Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.

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Version
3.1.6
Update
October 24, 2023
Size
1.52MiB
Developer
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Users
700,000+
Rating
4.04832 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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New Tab Redirect Extension

Allows you to change the new tab page to the New Tab Redirect app page, or a custom URL of your choice!

Choose from chrome's about pages, *NewTab, Extensions, Downloads, History*, a few popular URLs, or provide your own. Your custom tab can also be a local file, allowing you to create your own new tab page. Saving blank text will cause your new tab to be about:blank.

Files can begin with: file:\\\\, file://, and file:///

Important: This is not meant to replace your homepage, only new tabs. If your browser is set to load the New Tab page as your homepage, there may be odd consequences.

Note: Because this extension perform a \"redirect\", I have no control over address bar highlighting or focus.

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I am not affiliated with Google or Google Chrome.
Google Chrome is a registered trademark of Google, Inc.

The 'Popular Pages' are taken from www.alexa.com/topsites. I am in no way affiliated with Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Digg, Slashdot or any other page listed here. These are provided as a convenience to the user of this extension. By using those pages or any others as a replacement for your new tab, you are still bound by any agreement between you and that site or service.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "New Tab Redirect", "short_name": "NTR!", "description": "Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.", "version": "3.1.6", "background": { "service_worker" : "js/background.js" }, "options_page":"options.html", "chrome_url_overrides": { "newtab": "main.html" }, "permissions": ["storage", "favicon"], "host_permissions": ["file:///", "file://", "*://*"], "optional_permissions": ["tabs", "topSites", "management", "bookmarks"], "icons": { "200": "images/icon200.png", "128": "images/icon128.png", "19":"images/icon19.png" }, "incognito": "split", "minimum_chrome_version" : "89"}
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How to download and manually install New Tab Redirect extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install New Tab Redirect extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install New Tab Redirect extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install New Tab Redirect extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download New Tab Redirect extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a New Tab Redirect extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the New Tab Redirect Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the New Tab Redirect extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the New Tab Redirect extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for New Tab Redirect extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the New Tab Redirect extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download New Tab Redirect extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install New Tab Redirect extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the New Tab Redirect extension file

Select and download the New Tab Redirect extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the New Tab Redirect extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your New Tab Redirect extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the New Tab Redirect extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install New Tab Redirect extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Sarah “Emmett” Race (ID: 0000003bddb18548) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/01/2023 I use this extension multiple times a day! It works amazing alongside TeuxDeux. Love it.

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John Knox (ID: 00000093cf0c3a83) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 11/07/2023 They fixed the extension back in 2014 but it now has a new issue. It no longer redirects to your chosen start page when you click to open a new tab. Perhaps this is due to Chrome updates or something and they have not updated the extension but it is now as of November 2023 effectively useless again and does not work.

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GBRTANK WARBOT (ID: 000000b0d21b9e0b) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 11/07/2023 Use this for quick access to the links from local file on PC. Thanks that you added the feature to support local file, since new chrome new rules about local files.

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Pablo Rioss (ID: 000000e5c820fd61) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/06/2023 Thanks for fixing the file permission issue which came along with Chrome v118. I am very happy to have my new tabs from a local file working again! Great extension / great author!

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Fred Leffingwell (ID: 00000019c6c92ecf) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 11/04/2023 I used the new tab redirect for years, but it recently changed so that it is now almost useless. I used it to redirect to a file on my computer, and though it seems to say it is possible, I can find no way to type in the file location and only get a blank stare from the list that contains a huge number of links I don't use and have never used.