Want the right email program to open when you click an email address in Chrome? Wish web-based email (such as Gmail or Outlook.com) could be the default? Find out here how to change the default email program in Google Chrome (even to using a web-based email service).
How to Change the Default Email Program in Google Chrome
How to Use a Web-Based Email Service as Default with Google Chrome
How to Change the Default Email Program in Google Chrome: FAQ
Begin by going to the download page for Chrome on the Mac you want to install it on. (Ironically, you.
First, 9 on a Scale of 1 to 8
To measure cloudiness, the sky is divided in eight parts. With every part that is filled with clouds, cloudiness increases by 1: a clear sky is 0, partly cloudy is, say, 4 and a completely covered sky would be 8. So far, so good.
Then, of course, there is cloudiness 9.
Yes, that means the sky is more than completely covered—because you cannot even see the clouds through the fog. So, cloudiness 9 means you cannot see the sky at all, only fog.
Now, the default email program is typically a choice between Outlook, Mail, Spark and similar desktop programs. Except, of course, when you need not even see the email program from Google Chrome because the browser itself — a web-based email service such as iCloud Mail or Gmail in it — covers the email program needs.
Still foggy? Let’s clear the skies for email link handling in Google Chrome:
How to Change the Default Email Program in Google ChromeIn Chrome for the Desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux)![]()
Time needed: 5 minutes.
To make Google Chrome use a different email client when you click an email address or email link:
In Chrome for iOS and Android
To change the default email program in Chrome mobile:
How to Use a Web-Based Email Service as Default with Google Chrome
To set a web-based email service in Google Chrome (such as Gmail, Outlook on the Web or iCloud Mail) as the default email program:
Add a Web-Based Email Service to Google Chrome for Handing Email Links
If the email service you want to use by default is not yet in the list, add it as a mail handler:
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This will automatically make Google Chrome the default email program and the selected email service open with a new message when you click an email address.
How to Change the Default Email Program in Google Chrome: FAQI do not see the service handler icon for my favorite email service.
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