Looking for a shortcut to starting a new message in Outlook on the Web? Dreaming of setting Gmail as your default email “program” in Google Chrome? Find here the webmail links to compose email ⤓ for all the popular web-based email services both free and paid.
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The Webmail Links to Compose Email in Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, etc.
To start composing a new message in any of the following email services:
- Replace [email] with the email address to which you want to start composing a message.
No address: You can drop [email] entirely, of course, to start a new message without a pre-filled recipient.
As default: To use an email service as the default email program in a browser, typically replace [email] with%s(the percent sign followed by 's').
Examples: To start a new message to ladedu@ladedu.com in Gmail, open https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&view=cm&tf=1&fs=1&to=ladedu@ladedu.com; to make Gmail handle email links in your browser, use https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&view=cm&tf=1&fs=1&to=%s. - Open or bookmark the resulting link.
Aol
https://mail.aol.com/d/compose/
FastMail
https://www.fastmail.com/mail/compose?to=[email]
Gmail
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&view=cm&tf=1&fs=1&to=[email]
iCloud Mail
Currently no composition link.
Outlook.com
https://outlook.live.com/owa/?path=/mail/action/compose&to=[email]
This may open a composition window in a previous version of Outlook.com.
https://outlook.live.com/mail/deeplink/compose
This will open a composition window without pre-filling the recipient.
Yahoo Mail
https://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?to=[email]
Yandex Mail
https://mail.yandex.com/#compose?to=[email]
Zoho Mail
https://mail.zoho.com/zm/#compose
This will open a composition window without pre-filling the recipient.
https://mail.zoho.com/mail/compose.do?extsrc=mailto&mode=compose&ct=mailto:[email]
This may open a composition window in a previous version of Zoho Mail.
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Webmail Links to Compose Email in Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, etc.: FAQ
Can I make my browser open web-based email when I click an email address?
Yes, you usually can.
To configure a web-based email service as the "program" to use for email links, you can use the navigator.registerProtocolHandler command:
- Google Chrome: Change the Default Email Program in Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox: Change the Default Email Program
Can I make my Windows or Mac computer use webmail links as the default?
Yes, you can with Google Chrome.
To have Google Chrome open with a new message in your favored web-based email service when you click an email address:
- Make the desired email service the default email handler in Google Chrome.
Email in Chrome: This will also make Google Chrome the operating system’s default email program.
(Webmail links to compose email in web-based email services first published October 2019, last updated November 2025)