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View and disable extensions that change your home page on your New Tab or New Windows.

{for not fx57}{note}This article applies to [[Find what version of Firefox you are using|Firefox version]] 57 and above.{/note}{/for} {for not fx58}[[T:update fx desktop]]{/for} [[Find and install add-ons to add features to Firefox|Extensions]] are add-ons that you can install to add or modify Firefox features. Some extensions take control of your home page (the page you see when you click the home [[Image:Home Button 57]] icon or open a New Window){for fx58} and the [[About the New Tab page|New Tab]] page (what you see when you open a new tab){/for}.{for fx59} If this happens, Firefox will ask you when you open it for the first time if that change is okay.{/for}<!--This won't happen until Firefox 59 - see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1414029#c6 --> __TOC__ =View and disable the extension= You can view and disable extensions that have changed your{for fx58} New Tab, New Window or{/for} home page from the General panel of Firefox [[T:optionsorpreferences]] as follows: {for not fx58} #[[Template:optionspreferences]] #Click {menu General}. #Under '''Home page''', it will indicate whether an extension has changed your home page. #;[[Image:Fx57ExtensionControl-Homepage]] #Click {button Disable Extension} to disable the extension that has changed your home page. To set a new home page, see [[How to set the home page]]. {/for} {for =fx58,=fx59,=fx60} #[[Template:optionspreferences]] #Click {menu General}. #Under ''When Firefox starts'', it will indicate whether an extension has changed your [[About the New Tab page|New Tab]] page. #;[[Image:Fx58ExtensionControl-NewTab]] #Click {button Disable Extension} to disable the extension that has changed what you see when you open a new tab and restore the default New Tab page. #Under '''Home page''', it will indicate whether an extension has changed your home page. #;[[Image:Fx58ExtensionControl-Homepage]] #Click {button Disable Extension} to disable the extension that has changed your home page. To set a new home page, see [[How to set the home page]]. {/for} {for fx61} #[[Template:optionspreferences]] #Select the {menu Home} panel. #Under ''New Windows and Tabs'', it will be indicated whether an extension has changed your [[About the New Tab page|New Tab]] page or [[How to set the home page|fome page]]. #;[[Image:Fx61ExtensionControl]] #Click {button Disable Extension} to disable the extension controlling your New Tab page or home page and restore the default page. #* To set a custom home page, see [[How to set the home page]]. {/for} =Remove the extension completely= #Click the menu button [[Image:Fx57menu]] then click {button Add-ons}. #Click '''Extensions''' and look for the extension that made the changes to your {for fx58} New Tab or{/for} home page. #Click the {button Remove} button next to that extension.