Integrating hyperlinks into Excel spreadsheets is a very professional operation that not many do. The insertion of links on Excel spreadsheets, allow the user to better understand the concepts, or perform operations that require a link to a website. If you don’t have any settings, every time you click on a hyperlink, a message asks you in which browser you want to open it. These messages can be annoying if you find yourself using hyperlinks regularly. For this reason, today, in this tutorial, I decided to learn more about how to change the default browser by clicking on a hyperlink in Excel.
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- 1How to change the default browser when opening hyperlink in Excel
- 1Change default hyperlink browser using Windows settings
- 2Change the default hyperlink browser to Excel using the Control Panel
- 2How can I view a web page in Excel?
- 3Conclusions
How to change default browser when opening hyperlink in Excel
This change can be made through two approaches. let’s go and discover them together.
Change the default hyperlink browser using Windows settings
- Open Windows Settings on your computer using the Win + ‘I’ keyboard shortcut. Click on the App section.
- From the options panel on your left, click Default apps.
- Scroll down a bit and you will find a ‘Web Browser’ section. Here you can select the browser to open by default, each time the command to visit a URL is passed
- If you are not satisfied with any of the browsers you have on your PC, there is a direct option to visit the Microsoft Store and search for a different app
To make these changes on Windows 11:
Open Settings> Apps> Default apps. Here, click Choose default for link type, which will open a separate Settings page. Now scroll down to find HTTP and HTTPS and select the browser you want to open Excel hyperlinks in.
Change the default hyperlink browser to Excel using the Control Panel
An alternative approach to change the default browser for Excel hyperlinks is to use the Control Panel.
- Open the Control Panel.
- Click to view the Control Panel as categories and click the Programs category
- Select Default Programs
- You will now see an option called Set your default schedules. Click on it and you’ll be taken to the same Windows Settings page we visited in the process mentioned above
- Repeat the third and fourth steps of the process seen above and exit the settings page to save these settings
Once all this is done, you will notice that clicking a hyperlink in Excel will open a new page through the default browser just modified.
How do I view a webpage in Excel?
Microsoft Excel gives you the ability to view web pages in a spreadsheet. Here’s how to import and connect to a website within Excel.
- Open Excel, click on the Data tab and from Get External Data select From Web
- A box called New Web Query will open. Type the address in the box and click Go. Wait a bit and you will see a website window you just asked to open
- To extract data from this web source now, click Import and the Import Data dialog will appear. Enter the data codes for the information you are trying to extract and click Ok
Also Read: How To Remove Hyperlinks From Google Docs
Conclusions
That’s all, I hope that after following the guide you will be able to change the Default Browser after clicking on a hyperlink within Excel .