If you've installed apps from the Google Play Store or the Chrome Web Store , here are tips to quickly find and organize them.
Find Apps for your ChromebookFind an app
To search for an app on your Chromebook:
- On your keyboard, press the Search key or the Launcher key.
- Enter the name of the app you want and find the app in your search results.
Open an app
- In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher.
- Find an app that you'd like to open.
- Choose an app from your recently used apps
- Scroll to find all of your apps
- Use the Launcher to search for apps
- To open the app, select the app icon.
Manage how your apps open links
To control whether links open within your app or in a new browser tab within Chrome:- At the bottom right, select the time.
- Select Settings
Apps
Manage your apps.
- Select an app.
- Under “Opening supported links,” select whether you want links to open in the app or within Chrome.
- In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher.
- Right-click the app icon.
- Select New tab
New window.
Use app shortcuts
Some apps offer shortcuts to a specific feature or action within the app.
Find app shortcuts:
- In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher.
- Right-click on the app. Find app shortcuts from the Down arrow.
- For example: When you right-click on YouTube , you find Subscriptions . When you select Subscriptions, you go to your Subscriptions page on YouTube.
Use search for another way to find app shortcuts:
- In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher.
- Enter keywords in the search box. If a shortcut is available, it appears just below the search box.
- For example: When you enter "trending" in the search box, you find what videos are trending on YouTube.
Organize your apps
Put apps in folders- Put apps together in a folder: Drag an app on top of another app.
- Name a folder: Click the folder.
Click and hold an app, then drag it.
Reorder apps by name or color
- In the corner of your screen, select the Launcher.
- Right-click in the launcher or on the app you want to reorder.
- Select Sort by
Nameor Color.
Manage app notifications
- At the bottom right, select the time.
- Select Settings
Apps
Notifications.
- Turn on or off Notificationsfor your apps.

