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title: How to Set Gmail as Your Browser's Default Email
description: "Chorus Connection displays email addresses as \"mailto\" links. Here's how to tell your browser to open mailto links in Gmail!"
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# How to Set Gmail as Your Browser's Default Email

## Chorus Connection displays email addresses as "mailto" links. Here's how to tell your browser to open mailto links in Gmail!

### Mailto via Gmail

Sending group emails is just like sending any other ordinary email message. Email addresses that you can use on the [My Account\>Communications](https://app.chorusconnection.com/?target_url=/communications) <https://app.chorusconnection.com/?target_url=/communications>page are shown as "mailto" links. When you click on mailto links, your device will open its default email app. If you're a Gmail user, you can adjust your browser's settings to open mailto links in Gmail.

### Jump to Instructions for Your Browser

- <https://app.chorusconnection.com/?target_url=/communications>[Chrome](https://help.chorusconnection.com/open-email-links-in-gmail#mailto-in-chrome)
- [Firefox](https://help.chorusconnection.com/open-email-links-in-gmail#mailto-in-firefox)
- [Edge](https://help.chorusconnection.com/open-email-links-in-gmail#mailto-in-edge)
- [Safari](https://help.chorusconnection.com/open-email-links-in-gmail#mailto-in-safari)

### Google Chrome

1. Open **Chrome**.
2. Go to **[https://mail.google.com/](https://mail.google.com/)** and log in to your Gmail account.
3. Look for the **handler icon ![chrome-protocol-handler-icon](https://help.chorusconnection.com/hs-fs/hubfs/chrome-protocol-handler-icon.png?width=25&height=20&name=chrome-protocol-handler-icon.png)** in the **address bar** — it usually appears on the far right when you're on Gmail. Click on the icon.
4. When prompted, click **Allow** to let Gmail open all email links.
5. Click **Done**.

**If you don't see the icon:**

1. Click the three-dot **Settings ![Chrome-Three-Dots](https://help.chorusconnection.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Chrome-Three-Dots.png?width=11&height=21&name=Chrome-Three-Dots.png)** menu.
2. Go to **Privacy and security** \> **Site settings** \> **Additional permissions** \> **Protocol handlers**.
3. Make sure it's set to: **Sites can ask to handle protocols**.
4. Go back to Gmail and refresh the page — the handler icon should now appear and you can follow the instructions above.

### Mozilla Firefox

1. Open **Firefox**.
2. Go to the three-line **Settings ![3-line-settings-icon](https://help.chorusconnection.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3-line-settings-icon.png?width=16&height=16&name=3-line-settings-icon.png)** menu.
3. In the left sidebar, click **General**.
4. Scroll to the **Applications** section.
5. Find the row for **mailto**.
6. In the dropdown to the right, select **Use Gmail**.
7. Close the settings tab — changes are saved automatically.

### Microsoft Edge

1. Open **Edge**.
2. Go to **[https://mail.google.com/](https://mail.google.com/)** and log into your Gmail account.
3. If prompted with a **handler icon** **![chrome-protocol-handler-icon](https://help.chorusconnection.com/hs-fs/hubfs/chrome-protocol-handler-icon.png?width=25&height=20&name=chrome-protocol-handler-icon.png)**in the address bar, click it.
4. Click **Allow** to give Gmail permission to open email links.
5. Click **Done**.

**If you don’t see the prompt:**

- Click the three-dot **Settings** **⋯** menu  and click **Settings**.
- Go to **Cookies and site permissions** \> **Protocol handlers**.
- Make sure it's set to: **Sites can ask to handle protocols**.
- Go back to Gmail, refresh, and the handler icon should appear and you can follow the instructions above.

### Apple Safari

Sorry! Safari doesn’t natively support changing the mail handler to Gmail.  You’ll need to search for a helper app/extension or other creative solution to accomplish this.

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