How to Force Google Chrome to Open Specific Websites on Startup

For most professionals, the workday begins with a very predictable routine: launching the web browser, opening an email client, loading a team calendar, and signing into a project management tool. By default, Google Chrome usually opens to a blank “New Tab” page or attempts to restore the tabs you left open the day before. Opening those four essential daily websites manually takes unnecessary time and clicks.

To streamline your morning routine, you can configure Google Chrome to act as an automated launchpad. By changing the startup settings, you can force the browser to automatically load a specific list of websites the very second you click the Chrome icon, ensuring you are instantly ready to work.

Configuring the “On Startup” Settings

Chrome allows you to specify a precise list of URLs that should trigger every time the browser is launched from a completely closed state.

1. Open the Google Chrome browser on your computer.
2. Look for the Menu icon (the three vertical dots) in the extreme top-right corner of the window, just below the “X” button, and click it.
3. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
4. In the navigation sidebar on the left, click on the section labelled On startup.
5. In the main panel, you will see three radio button options. Select the third option: Open a specific page or set of pages.

Adding Your Desired Websites

Once you have selected the correct option, you need to tell Chrome exactly which websites to open.

1. Under the “Open a specific page or set of pages” option, click the link that says Add a new page.
2. A small popup window will appear. Type or paste the full URL of the website you want to open (for example, https://mail.google.com) into the text box.
3. Click the Add button. The website will appear in a list below the settings.
4. Repeat this exact process to add your calendar, your CRM, or any other daily tool. You can add as many pages as you like.

Alternatively, if you already have all the tabs you want open right now in your current browser window, you can skip manually typing the URLs. Just click the button labelled Use current pages, and Chrome will instantly grab the addresses of every single tab you currently have open and save them to the startup list.

Managing Your Startup List

If your workflow changes and you no longer need one of those websites to open automatically, you can easily remove it from the list.

1. Navigate back to Settings > On startup.
2. Find the website you want to remove in your list.
3. Click the three vertical dots (More actions) immediately to the right of that specific URL.
4. Select Remove from the small dropdown menu.

The next time you completely close and reopen Google Chrome, it will automatically launch a separate tab for every website you saved to this list.