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How to Update your Web Browsers on Personal Devices

This page explains how to manually update web browsers manually on personal devices.

Overview

This article will walk you through updating your browser. Updating your browser  often is highly recommended as it not only keeps you safe from vulnerabilities, but also ensures that it works best with the sites you visit.

Browsers and Manual Updates

Google Chrome

By default, Google Chrome typically will update automatically when you exit and relaunch all of its windows. However, you can manually force an update by following Google's official documentation.

Google's Documentation - Note: This links to an external resource that is not maintained by IWU

Mozilla Firefox

By default, Mozilla Firefox typically will update automatically when you exit and relaunch all of its windows. However, you can manually force an update by following Mozilla's official documentation.

Mozilla's Documentation - Note: This links to an external resource that is not maintained by IWU

Microsoft Edge

You can change Microsoft Edge's update settings and force a manual update by following Microsoft's documentation.

Microsoft's Documentation - Note: This links to an external resource that is not maintained by IWU

What's Next

This is what was achieved and what was omitted in this how-to.

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