New Tab Changer
Load a custom web page or url in a new tab. Fast, light, and easy to use.
New Tab Changer - Custom New Tab URL Extension
"New Tab Changer" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by allowing you to set a specific URL or local file to open in every new tab. Whether you want quick access to your email, a search engine, or a favorite website, this tool makes it possible. It's lightweight, supports Incognito mode, offers URL bar auto-focus, and provides advanced tab usage statistics. Ideal for streamlining your online workflow.
Extension stats
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
- activeTab
- tabs
- storage
- browsingData
Host permissions:
- http://www.dummysoftware.com/*
- https://www.dummysoftware.com/*
Size: 108.54K
Email: so*****@dummysoftware.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Extension summary
- Load a custom web page or url in a new tab.
- Make new tabs automatically load Gmail, Bing, or any web site.
- Easily setup a new tab redirect to a local file url.
- Automatically sets focus to url bar.
- Supports Incognito mode.
- Fast, light, and easy to use.
- Clear cache when loading new tabs.
- Redirect to last visited url.
- Advanced statistics to display a history of max and total tabs open per day.
Automatically set a custom url to load in new tabs. Setup a new tab redirect to Gmail, Yahoo, Bing, or any web page you desire!
Simply enter the desired web site url and click Save. Any time a new tab is opened, the web site you selected will automatically display. New Tab Changer supports web site urls and local file urls.
New Tab Changer lets you automatically setup a new tab redirect to a custom url.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Allows custom URL on new tab
- Lightweight and fast
- Helpful for removing unwanted default new tab pages
Cons
- Requires unnecessary permissions
- Recently has issues with focus on address bar not working
- Doesn't always work or redirect properly
Most mentioned
- Speed and simplicity
- Focus on address bar issue
- Unwanted permission requests
User reviews
For some reason, this extension now requires access to dummysoftware's website. I suggest to uninstall
by 
Christopher Demicoli, 2024-01-10
Christopher Demicoli, 2024-01-10Did not work at all. New tab is still defaulting to Chrome://newtab
by 
P Spencer, 2023-11-26
P Spencer, 2023-11-26Thanks for fixing Chrome. Why is this not a vanilla option in Chrome?
by 
D C, 2021-07-19
D C, 2021-07-19Extension safety
Risk impact
New Tab Changer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
New Tab Changer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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