Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page
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Firefox's default behavior is to display top or sponsored sites top or suggested sites on the New Tab. Learn how to customize this page by pinning, removing sites or rearranging these sites.
To turn off the New Tab display, see Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page.
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Pin a Tile
Click the pin icon in the top-left corner of the Tile to lock it in that position on the page.
Tip: Set up Firefox Sync to sync your pinned Tiles across your other computers.
Remove a Tile
Click the "X" in the top-right corner of the site to delete it from the page.
Rearrange Tiles
Click and drag a Tile into the position you want. It will be "pinned" to its new location.
Add a Tile from your bookmarks
You can also open the bookmarks library and drag bookmarks to the New Tab page.
- Before you begin, set Firefox to remember history. See Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track.
- Click the menu button
to open the menu panel.
Click and then click the bar at the bottom.
- Drag a bookmark into the position you want.
Note: If you accidentally remove a site you can get it back by clicking Undo at the top of the page. For several removed sites click Restore All.
Having problems?
- If you get a web page you haven't set instead of the default New Tab page, see Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page.
- If some sites have an empty thumbnail, see The thumbnails on the New Tab page are missing - how to get them back.