If you’re new to Chrome OS, you’ll quickly find that the device comes with a collection of pre-installed apps. These apps were created by Google to be used as default apps for various tasks. While this is handy for a novice user, if you’re someone who likes to switch things up and customize your Chromebook, you’ll want to start tweaking the default apps.
Changing the default apps on a Chromebook is easy, and in this article I’ll show you how.
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Setting default apps on a Chromebook
- Open the Files app and navigate to the file whose default app you want to change.
- Click on the file to select it.
- At the top right of the navigation bar, you will see an option that says “Open.”
- Click the drop-down button next to the word Open. You will see a list of applications that can open this file.
- Click on the option under the apps list called Change the default.
- Choose the app you want to set as default and click on it so that a blue tick appears next.
Alternately;
- Click on the file in question to select it.
- Right click and select Open with.
- Scroll to Change the default Option and change the default application.
Related article: How to use the Files app on a Chromebook
Open a file using a non-default application
Follow these steps if you want to open a file with another app but don’t want to change the default app.
- Open the Files app and select the file in question.
- At the top right of the navigation bar, click the drop-down button next to the word Open.
- You will see a list of applications that can open this file.
- Select the application with which you want to open the file.
Alternately;
- Click on the file in question to select it.
- Right click and select Open with.
- Scroll through the apps that can open the file and select the app of your choice.
And There you go. Chromebook default apps not working for you? You can easily edit them from the Files app. Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comments section below.
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