Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

Choose an app category, like Browser app or Phone app. Pick a new default app from the list. To reset the default apps, select Reset app preferences from the apps list in Settings. This article ...

Samsung is known for making great smartphones, but some of its default software settings can be baffling. Thankfully, there ...

Change default iPhone and iPad apps under Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Options include browsers, messaging, contactless apps, and autofill setups for password managers. You can't pick a new default ...

One of the enduring legacies of the ’90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...

With iOS and iPadOS 14, Apple opened its walled garden and finally let users change their default browser and mail app. While this was a step in the right direction, you still can't change your ...

Android is a powerful and versatile operating system, but it can also become cluttered and confusing over time. One way this can happen is with default app settings. When you first install an app, it ...

Your Mac comes pre-configured to open specific file types with default apps. Click on a web link, and it launches Safari. Open an email notification, and you're directed to Apple's Mail app. This ...

Apple’s first developer beta for iOS 18.2 is full of big and small features for iPhone users. The highlight is new Apple Intelligence features, but there’s also a nice change coming for users who like ...

Since its release, Windows 11 has been an OS with many criticisms around it. Among them all, one that users were very mad about is how it handles default apps. Looking back, things were not difficult ...

One of the major advantages of the Android operating system over iOS is its more extensive customization support. Android not only lets you change the default home screen launcher but also the default ...