Custom New Tab

Name: Custom New Tab
Rating: 4.6 (187 reviews)
Author: maltejur

By: maltejur

Be able to change the new tab to any given URL

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The Custom New Tab Chrome extension empowers you to personalize your browsing experience by allowing you to set any URL as your new tab page. Whether you want to start your browsing session with a favorite website, a productivity dashboard, or any custom page, this extension makes it simple and quick.

Enjoy seamless control over what greets you each time you open a new tab, enhancing productivity and convenience without complex settings or configurations.

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1.3 Last updated: 2020-09-10

Creation date:

2020-09-10

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Permissions:

activeTab
storage

Size:

33.17KB

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-19

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Ranking

# 207

Other rankings

#8 in new tab keyword 48 #8 in new tabs keyword 45 #14 in customize keyword 34 #16 in tab keyword 74

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User reviews

Users appreciate this extension for its simplicity and effectiveness in customizing the new tab page in Edge, overcoming Microsoft's default news and cluttered layouts. It helps increase focus and productivity by allowing blank or specific pages. However, common issues include lack of bookmark bar support, occasional failures to open settings, and Microsoft's interference with changes requiring manual re-enabling. Auto-focus behavior and occasional ads are also minor negatives. Overall, it is regarded as a highly useful and essential add-on for Edge users seeking new tab customization.

Pros

Effectively allows customization of the new tab page, overriding Microsoft's default news page.
Simple, fast, and easy to use with no bugs or performance issues reported.
Helps eliminate distractions by enabling users to set blank or preferred pages as new tab.
Works reliably once configured, saving time and increasing productivity.
Supports useful redirections, e.g., to ChatGPT or MS Copilot webpages.

Cons

Does not support showing the bookmark bar on new tabs, which is an important missing feature for some users.
Settings page or extension popup sometimes fails to open or does not respond properly.
Microsoft Edge may override or disable changes made by the extension, requiring re-enabling or restarting Edge.
Auto-focus on the input field in the new tab page cannot be disabled, which annoys some users.
Some users experience issues with advertisements or unwanted content appearing after changes, possibly due to misconfiguration.

Recent reviews

Nice, works great. Thanks!

by cy*****, 2025-07-15

Perfect, fast, easy to use.

by Ty*****, 2025-07-11

Works fine but sadly does not work with the (important) function to show the bookmark bar on new tabs only.

by Wo*****, 2025-07-11

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Custom 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.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that an Edge add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Edge add-on reputation on Edge Add-on Store, the amount of time the Edge add-on has been around, and other signals about the Edge add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing an Edge add-on.

Custom New Tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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