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If I want to ensure a URL, if clicked, will always open in Chrome (instead of the default browser) can I do that by modifying the header?

For example, I can get URLs that always open in Evernote, they start with evernote:///

Is this possible, for example to have something like chrome:///www.url.com

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    That part of the url is referred to as the "protocol"
    – Octopus
    Aug 22, 2014 at 21:58
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Google has official documentation on the Chrome iOS app’s URI scheme on its developer website.

Simply replace http with googlechrome and https with googlechromes. This means:

  • http://www.google.com/ becomes googlechrome://www.google.com/
  • https://apple.stackexchange.com/ becomes googlechromes://apple.stackexchange.com/

Previously, it supported an x-callback-url of googlechrome-x-callback://. This allowed the calling app to indicate its name and URI scheme to Chrome, which would show a back button in the address bar that closes the tab and invokes the specified URI. This feature was removed a few years ago when iOS 9 added the “Back to …” button in the status bar (but the URI scheme still works).

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    Note that this doesn't apply to Chrome for Mac.
    – chenware
    Aug 24, 2017 at 21:42
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On iOS:

googlechrome://www.example.com
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    That may work on iOS—I don't have Chrome on my iPhone—but it does not work for me on Mavericks.
    – samh
    Aug 22, 2014 at 13:57
  • I was about to say the same. How are you proposing this should work. Firstly on Mavericks if you click a link with this protocol or go to it in a web address. The OS asks you to select an app that can open it. Even when Chrome is selected chrome will try and open the URL file:///googlechrome:///www.example.com each time
    – markhunte
    Aug 22, 2014 at 14:04
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    @markhunte OP did not specify OS X or iOS, I've clarified that this is just for iOS
    – grg ♦
    Aug 22, 2014 at 14:07
  • @GeorgeGarside Cheers saved me wasting more time trying to figure it out.
    – markhunte
    Aug 22, 2014 at 14:09
  • Is there a way to do it for Mac? Not working on Catalina either.
    – layser
    May 9, 2020 at 15:05

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