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Change the Homepage to URL in Opera on the Computer

Need to change your Opera browser's homepage to a URL? Find out how to set the site address instead of the speed dial screen.

The Opera browser is default set to open the it’s standard homepage with speed dial links and search Omnibox on the computer. However, it also allows customizing the homepage.

You can set a website address or corporate search engine as the home page. You can also set Google or any search engine as the default homepage instead of the default startpage screen.

In this guide, we have shared the steps to change the start or speed dial page in the Opera browser to the site address.

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Change the Homepage to the Site URL

You can enter any site address or set a search engine as a homepage. Here are the steps to change your startup page:

  1. Launch the Opera app on your computer.
  2. Click on Opera opera logo for the options menu.
  3. Select the Settings menu from the list.
    Opera browser settings menu on Windows computerIt will open the Settings page.
  4. Scroll down to the On Startup section.
  5. Switch to Open a specific page or set of pages radio button.
    Opera On Startup Settings to Open a specific page or set of pages
  6. Click on the Add a new page option.
  7. Enter the page address in the Site URL field, and click the Add button.
    Add a new page in Opera computer for Home Page

When you launch the Opera browser, the page or website will load as the home page you’ve set.

Similarly, you can add multiple webpage addresses, and each page will launch in a separate Opera tab.

Open pages on start up in opera browser

Bottom Line

Opera browser offers a great number of customization options. We can change the homepage to the site address that we frequently visit. We can set several pages that can be loaded when we launch the browser app.

Apart from homepage customization, we can change the default search engine, customize the theme and appearance, page zoom level, etc., to personalize the browser.

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Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza is a Google Certified IT Professional, Digital Content Creator, and Go-To Digital Marketer with Engineering Degree. He has over a decade of experience solving tech problems, troubleshooting, and innovating digital solutions. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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