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I’m trying to customize the Google Chrome Home button on managed macOS devices through Hexnode. The goal is to show the Home button and make it open a specific internal webpage instead of the default New Tab page. I found that this can be done using a custom .plist file under the Google Chrome app configuration in a macOS policy, but I’m not sure what the plist should contain or whether the filename matters. I tried uploading a plist, but the configuration didn’t apply on the Macs.
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Aug 13, 2026
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You can configure the Google Chrome Home button on macOS by deploying Chrome managed preferences as a .plist file through Hexnode. A basic plist for setting a custom Home button URL should include the Chrome homepage keys. For example:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>ShowHomeButton</key> <true/> <key>HomepageLocation</key> <string>https://example.com</string> <key>HomepageIsNewTabPage</key> <false/> </dict> </plist> |
Replace https://example.com with the URL you want Chrome to open when the Home button is clicked.
To deploy it from Hexnode:
- Go to Policies and create or edit a macOS policy.
- Navigate to macOS > App Management > App Configurations.
- Click + Add new configuration.
- Select Google Chrome.
- Upload the prepared
.plistfile. - Save the policy and associate it with the target Mac devices.
After the policy reaches the device, fully quit and reopen Google Chrome. Closing the browser window is not enough; use Cmd + Q to quit Chrome completely.
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