Blank New Tab Page

A minimalist, fast-loading, blank new tab page. Open source for transparency.
What is Blank New Tab Page?
Blank New Tab Page is a minimalist, fast-loading, blank new tab page extension for Chrome. It provides a clean slate with no clutter or recently viewed sites, just the way a new tab should be. The extension is also open source for transparency and can be found on GitHub.

Extension stats

By: freeplay
Users: 78
Rating: 3.00 (2)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2015-05-09)
Creation date: 2015-05-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Size: 8.32K

Other platforms

Black New Tab (v1.0.1resigned1)
4.34 (35) 537
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

A minimalist, fast-loading, blank new tab page.

No clutter. No recently viewed sites. The equivalent of about:blank. A clean slate. Just the way a new tab should be.

Source: https://github.com/robcortez/blank-new-tab-page

User reviews

muuy fea
by miguel rojas, 2020-09-20

This is exactly what I need. This is something that will be very quick to start up. I've always been drawn to fancy new tab page extensions, but I realized that it wore off after a day and started just using the search bar at the top. Found out about this through reddit.
by Brandon Sov, 2015-12-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Blank New Tab Page requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Blank New Tab Page has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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