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title: "Use a different browser for each website on a Mac · Profile Porter"
description: "macOS lets you set one default browser. How to open some websites in Safari, others in Chrome or Firefox, or in a different profile, on a Mac."
url: "https://profileporter.com/how-to/default-browser-per-website-mac/"
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How to

# How to use a different browser for each website on a Mac

Updated 9 November 2026

macOS has one default browser for every link. If you want Figma in Chrome, banking in Safari and work sites in your work profile, you need something between the click and the browser. Here are the options.

On this page

1. [What macOS allows](https://profileporter.com/how-to/default-browser-per-website-mac/#macos)
2. [Put a link router in between](https://profileporter.com/how-to/default-browser-per-website-mac/#router)
3. [With Profile Porter](https://profileporter.com/how-to/default-browser-per-website-mac/#pp)

## What macOS allows

In **System Settings › Desktop & Dock › Default web browser** you choose one browser, and every link you click in another app opens there. There's no per-site setting, and no way to choose a browser profile.

## Put a link router in between

A link router is a small app that you make your default browser. It receives every link and passes it on to the browser you want. The main options on a Mac:

- [Finicky](https://profileporter.com/compare/finicky/): free and open source, with rules you write in JavaScript.
- [Velja](https://profileporter.com/compare/velja/) and [Choosy](https://profileporter.com/compare/choosy/): rules you set up in a window, plus a prompt to choose by hand.
- [OpenIn](https://profileporter.com/compare/openin/): rules for links, email links and files.
- [Profile Porter](https://profileporter.com/): picks the browser profile from where you're signed in, with optional rules.

The [comparison table](https://profileporter.com/compare/) shows how each one decides, which profiles it opens, and the price.

## With Profile Porter

For a site that should always open in one browser, add a rule: in **Settings › Sites**, type the site, choose a profile (each profile belongs to a browser, so this also picks the browser) and click **Add Rule**. Under **Apps**, you can send every link from one app to one profile.

Every site without a rule still goes somewhere sensible: the profile you're signed in to it in, and use it in most. Sites you only use in Safari open in Safari, sites you use in your Firefox work container open there. It works with Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge and other Chromium browsers, Firefox and Safari 17+ profiles.

Get Profile Porter for €12, once.

Everything included, no account, and a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. macOS 14 or later; Windows is coming to the Microsoft Store.

[Download](https://profileporter.com/download/)

## Related

- [How to open links in a specific Chrome profile on a Mac](https://profileporter.com/how-to/open-links-in-chrome-profile/)
- [Slack links open in the wrong Chrome profile](https://profileporter.com/how-to/slack-links-wrong-chrome-profile/)
- [Profile Porter vs Finicky, Velja, Choosy and other link routers](https://profileporter.com/compare/)