Change New Tab

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

Change New Tab Extension

Change New Tab is a simple and minimalist Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by allowing you to customize your New Tab page to any specific URL you choose. Whether you want to open your favorite website, dashboard, or any other page, this extension makes it easy and effective.

  • Size: Only 8 kB
  • User-friendly: Designed for simplicity without unnecessary clutter.
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Manifest V3 Overrides new tab
By: Simpler
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.24
(76)
Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2024-02-20)
Creation date: 2017-10-01
Risk: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 8.57K
Full description: See detailed description
Updated: 16 hours ago

Ranking

# 7,760 ▲ 40
Other rankings
#1754 in Accessibility ▼ 1 #68 in new tab keyword 47 ▼ 10 #122 in new tabs keyword 48 ▼ 2

Other platforms

Change New Tab (v1.9)
525 4.22 (40)

User reviews

Pros
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Works as intended / does exactly what it says
  • Minimalistic design
  • Customization for new tab page
  • Helpful for users needing new tab functionality
Cons
  • Does not focus on the address bar on new tabs by default
  • Has become non-functional in recent Chrome updates
  • Some users experienced slow performance issues
  • Lacks dark mode option
  • No confirmation button when entering URLs
Most mentioned
  • Does not focus on the address bar by default
  • No longer works on recent Chrome versions
  • Needs more customization features
  • Lightweight and minimalistic design
  • Simple functionality to change new tab URL
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
User reviews
This is literally perfect. It does not get more simple and to the point than this. Thank you!
by Bryan Vann, 2025-02-02
程序很小，功能只有一个，就是修改你的新标签页为你要的网址，实用，美观，简单，好用。
by 陈小布, 2025-01-11
Perfect, it just works.
by Vermeer G, 2024-12-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Change New Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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Risk likelihood

Change New Tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely 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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