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The first launch

What the welcome steps do the first time you open Luma: your data, privacy, where tabs go, appearance and the default browser.

The first time you open Luma, it offers to set itself up. It takes a couple of minutes, and everything can be changed later.

Set up now or later

On Welcome to Luma. choose Set up Luma to go through five short steps, or Skip, I’ll do it later to open the browser with the default settings. If you skip, your tabs go in the sidebar, with the address bar in a bar across the top of the window.

Beside each step, a small Luma window shows your choices as you make them. Continue goes to the next step, Back to the previous one.

The steps

1. Your data

Luma lists the browsers it finds on this PC. Pick one, tick what to bring over (Bookmarks, History, Passwords, Open tabs) and choose Import. Choose Don’t import to start fresh, or Import a bookmarks file (HTML)… to use a file you exported. Everything stays on your computer. Passwords from Chrome and Edge need an extra step: see Import from another browser.

2. Privacy

Privacy is already on. The step lists what Luma does from the first page, each with its switch: Block trackers, Block intrusive ads, Hide cookie banners, Block third-party cookies, Limit fingerprinting and HTTPS-first. You can leave them all on. See Blocking trackers and ads.

3. Tabs

Choose where your tabs go:

  • In a dock (marked Recommended): the page fills the window; tabs, workspaces and the address float in a dock under it.
  • In the sidebar: full titles in a list, workspaces in the dock at the bottom.
  • On top: tabs in a row above the page, like most browsers. Workspaces are in the ⋯ menu.

The dock is selected when you reach this step. You can switch whenever you like: see Tab layouts.

4. Appearance

Choose the Theme (System, Light or Dark) and an Accent color. More options, including a colour of your own, are in Settings › Appearance: see Appearance.

5. Default browser

Choose Set as default if you want links from other apps to open in Luma. Windows opens its Default apps settings: choose Luma Browser there. When you come back, the step says Luma is your default browser. Choose Not now to leave things as they are.

When you’re done

You’re all set. sums up what you chose. Choose Open Luma: the browser opens with a tab group called “Welcome to Luma” that holds Luma’s website.

If you skipped the setup, or want to change something, it’s all in Settings (Ctrl+,): Settings › General › Import data to bring your data, Settings › General › Default browser to make Luma the default, Settings › Appearance for the theme, the colour and the layout.