Empty New Tab Page

by thakis@chromium.org · Workflow & Planning

FeaturedManifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

With this extension, new tabs display a blank page instead of the usual new tab page with thumbnails.

Users

100K

0 in 30 days

Rating

4.6 / 5

+0.18 in 30 days

Ratings

1,198

+1 in 30 days

Store rank

#1,576

#1,381 among extensions

Version

1.3.0

updated 16 Oct 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 100,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1,198 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Empty New Tab Page

For those who don't want to worry which recently visited pages show up on the new tab page, who prefer plain over noisy, simple over complex. Version 1.2.0 adds dark mode support. Version 1.3.0's only change is to use manifest_version 3. For this extension, this does not affect behavior at all. The change is required to keep the extension listed in Chrome Web Store.