Clear New Tab
Remove everything from the new tab page while keeping your theme background, or use any image, GIF, or video as a custom wallpaper.
Manifest V3 Overrides new tab
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
Updated: a day ago
Ranking
User reviews
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
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User
reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
User reviews
Looks good, but i would like to still be able to see the bookmarks on the new tab screen, wich renders the extension itself useless for me
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Shin Keru, 2025-03-26
Shin Keru, 2025-03-26Works 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.
by 
Allen Potter, 2025-03-18
Allen Potter, 2025-03-18Lately, 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.
by 
El La, 2025-02-24
El La, 2025-02-24Extension 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
- Critical Request access to the following domains: google.com, googleusercontent.com
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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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