The customizable Firefox New Tab page can display shortcuts (sites you save or visit the most), popular articles and your recent activity (including recently visited pages or bookmarks). The New Tab page is the default Firefox start page, unless you have set a different home page.

Weather

The Firefox new tab page can display your local weather in the upper right corner, providing quick updates directly in your browser. This feature is currently available in specific regions, including the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, India and Japan; other locations will be added over time.

Shortcuts

The Shortcuts section displays sites you save or visit frequently on Firefox. You may also see sponsored shortcuts, if enabled in your settings. These sites will also appear when you click in the address bar to start a search.

When you first use Firefox, you’ll see links to top-ranking websites and popular search engines. These are eventually replaced with Shortcuts, which are links to frequently and recently visited sites from your browsing history.

Recommended stories

The Recommended stories section displays content curated by custom machine learning tools and Firefox’s recommendations team. These stories are not informed by your browsing data. You can view or bookmark stories, remove them, or open them in a new window.

Recommended stories on the Firefox New Tab page is a feature currently available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and India. We’re working to bring it to other countries.

Recent activity

The Recent activity section may include your recently visited pages, bookmarks and most recent downloads. In each tile, Firefox will show a download icon, the bookmark star or the recent visit clock icon.

Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content

Click the gear pencil icon in the topbottom right corner of the New Tab page. A panel will open, showing content you can customize. Click the toggle next to a section to switch it on or off , to show or hide that section. Other settings are available by clicking on the Manage more settings link at the bottom of the panel.

Learn more

• To learn how to customize your New Tab page with a selection of wallpapers, change the Weather display and more, see Customize items on your Firefox New Tab page.
• For information about sponsored content, see Sponsors on the home page and New Tab page.