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Clear New Tab

by https://www.facebook.com/browservery

v6.11.0 Updated Dec 17, 2025 2.29MiB
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β˜… 4.61
320 reviews
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Description

Want a blank new tab and nothing more? Try this extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/odjfoclbnmllekbhpbgopiiaelcpeimb πŸŒ„ Theme background When Clear New Tab is installed and "Theme background" mode is selected, the backgrounds of themes you install from the Chrome Web Store will automatically download and appear in the new tab. If the theme background appears too large or small, you can fix it by setting "Background size" to "Cover the screen." πŸ–ΌοΈ Your own background Upload your own background (image, GIF, or video) or choose a custom color to display in the new tab page. πŸ” Cycle through different backgrounds Clear New Tab can cycle through your backgrounds, showing a different one each time you open a new tab. 🎨 Random solid color Display a randomly generated solid color background each time you open a new tab. πŸ“… Schedule a background In "Scheduled" mode, Clear New Tab lets you display specific backgrounds at the dates and times you choose. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ❓ FAQ There's no search bar. How do I search the web? Use the address bar for web searches. The bookmarks bar doesn't show in the new tab. Why does Clear New Tab hide it? Clear New Tab doesn't hide it; if an extension replaces the default new tab, Chrome automatically hides the bookmarks bar. To make it always visible, press Ctrl + Shift + B. How can I eliminate the "white flash" before a background loads? Adjust the "Color of the area around the background" setting. Ensure that "Settings context" is set to "Global." The theme background doesn't fit the screen. How do I fix it? Select "Cover the screen" or "Fit to the browser window" in the "Background size" dropdown. Custom HTML links aren't working. How do I fix them? Add target="_top" to the <a> tag. Example: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com" target="_top">Microsoft</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------- πŸ› οΈ Known Issues Clear New Tab data may be automatically removed by the browser. The extension uses IndexedDB to store user data, which the browser may delete if it detects insufficient free space. ---------------------------------------------------------------- πŸ” Permissions Replace the page you see when opening a new tab Allows the extension to display a background image on the new tab page. Read and change your data on clients2.google.com and clients2.googleusercontent.com Allows the extension to download a theme CRX package containing the theme background and other data, such as background-repeat and color of the area around the background. Manage your apps, extensions, and themes Allows the extension to detect when a theme is installed and provides information about the installed theme (e.g., theme ID, theme name). The theme ID is used to download the CRX package. πŸ”“ Optional Permissions Read data you copy and paste Allows the extension to paste an image or image link in the "Paste image or its link" input using the "Paste" button. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 🐱 GitHub: https://github.com/loftyshaky/clear-new-tab 🧩 Follow my Facebook page (more extensions): https://www.facebook.com/browservery ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ads When using Clear New Tab, you may encounter affiliate links on the extension's settings page.
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Reviews (22 cached)

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2025-06-08
AntonΓ­n DrdΓ‘ckΓ½

Before the image loads, the tab flashes with a bright white. Even if I set the global background to black.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2023-02-07
Mister Kris

It worked for a while and then it just broke. I reinstalled it multiple times and nothing occurs. I can't even open the settings page.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2022-05-10
Beth

i have to uninstall. i'm using it in edge not chrome, but it used to work properly. after the update when i close the browser tab it immediately reopens to the clear new tab settings page, no matter what.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2021-05-13
Jadeon Smith

only worked once

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2019-07-17
xholbryo

up until about a year ago this app was great...no problems....but ever since they've been 'upgrading' it i get nothing but a blank black page for options and a blank white page for a new tab...i'm sick of waiting for some genius to fix it properly...i just love the human nature attribute of totally screwing something up because it works fine...i'm out...deleting this exercise in futility

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2018-04-13
Mortimer Icerider

Software is fine, chrome just disables it for some weird reason. I feel really bad for the devs cuz they did nothing wrong. Screw you, Chrome.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2025-03-26
Shin Keru

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

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2025-02-24
El La

Lately, and by lately I mean several months now, it keeps wiping out the picture I have set as my background and gives nothing but a blank page - over and over again. I upload my picture again and it works for a while, until it wipes it out of its memory again and it gives a blank page again. This keeps happening over and over again, it is incredibly frustrating.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2023-03-17
Burg

Kept freezing the rain, vid speed didn't work, also search bar + short cuts gone, Watched the vid and I'm confused.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2022-05-12
Alvin Brinson

Worked for years. Author broke something that wasn't broken. Now it throws up a big red error banner. Uninstalled.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2022-05-06
Ben Mobi

RUINED by "Update" ... up until last night, this was one of the best chrome extensions ever. And they ruined it. Lost the ability to rotate background images, making this a simple "wallpaper" app. Thanks guys.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2026-02-08
Person

very cool, but there's a little thing at the bottom saying "clear new tab" that bugs me.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2025-11-19
arkhaic

stopped working after a while. error code: shr_1102

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2023-02-28
Joellyn Keener

I loved it so much when i first got it. Now it won't work at all. All I get now is solid colors. No images at all.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2022-08-13
ethen price

not sure how it works but it just makes my backround plain white with no text and the settings page replaces my cursor with a bunch of blue curves anyone got a fix?

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2022-05-23
Luke Rowan

Worked just fine until recently. Now just about every other time I open chrome it just defaults to a white screen. I need to re-input my images every time to get them back. Not sure what changed or why this is happening now, but before the most recent update it was working perfectly. Hoping this gets fixed soon because it was a very good extension before, but for now it's probably not worth downloading, at least until this gets fixed.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2021-10-22
Nandanu Dayadi

it's good and does the job well. but occasional error keep occuring every month or 2. I got to reinstall it everytime.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2021-08-30
Jim Obasa

Extension continually fails in the sense that when turning on the PC and logging in, what was saved in Clear New Tab has totally disappeared and has to be put back. Have had to do this literally a dozen times and so I am uninstalling "Clear New Tab"

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2020-10-29
yassification

Lovely extension, does everything promised and more. The only problem is that you can't have bookmarks

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-09-28
Francois Barabe

It's good but too bad my favourites are not showing up. There should be an option to activate it or not. I can see it in the examples, so either they had it always on or the problem's on my side.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-08-23
Le

its good, but before the update, i was able to close the chrome browser and reopen it with the same picture i had before it closed, now its just white screen now, no theme, just white and i have to set up the theme all over again.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-02-23
Javier Mena

It'd be a lot better if we can see bookmarks bar, cause typing each time you wanna get in a site its kinda tired. Besides that everything its ok. ^^

Permissions (5)

Permissions

alarmsβ„Ή Can schedule periodic background tasks clipboardReadβ„Ή Can read from your clipboard managementβ„Ή Can manage other installed extensions offscreen storageβ„Ή Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 6.11.0
Updated Dec 17, 2025
Size 2.29MiB
First Seen Mar 29, 2026

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