{"id":774,"date":"2022-07-27T22:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/?p=774"},"modified":"2022-07-27T22:49:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:19:53","slug":"change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html","title":{"rendered":"Change Default Email App on Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1123\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App.jpg\" alt=\"Configuration of default email app\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Default-Email-App-800x566.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Why_change_the_Default_Email_App\" >Why change the Default Email App?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Steps_to_configure_the_Default_Email_application_in_the_system\" >Steps to configure the Default Email application in the system<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Mac\" >Change the Default Email app on Mac<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Windows\" >Change the Default Email app on Windows<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Linux_Ubuntu\" >Change the Default Email app on Linux (Ubuntu)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Steps_to_configure_Default_Email_application_in_the_Browser\" >Steps to configure Default Email application in the Browser<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Google_Chrome\" >Change the Default Email app in Google Chrome<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Mozilla_Firefox\" >Change the Default Email app in Mozilla Firefox<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/change-default-email-app-on-mac-windows-linux-chrome-firefox-safari.html\/#Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Apple_Safari\" >Change the Default Email app in Apple Safari<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_change_the_Default_Email_App\"><\/span>Why change the Default Email App?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have installed and configured multiple email client applications (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-in\/microsoft-365\/outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Outlook<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/mail\/id1108187098\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Mail<\/a>, etc.) in your system, you can configure the default email application to open emails and compose new emails. The default email application handles <code>mailto<\/code> protocol (used in email links) in the web pages, documents, etc. Conceptually, this is like configuring the default browser for opening website URLs on your device. Besides desktop email clients, web-based email applications such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gmail<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Office365 Outlook<\/a>, etc. can also be configured as your default email application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_configure_the_Default_Email_application_in_the_system\"><\/span>Steps to configure the Default Email application in the system<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Mac\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app on Mac<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>Mail<\/strong> app<\/li><li>Go to <strong>Preferences<\/strong> >> <strong>General<\/strong><\/li><li>Select the email client from the dropdown in the <strong>Default email reader<\/strong> field.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/mac-email-config.png\" alt=\"Default email app configuration on Mac\" class=\"wp-image-794\" width=\"766\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/mac-email-config.png 766w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/mac-email-config-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/mac-email-config-500x221.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><figcaption>Default email app configuration on Mac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Windows\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app on Windows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>Settings<\/strong> >> <strong>Apps<\/strong><\/li><li>Go to the <strong>Default apps<\/strong> menu<\/li><li>Select the email client from the <strong>Email<\/strong> section<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-1024x807.png\" alt=\"Default email app configuration on Windows\" class=\"wp-image-795\" width=\"768\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-1536x1211.png 1536w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-500x394.png 500w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-800x631.png 800w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config-1280x1009.png 1280w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/windows-email-config.png 1596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Default email app configuration on Windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_on_Linux_Ubuntu\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app on Linux (Ubuntu)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>System Settings<\/strong> >> <strong>Details<\/strong><\/li><li>Go to the<strong> Default Applications<\/strong> menu<\/li><li>Select the email client from the dropdown in the <strong>Email<\/strong> field.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-1024x573.png\" alt=\"Default email app configuration on Linux\" class=\"wp-image-801\" width=\"768\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-500x280.png 500w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-800x447.png 800w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1-1280x716.png 1280w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/linux-email-config-1.png 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Default email app configuration on Linux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_configure_Default_Email_application_in_the_Browser\"><\/span>Steps to configure Default Email application in the Browser<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Google_Chrome\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app in Google Chrome<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> >> <strong>Site Settings<\/strong> >> <strong>Permissions<\/strong><\/li><li>Expand <strong>Additional permissions<\/strong> >> <strong>Protocol handlers<\/strong><\/li><li>Under the <strong>email<\/strong> protocol section, set the default option<\/li><li>Ensure the option <code>Sites can ask to handle protocols<\/code> is selected. This will allow websites to register various protocol handlers.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/chrome-email-config.png\" alt=\"Default email app configuration in Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-797\" width=\"686\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/chrome-email-config.png 686w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/chrome-email-config-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/chrome-email-config-500x327.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption>Default email app configuration in Chrome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Mozilla_Firefox\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app in Mozilla Firefox<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> >> <strong>General<\/strong><\/li><li>Navigate to <strong>Files and Applications<\/strong> >> <strong>Applications<\/strong> section<\/li><li>From the table, select <code>mailto<\/code> or search for <code>mailto<\/code><\/li><li>For <code>mailto<\/code> application, select your preferred email application from the action dropdown<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/firefox-email-config.png\" alt=\"Default email app configuration in Firefox\" class=\"wp-image-798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/firefox-email-config.png 678w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/firefox-email-config-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/firefox-email-config-500x401.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption>Default email app configuration in Firefox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_the_Default_Email_app_in_Apple_Safari\"><\/span>Change the Default Email app in Apple Safari<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Safari does not have a specific setting for the default email application<\/li><li>Use the steps mentioned above for <strong>Mac<\/strong> and use the <strong>Mail<\/strong> app to set your 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