Firefox for Android
Firefox for Android
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You can set Firefox as your default browser on your Android device.
Table of Contents
Android version 10 and newer
- Tap the menu button
- Tap .
- Tap the
The Set Firefox as your default browser app? screen displays. toggle. - Tap the radio button.
- Tap Set as default.
Android version 7, 8 and 9
- Tap the menu button
- Tap .
- Tap the
The DEFAULT DEVICES screen displays. toggle. - Tap
The BROWSER APP screen displays. . - Tap the radio button.
Android version 6
- In the Settings menu on your device, tap Apps & notifications (it may be called Apps or Applications on some versions of Android).
- Tap (you may have to tap on the icon first on some versions of Android).
- Tap .
- Tap to open a list of choices.
- Tap Firefox to select it.
Android version 5 and older
Step 1: Clear the current browser that opens links
- Open the Settings application and tap on
- On some versions of Android, this button is labeled Applications or Application manager and you may have to tap on before the next step.
.
- Tap on the
- Tap on the current browser that opens links.
- This is usually the default browser, which is called "Browser" or "Internet".
- Tap on
- If you haven't installed another browser, or you have installed another browser like Opera and set it as your default browser, then will be grayed out. If you have installed another browser, go back to the previous step and repeat with the default browser.
to prevent this browser from opening links by default.
Step 2: Set Firefox for Android to be the default browser for opening links
- Open a link in an Android application, like the Mail application.
- Tap on and then tap on .