Recommended Browsers

In no particular order, we recommend the use of the following browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge (new Chromium based version)
• Mozilla Firefox

Install on Saunders computers

Please use Portal Manager to install the browsers onto your Saunders managed computer.

Install on Personal computers

• Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
• Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
• Microsoft Edge (new Chromium based version): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/?form=MY01BK&OCID=MY01BK

How to sign in to your web browser to share data between your devices

Your browsing data, like your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings, can be saved and synced to an account. That way, your data is available on any device where you sign into a web browser with that same account.  Any changes you make to your data on one device sync to all other devices where you are signed in.

This is very useful if you get a new device; you can get back your bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings by simply signing into the web browser again.

Google Chrome

We recommend using your personal Google Account and not an RIT account.

1. Open Chrome.
2. In the top right, click the button with your name or  icon.
3. Click Sign in to Chrome.
4. Sign in with your Google Account.
5. To customize your sync settings, click More SettingsAdvanced sync settings. You can choose what information to share across other devices where you are signed in to Chrome.

Microsoft Edge

Signing into a Microsoft account on your PC will sync your settings between devices.

1. Click the Windows Start button.
2. Click the Settings button. (It looks like a gear.)

3. Click Accounts.

4. Click Sign in with a Microsoft account instead.

5. Sign in with your Microsoft account.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Sign up for a Firefox account at Firefox Accounts signup page.
   1. Enter your email address, password and age, then click Create account.
   2. When the confirmation email arrives, click on the verification link.
2. Once your account has been verified, sign in to Firefox.
   1. Open Firefox and click the Open menu button at the top right.  
   2. Click "Sign in to Firefox."  
   3. Again, click "Sign in to Firefox." 
   4. Sign in to your Firefox account.

Recommended browser extensions

Google Chrome

UBlock Origin - Blocks all ads in your browser including but not limited to on YouTube, social media websites, and news websites.

Microsoft Edge - New

UBlock Origin - Blocks all ads in your browser including but not limited to on YouTube, social media websites, and news websites.

Mozilla Firefox

UBlock Origin - Blocks all ads in your browser including but not limited to on YouTube, social media websites, and news websites.

Disable YouTube Autoplay

By default, YouTube will play another video automatically five seconds after you finish one.  This can be an annoyance if you show a clip in class and begin discussing it, only to be interrupted by a new video.

To disable, open any video, then:

1. Click the gear icon at the bottom right of the video player
2. Toggle the Autoplay button to off

If you are signed in to Chrome or YouTube, this setting will be saved to your account.

Changing your default search

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox defaults to Yahoo for search.  If you wish to change this, start by clicking on the menu bar in the upper right-hand corner and then Options.

Click on Search and then from the dropdown select which search engine you prefer.

Microsoft Edge

1. In Microsoft Edge, select the Three-dot More icon  > Gear-shaped Settings icon . 
2. Select Privacy and services.
3. Scroll all the way down to the Services section and select Address bar.
4. Use the options listed next to Search engine used in the address bar to select your preferred search engine.

Change Your Browser Privacy Settings

Google Chrome

• Paste in your search bar: chrome://settings/privacy

Microsoft Edge

• Paste in your search bar: edge://settings/privacy

Mozilla Firefox

• Paste in your search bar: about:preferences#privacy

Clearing Your Browser Cache

Clearing your cache every once in a while can make your browser and computer run better.

Google Chrome

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More .
3. Click More tools  Clear browsing data.
4. At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
5. Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.
6. Click Clear data.

Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, select Menu (3 dots icon on top right corner of the browser) > Settings > Privacy & services.
2. Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
3. Select the Cached images and files check box and then select Clear.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox.
2. Click the menu button and select Options.

3. Select the Privacy & Security panel.

4. In the Cookies and Site Data section, click Clear Data….

5. Remove the check mark in front of Cookies and Site Data.

6. With Cached Web Content check marked, click the Clear button.

URL Copy and Paste

Microsoft Edge

A new feature in Microsoft Edge is to copy and paste a URL (web link) using the page's title instead of the URL itself.  For more information on how this works and if you want to turn it off, please see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/improved-copy-and-paste-of-urls-in-microsoft-edge-d3bd3956-603a-0033-1fbc-9588a30645b4.