# Change New Tab

> Allows you to change New Tab page to your specific URL

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/change-new-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/change-new-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `change-new-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Ternary
- **Daily users:** 525
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.22 / 5 (40 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-16
- **First published:** 2017-08-04
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2024-02-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/change-new-tab/)

## Description

'Change New Tab' is a Firefox add-on designed to enhance your browsing experience by letting you change the default 'about:newtab' to a URL of your choice. With a size of just 12KB, it is lightweight and doesn't require special permissions to use. Enjoy a more personalized browsing environment with this simple, clean add-on.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

## Review summary

### Pros

- Simple to use
- No permissions required
- Ability to set a custom new tab page

### Cons

- Incompatibility with certain Firefox versions
- Cannot use local file URLs like file:///
- Does not focus on the browser bar

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/change-new-tab)