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2 Ways to Change Default Browser on Your iPhone

If you have recently moved to iPhone from Android, and are not used to the default browser Safari on iPhones, you can change it. As you know, Apple offers Safari on all devices as a default browser and the experience on this might be quite different for Chrome users. So, if you want to change the default browser on your iPhone from Safari to any other browser, there are some ways to do so. Read on to know!

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Change Default Browser on iPhone

Apple doesn’t give an option to change the default apps unless you install any other third-party app. So, if you want to change the default browser, install the browser that you want to use. Here we are taking Chrome for example.

Using iPhone Settings

As mentioned, there are no settings to change the default browser in the new iOS 15. However, when you install another browser, you can set it as default. Here’s how-


1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

2. Scroll down to the third-party browser app you installed. For example- Chrome.

3. Now, tap on it, and on the next page, tap “Default Browser App”.

4. Select Chrome on the next page.

That’s it. Now when you tap any link in any app, it will open your page in Chrome.

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Using Chrome or other Browsers

You can also make Chrome or any other browser as default on iPhone using the browser settings. Here’s how:

1. Open Google Chrome on your iPhone.

2. Now click on three dots at the bottom right and select Settings from the menu.

3. Select Default browser and then follow the same steps mentioned above.

You can also go to Settings from here and then select Chrome as the default browser. This is how you can set Chrome as your default browser on your iPhone.

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So this is how you can change the default browser on your iPhone. For more such iOS tips and tricks, stay tuned!

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Satyendra Pal Singh

Satyendra Pal Singh

Satyendra explores the latest happenings in the tech world and writes stories about those. He likes to play around with the latest gadgets and shares his views through articles. In his free time, you can find him watching movies/TV shows and/or reading books.View Author posts