In Google Chrome, click on the three vertical dots and navigate to "Save & Share >Create a Shortcut".
In Firefox, create a shortcut to Firefox on your desktop, right-click on the icon, click on "Properties", and insert the website URL after the executable path. Then pin it to the Start Menu or taskbar.
Quick access to frequently used or hard-to-remember websites can save you time and frustration. Whether you're using Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, you can add shortcuts to any website on your Windows 10 taskbar or Start menu.
Pin a website from Google Chrome
Navigate to the website you want to pin. Click on the three vertical dots in the top right corner of Chrome, hover over "Save & Share" and select "Create Shortcut".
In the pop-up menu, change the name of the shortcut if needed, and then click Create. This will automatically create an icon on the Windows desktop and pin the link to the taskbar.
By default, Chrome will open web pages as tabs in a normal Chrome browser window. When you click on the shortcut, you can check the "Open as windowed" option to have Chrome open the page with the taskbar icon in its own window.
On the desktop, right-click the shortcut, and then click Pin to Start. You can now delete shortcuts on your desktop. If you don't want to appear on the taskbar, you can also select Unpin from the taskbar.
If you set the site to open as a window, it will immediately open as its own window. You can then right-click the shortcut on the taskbar and select Pin to taskbar instead of using the desktop shortcut.
Pin websites from Firefox
Create a shortcut to Firefox on your desktop. You can type "Firefox" in the Start menu, right-click the icon, and then click Open File Location.
In the new File Explorer window, right-click on Firefox and click "Create Shortcut". A prompt will appear saying, "Windows can't create a shortcut here." Do you want to put a shortcut on your desktop? Click Yes.
Right-click on the new Firefox icon on your desktop and click on "Properties". In the Destination field, insert the full URL of the website you want to pin after the quotes. Here's an example of what the target field looks like:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://www.howtogeek.com Click OK.
On the desktop, right-click the shortcut, and then click Pin to Start Screen or Pin to Taskbar. You can now delete shortcuts on your desktop.
Pin a website from Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser works similarly to Google Chrome. To pin any website to the taskbar, simply open the Settings & More menu (Alt+F, or click on the three horizontal dots in the top right corner of your browser). Hover over More Tools, and then click Pin to taskbar or Pin to Start Menu.
In addition, Edge has a clever feature called "Launch Taskbar Pin Wizard", which you can see right below "Pin to Taskbar". Click this and Edge will guide you through a short menu to pin the most popular websites and Microsoft web applications to the taskbar.