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Customize the New Tab URL. Change New Tab to point to any URL or local file you want.

Latest Version

Version

1.10

Update

October 1, 2024

Size

92.24KiB

Developer

dictanote.co

Custom New Tab Extension

Chrome does not let you customize the new tab page. The new tab page always opens a custom Google Search page, and Chrome extensions do not work on this page.

This extension lets you point the new tab page to a URL of your choice. It can be Google.com, your company's homepage, or a blank page. It is lightweight on your browser (<50kb - compared to, for example, Grammarly, which is 36MB), has no tracking, and is straightforward to use.

Some popular choices:
1) Google - https://google.com
2) Voice In Notepad - https://dictanote.co/voicein/notepad/
3) Bing - https://www.bing.com
4) ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com
5) Blank Page - about:blank

You can point the new tab to a local file URL too. A local file URL looks like file:///C:/Documents/test.html on Windows file:///Users/anil/test.html on Mac. To get the local file URL of a file on your system, open the file in a new tab in your browser. Then copy the URL shown in the address bar.

You can set the URL to an internal page like chrome://apps too.

Customization:
1) Focus on the address bar on the new tab page: When checked, the focus and cursor are in the address bar when you open a new tab page. When unchecked, the focus is on the page.

If you want to disable the custom new tab extension, you can do so by going to chrome://extensions and disabling this extension.

Source Manifest.json

{"name":"__MSG_name__",
"description":"__MSG_desc__",
"version":"1.10",
"default_locale":"en",
"icons":{"16":"icons/icon16.png",
"48":"icons/icon48.png",
"128":"icons/icon128.png"},
"manifest_version":3,
"offline_enabled":true,
"options_page":"options.html",
"background":{"service_worker":"background.js"},
"web_accessible_resources":[{"resources":["options.html"],
"matches":[""]}],
"homepage_url":"https://dictanote.co/custom-new-tab/",
"chrome_url_overrides":{"newtab":"newtab.html"},
"externally_connectable":{"matches":["https://*.dictanote.co/*",
"https://dictanote.co/*",
"http://localhost:8000/*"]},
"permissions":["storage"],
"optional_host_permissions":["file:///*"],
"key":"MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAj4CBWCXF0Mnoq43YF/ddH+38HE7c+B8n733flnzsmjXh4nkKz4qOOiYvqHd065b4aCr16xhuDa48wv78UEnf9aM/0t09dBvRwqrECa4jkdN7R7UOeN8b6pXUVD+s2HLr37tg8Gs/cxJa7YpcMLwkhbVK8YgTmsljZg0OODVTyYZHcavp4ev+3GphQAIbvOiyTgX4aMyJX2yMHCXhRa/bUx6hKRtqMAYIY/6iPjJiseGjAJ7L8dRdkp+HbyNJcm0i8BXBVozSnQjBX8cVwiezkx5r5nT5eRhk4lkz+hG8p8EZ2lZZHnEiYE9peTgyLoZmFeOc68xFpa2NAcVRPJnmWQIDAQAB",
"action":{},
"update_url":"https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx"}

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Custom New Tab

Customize the New Tab URL. Change New Tab to point to any URL or local file you want.

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