Clear New Tab

Name: Clear New Tab
Rating: 4.589225589225589 (297 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 is a Chrome extension designed to give you a clean, customizable new tab page. It allows you to remove clutter while retaining your theme background or use any image, GIF, or video as a custom wallpaper. Features include the ability to cycle through multiple backgrounds, schedule specific images to appear at set times, or display random solid colors for variety. You can easily fix display issues like background size and eliminate distracting white flashes with adjustable settings.

The extension integrates seamlessly with Chrome themes by automatically downloading and showing the theme's background. It also supports uploading your own media and offers flexible customization options to tailor your new tab exactly how you want it. Clear New Tab enhances your browsing experience by simplifying and personalizing the new tab page without sacrificing style or functionality.

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By:: https://www.facebook.com/browservery
Users:: 40,000+
Rating:: 4.59
(297)
Version:: 6.10.0 (Last updated: 2025-01-06)
Creation date:: 2020-01-20
Risk:: High risk impact Very low risk likelihood
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

# 3,905 ▼ 261

Other rankings

#32 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#10 in new tabs keyword 47 ▼ 1

#14 in new tab keyword 46 ▼ 2

#20 in custom background keyword 25

#23 in search bar keyword 17 ▲ 2

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Other platforms

Clear New Tab (v5.10.2)

150 4.88

(17)

Clear New Tab (v6.10.0)

8,270+ 4.50

(24)

User reviews

Clear New Tab is praised for its clean design that removes clutter like the search and bookmarks bar, allowing users to personalize new tabs with custom images and videos. It is simple, reliable, and enhances privacy. However, some users report issues with the slideshow function not cycling backgrounds properly, occasional loss of custom backgrounds leading to blank pages, and imperfect background scaling. Additionally, hiding bookmarks can reduce usefulness for some users. Overall, it is highly regarded for providing a minimalist and customizable new tab experience.

Pros

Allows removing clutter such as Google search bar and bookmark bar from the new tab page for a clean look.
Supports uploading custom images and videos as backgrounds for new tabs, enhancing personalization.
Simple and straightforward to use without unnecessary complexity.
Stable and reliable performance over time, as noted by multiple users.
Provides privacy benefits by eliminating default Google search bar and preserving user settings.

Cons

Background slideshow or shuffle feature may not cycle through all videos/images smoothly, causing repetition of some backgrounds.
Background images or videos sometimes get wiped out or reset, leading to blank new tab pages intermittently.
Background scaling options do not always work as expected, causing improper fit or unaesthetic blank spaces.
Limited visibility/control over bookmarks on the new tab page when using the extension, which some users find restrictive.

Recent reviews

it took way to long to find this godly extention, google; you shoulda just made removing the search bar apart of the settings.

Faded 420, 2025-04-11

Спасибо.

Яна, 2025-04-08

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

Shin Keru, 2025-03-26

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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

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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