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I don’t like the behavior of the new tab page in Google Chrome 29+. How can I restore the old behavior?
The new tab page (if you have Google set as the default search engine) now shows the Google logo (or, apparently, the doodle of the day if there is one), a search box, and a few recently visited websites. It also added an Apps button to my favorites bar, seemingly the only way to access my apps page, which has easy access to things I use regularly (Calendar, Gmail, Docs, G+, Facebook, Feedly, Google News, Netflix, Play Music, Pandora, Drive, Keep, etc.) I don’t like this behavior. I actually don’t mind having the logo of the day and search box, but I want my apps linked to on my new tab page.
Is there any way to get the old behavior back? I checked the settings and it doesn’t seem like it’s possible to set chrome://apps
to be the new tab page (which would restore the old behavior) or to configure the new new tab page to display apps instead of recently visited sites.
Note, if you want a blank page (à la about:blank), see http://superuser.com/questions/206229/how-to-make-a-blank-page-in-google-chrome-at-start-up/600232#600232 instead.
– Nemo – 2015-05-03T12:04:44.6632
Interesting, I'm on the same build as you and I don't have the New™ New Tab Page. Can you try if this extension will do the job?
– Sathyajith Bhat – 2013-09-25T13:06:46.920@Sathya What OS are you on? My home desktop is Win7 and I've noticed the newer tab page there. My work computer I'm currently posting from is Windows XP. I'm on the latest build, but my tab page is also still the same as it was. – DanteTheEgregore – 2013-09-25T13:10:09.857
1@Zach I have Windows 7 at my workplace & Windows 8 on my home system, both don't have the New™ New Tab Page. – Sathyajith Bhat – 2013-09-25T13:11:27.507
On a side-note, there's a new button on your favorite bar named "applications" which, if middle-button clicked, will mimic previous behaviour. – mveroone – 2013-09-25T13:48:02.183
1@Kwaio That's an unacceptable alternative, IMO. It requires a mouse click, while Ctrl+T can open a new tab. It also adds an extra thing to my favorites bar to work around removed features. Zach's answer is really the best option. – Thomas Owens – 2013-09-25T14:06:15.553
I agree. I was just suggesting an alternative which could seem better to someone with the same problem landing here. – mveroone – 2013-09-25T14:16:47.483
Ah I'm so glad this was posted - I was really missing the 'recently closed' button in the bottom left which actually had sets of tabs in. – Brendan – 2013-11-17T13:09:40.880