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Install a site as an app

Give a site you use every day its own window and icon, in the Start menu and on the desktop.

Install a site

  1. Open the site in Luma.
  2. Choose ⋯ menu › Install this site as an app….
  3. A message confirms it: you’ll find the app in the Start menu and on the desktop.

If the site describes itself as a web app, Luma uses its name, its start page and its icon. Otherwise it uses the page’s title and icon. The entry is only in the menu for web pages, and not in private windows.

Use the app

  • Open it from its shortcut in the Start menu or on the desktop. It has its own window and its own button on the taskbar.
  • The window shows just the site: no tabs, no sidebar, no address bar.
  • Opening the app again brings its window to the front instead of opening a second one.
  • Anything that would open in a new tab opens in a normal Luma window.

Remove an app

Luma has no uninstall button for apps yet. Delete the app’s shortcut from the desktop, and from the Start menu: right-click the app in All apps, choose Open file location and delete the shortcut there.