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I am using XFCE on Xubuntu. I want my default browser to be Chromium.

In Settings Manager > Preferred Applications web browser is set to Chromium.

In gconf-editor: /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http and /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https command key is set to exo-open --launch WebBrowser %s. exo-open --launch WebBrowser https://google.com launches Chromium.

note:~$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
chromium.desktop
note:~$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
chromium.desktop

But programs open http(s) links with Firefox. For example, xdg-open https://google.com launches Firefox.

How can I fix it?

UPD1: Chromium settings: "Chromium cannot determine or set the default browser."

Zanna
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Selivanov Pavel
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Change default browser using update-alternatives --config x-www-browser:

$ update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

There are 2 choices for the alternative link group x-www-browser \
(providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).

  Selection    Path                Priority        Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/firefox         50        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/chromium        10       manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

The current choice has a *. Just press the number of the browser you want to use. In this example I would type 1 to make Chromium the default browser.

Zanna
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    In my case, ubuntu 18.04, xfce 4.12, run this does not work, need to edit ~/.config/mimeapps.list on field x-scheme-handler/http=chromium-browser.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=chromium-browser.desktop – Tiana987642 Aug 20 '22 at 13:08
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    @Tiana987642 thanks! I suggest posting a new answer with this useful information – Zanna Aug 21 '22 at 07:39