Make Chrome Default Email: Windows 10
To set Gmail as your default handler for email links on Windows 10, you’ll need to wade through a few menus. It’s simple enough, though; just follow these steps and you’ll be done in no time. Then follow the guide for your browser to finish the setup.
Open the Windows “settings”
Click on the “apps” menu
From the “apps” menu, click on the “default apps” tab
Select “email” and set it to the browser of your choice
Set up your browser to open mailto links in Gmail by default
Chrome
Setting Gmail as your default email client in Google Chrome requires a few steps that you may not be that familiar with. You’ll have to go into those scary “advanced settings” menus, but don’t worry, we’re here to walk you through it. Just follow these steps to make Gmail the default email in Chrome.
First, open Chrome and click on the three-dots menu icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Then select “settings” from the dropdown menu. Click on “privacy and security” in the column on the left, then open the “site settings” menu. Next, scroll down to the end of the “permissions” section and hit “additional permissions.” Then click on the “handlers” option there.
In the “handlers” menu, turn on the option called “allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols.” If that option is already turned on, you may have previously set a default email handler.
If that’s the case, you will see a section called “email” below, with an email client listed as a default. If you see “mail.google.com” listed, Gmail is already set as default. If it’s not set to Gmail, just clear the default.
Next time you open Gmail in Chrome, a diamond icon will appear in the address bar at the top right. Click on the diamond icon to open a dialog box where Gmail will ask to become default. Click “allow” and you’re done. Now every time you click on a mailto link in Chrome, it will open in Gmail.