Changing default browser app

iOS devices come with Apple’s Safari browser pre-installed, but you can use a different browser if you wish.

Unfortunately, on older iOS versions (< 14), you can not set a different browser as the default, so when you tap links in emails or messages, Safari will open them. Luckily most apps let you lightly tap-and-hold on links to copy the address to paste it into an alternative browser of your choice.

If you are running iOS or iPad >14, you can set any third-party browser as the default on your iPhone or iPad.

• Install your replacement browser app.

• In the Settings menu, locate the section for the browser you’d like to set as your default.

• If it has been updated to support Apple’s default browser switching feature, you will find a Default Browser App option in its settings.

• Tap to make it the default. A checkmark appears to confirm it’s the default.