Blank New Tab

Replace your New tab page with a blank one.

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Blank New Tab is a lightweight Chrome extension that replaces your default new tab page with a simple, blank one. Designed to match the Edge browser style, it adapts seamlessly to both light and dark themes for a consistent and distraction-free browsing experience.

This extension is open source and available on GitHub. If Edge disables the extension upon installation, you can easily enable it via the Manage Extensions page (edge://extensions). It also supports multiple languages, with translations available on the project's GitHub repository.

By:: Szanuj
Users:: 5,954+ -1,125
Rating:: 5.00

(16)
Version:: 1.1.3 Last updated: 2024-10-21
Creation date:: 2022-04-08
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 17.15K
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Edge Add-on Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 2,157 ▼ 215

Other rankings

#680 in Productivity ▼ 67

#14 in new tab keyword 48

#14 in new tabs keyword 49

#17 in tab keyword 81

#40 in replace keyword 21

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User reviews

The 'Blank New Tab' Edge add-on is praised for working flawlessly with a simple and clean design. Users appreciate that it is open source and integrates seamlessly with Edge's color schemes in both light and dark modes. It does not include trackers or request excessive permissions, making it trustworthy. Many users mention that it looks and feels like a native blank tab page, providing a distraction-free browsing experience. No recurring issues or negative points were reported in multiple reviews.

Pros

Works as expected and functions perfectly.
Open source software (OSS) aspect is appreciated.
Adapts to Edge's light and dark mode colors, blending in nicely.
Simple, clean design with no trackers or unnecessary permissions.
Looks like a native or default blank new tab feature in Edge.

Cons

Recent reviews

Works as expected, huge win that it is OSS! 🙏

by Viktor, 2025-02-09

Best extension for blank new tab on edge , adapts to the actual color of edge's actual colors on light and dark mode , it will soon work on private window too...😊😊😊, oh! and i liked the edge's original new tab icon too . makes it look like default feature or something.

by Nemish, 2024-08-02

Works great

by Max, 2024-04-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Blank 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

Blank New Tab is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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