# Https links not opened in preferred browser

**URL:** <https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/https-links-not-opened-in-preferred-browser/566>\
**Category:** Applications and GUI\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/https-links-not-opened-in-preferred-browser/566 "2021-07-23T23:20:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bootz](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/bootz/32/694_2.png) [@bootz](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/bootz)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/https-links-not-opened-in-preferred-browser/566/1 "2021-07-23T23:20:01Z")

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Hi,

I installed another internet browser and set that one as preferred. After a reboot (to be sure anything is propagated inside Linux) clicking on a link in for example Hexchat (HTTPS link) still opens FF, the not preferred explorer. What am I missing?

regards,

BootZ

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**Author:** ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/https-links-not-opened-in-preferred-browser/566/2 "2021-07-23T23:35:27Z")

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Hi @bootz ,

For Hexchat check this → [Frequently Asked Questions — HexChat 2.16.0 documentation](https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-do-i-change-what-browser-is-opened)

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**Author:** ![bootz](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/bootz/32/694_2.png) [@bootz](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/bootz)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/https-links-not-opened-in-preferred-browser/566/3 "2021-07-25T11:12:39Z")

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Hi, thanks for this. Odd thing is with this command “xdg-settings get default-web-browser” it tells me it’s the opera-browser.desktop so I would assume Hexchat would respect this.