How to Change Your Browser's Default Email

When you click on email hyperlinks (e.g., [email protected]), your computer opens your default email client, typically Microsoft Outlook for systems with Microsoft Office. If you prefer a different email client, you can customise your web browser to open it.

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Google Chrome

1. Click the three vertical dots button in the top-right corner.
2. Select Settings.

3. Select Privacy and security from the sidebar.
4. Click on the Site settings option.

5. Select Additional permissions under the Permissions section to expand all the available options.
6. Select Protocol handlers.

7. Enable the Sites can ask to handle protocols option.

8. Open your default email client (e.g., Gmail), and look for a diamond icon at the right of the address bar.
9. Click Allow > Done to set Gmail as your default email handler.

10. The next time you click the email hyperlink, it will directly open Gmail.

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Firefox

1. Click the three vertical lines in the top-right corner.
2. Click Settings (PC) option.

3. On the General tab, scroll down to find the Files and Application subtab.
4. Select the mailto from the list.
5. Click the drop-down menu under the Action column and select your desired default email client (e.g. Gmail).

6. Click OK.

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Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three horizontal dots button in the top-right corner.
2. Click Settings.

3. Select Cookies and site permissions > Protocol handlers.

4. Enable the Allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols option.
5. Click the email you’d like to use, then click Set this program as default.

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