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How to Turn a Website into a Desktop App

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Vince Arden

Wednesday, June 18 2025

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There are countless web pages offering a wealth of resources, utilities, and references that can greatly assist businesses of all kinds in achieving their goals. What’s even more amazing, these web pages can be turned into applications for simpler, more convenient access, provided you’re using Google Chrome.

Let’s go over how to do so!

How to Turn a Web Page into a Desktop Application

The first step is to navigate to the correct page in Google Chrome. Once you’ve found it, click on the three-dot menu. There, you’ll find the Cast, save, and share option. In this submenu, you’ll find the capability to Install page as app…

Doing so will add a new icon to your desktop. Clicking this icon will open a version of this website in a dedicated application window, without most of the navigation and menu options that Chrome usually offers.

From There, You Can Use Your New App as You’d Use the Website

Hopefully, you can find some use for this feature! Make sure you check back here for more tips and IT best practices!

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Vince Arden

Vince Arden is the founder and President of Preferred Communication Systems. He is a graduate of DeVry University with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. In addition to providing leadership in sales, marketing, project management, and service delivery at Preferred, Vince provides Virtual CIO-level services for the 4th-largest Realtor Association in the nation and to an Inc. 500 fastest growing company. He has been interviewed by industry publications like Redmond magazine, CRN News, and Continuum for his expertise related to cloud computing and the managed IT services industry. He also lends his voice as a contributing author for the Cloud Business Review.

His core purpose is to, "Help people achieve their greatest potential in work and L.I.F.E." He passionately works toward making this a reality in every aspect of life, including his areas of expertise, such as thought leadership, ideation, communication, team building, and Servant Leadership. Vince models building strong relationships, both with his team at Preferred and with his clients. He strives to build a network of people he can embolden to work smarter, so that they may ultimately be able to live better.

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