Browse websites

Visit and bookmark websites

Your phone connects to your carrier's cellular network or to a Wi‑Fi network to access the internet. To save data charges on your cellular plan, use a Wi‑Fi connection.

  1. Open the Chrome app.
  2. Go to a site by touching the bar at the top and typing the address.
  3. On a web page:

    • To bookmark it, touch > .

      Or, touch > Add to Home screen to put a shortcut on your home screen.

    • To search for text on that page, touch > Find in page.
    • To open a link, touch it.
    • To see options for opening a link in a new tab and copying or sharing a link, touch & hold the link.
    • To print the page, touch > Share > Print. If you don't see your printer listed, set up your print service.
  4. To return to the previous page touch .

To learn more about browsing or managing bookmarks, open Chrome and touch > Help & Feedback.

Open and switch browser tabs

In the Chrome app:

  • To switch tabs, touch the switcher icon .
  • To open a new tab, touch touch the switcher icon , then touch .

Browse privately with incognito tabs

If you don’t want Chrome to remember your activity, use incognito tabs.

To open a new incognito tab with one touch from your home screen, add a task shortcut:

  1. Touch & hold .
  2. Drag to a blank space on your home screen.

To close all incognito tabs:

  1. Swipe the status bar down.
  2. Touch .

Clear browsing history

  1. Open the Chrome app.
  2. Touch > History.
  3. Touch Clear browsing data.

    To learn more, read Google's help.

You can also review and delete your search history.

Change default browser

You can download other browsers from Play Store. After you've installed one, you can make it your default browser.

  1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications.
  2. Touch Default apps > Browser app.

    Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > Browser app.

  3. Touch the app to use.

Fix an issue

For issues with Chrome, read Google's troubleshooting information.