desktop. On your Chrome app Android, the most frequent sites are already saved as shortcuts on the home screen.

In case your Chrome browser on a desktop or the Chrome app on your Android phone is not working properly, you can create the shortcut for the site on your device’s home screens.

For Desktop, you need to create a shortcut from the Cast, save, and share options, and on Android, you can do so by using the Add to Home Screen option.

You can also change the look of your website by modifying the font styles in your Chrome browser. Chrome’s feature is very useful when it comes to difficulty while reading certain specific content on your browser. Learn how to change the font on Google Chrome.

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