Clear New Tab

Name: Clear New Tab
Rating: 4.595238095238095 (294 reviews)
Author: https://www.facebook.com/browservery

Remove everything from the new tab page while keeping your theme background, or use any image, GIF, or video as a custom wallpaper.

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Clear New Tab - Custom Backgrounds for Chrome

"Clear New Tab" is a Chrome extension that transforms your new tab page into a blank canvas while maintaining your theme background. You can select from your own images, GIFs, or videos, cycle through different backgrounds, choose a random solid color, or schedule backgrounds. The extension enhances your browsing experience with minimal distractions, allowing web searches to be done from the address bar. Discover a cleaner and more personalized new tab experience today.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.facebook.com/browservery

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 4.60

(294)

1 new ratings

Version: 6.10.0 (Last updated: 2025-01-06)

Creation date: 2020-01-20

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
alarms
management
offscreen

Host permissions:

https://clients2.google.com/*
https://clients2.googleusercontent.com/*

Size: 2.42M

Email: lo*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Chrome Web Store

Ranking

# 4,004 ▲ 28

Other rankings

#31 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#12 in new tab keyword 43

#12 in new tabs keyword 43 ▼ 1

#23 in custom background keyword 28

#25 in search bar keyword 37 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Clear New Tab (v5.10.2)

143 4.88

(16)

Clear New Tab (v6.10.0)

8,559+ 4.50

(24)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Allows users to upload and display their own images and videos
Effectively cleans up the new tab page by removing unnecessary icons and search bars
Operating flawlessly for most users with good privacy settings
Simple and straightforward to use; achieves what it advertises
Provides customization options for background and color settings

Cons

Background images can reset to a blank page unexpectedly
Some users experience issues with image scaling or fitting
Blank spaces appear when window size changes, affecting aesthetics
GIFs do not fit the page properly for some users

Most mentioned

Ability to customize new tab background with personal images
Simplicity and effectiveness in cleaning the new tab
Frustrations with the background image resetting
Desire for more customization options and scaling improvements

User reviews

Works great, but one request-- please make it so that when backgrounds are shuffled, the extension cycles through all of them before returning to the start of the order. I have multiple video backgrounds, and frequently I see the same ones over and over again (slideshow function doesn't work well because the videos are different lengths), while I don't see others at all. For instance, I'd like to see videos 1, 2, and 3 before I see any of them repeated.

Allen Potter, 2025-03-18

Lately, and by lately I mean several months now, it keeps wiping out the picture I have set as my background and gives nothing but a blank page - over and over again. I upload my picture again and it works for a while, until it wipes it out of its memory again and it gives a blank page again. This keeps happening over and over again, it is incredibly frustrating.

El La, 2025-02-24

works flawlessly

Andrew Zieg, 2025-02-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Clear New Tab requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Clear New Tab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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