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🖥️Add a Hippo Shortcut to Your Desktop

Quick steps to save Hippo as a clickable icon on your desktop

Before you start:

  • Open the webpage you want to create a shortcut for

  • Make sure the browser window isn't maximised/full screen (makes dragging easier, for drag-based methods)


🔴Google Chrome

  • Click the three dots (⋮) menu, top right

  • Hover over Cast, save, and share

  • Click Create shortcut...

  • Tick Open as window if you'd like it to open without browser tabs/toolbars

  • Click Create

🟢Microsoft Edge

  • Click the three dots (...) menu, top right

  • Hover over More Tools, then Apps

  • Click Install this site as an app (or Pin to taskbar, depending on version)

  • Confirm — Edge will create a desktop shortcut automatically

🟠Mozilla Firefox

  • Firefox doesn't have a built-in "create shortcut" button

  • Simplest method:

    • Resize the browser window so you can see the desktop behind it

    • Click and drag the small padlock/site icon at the start of the address bar

    • Drop it onto the desktop

  • This creates a .url shortcut file that opens the page in your default browser

🔵Safari (Mac only)

  • Click File in the menu bar

  • Click Add to Dock...

Use a different browser? Let us know and we will do our best to help!

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