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Learn how to customize your New Tab page by pinning or rearranging your Tiles. You can even turn them off if you wish.

When you open a new tab, Firefox's default behavior is to display top or suggested sites as [[How do Tiles work? | Tiles]]. Learn how to customize this page for your own needs by pinning or removing sites, rearranging your layout or by completely turning off the Tiles if you wish. __TOC__ =How do I organize my sites on the New Tab page?= You can easily pin, delete and rearrange sites to customize your New Tab page just the way you want. ==Pin a site== *Just click the pin icon in the top-left corner of the site to lock it in that position on the page. *;[[Image:Pin site - Win]]<!-- This image is ok for mac and linux --> ==Add a site== You can also open the bookmarks library and drag bookmarks to the New Tab page. #[[Template:OpenBookmarksLibrary]] #Drag a bookmark into the position you want. #;{for win}[[Image:Add Bookmark to New Tab Page]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Add Bookmark to New Tab Page - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Add Bookmark to New Tab Page - Lin]]{/for} ==Remove a site== *Click the "X" in the top-right corner of the site to delete it from the page. *;[[Image:Delete site - Win]]<!-- This image is ok for mac and linux --> {for fx21} {note}'''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'''.{/note} {/for} ==Rearrange sites== *Click and drag a site into the position you want. It will be "pinned" to its new location. *;{for not fx29}{for win}[[Image:Rearrange sites - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Rearrange sites - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Rearrange sites - Lin]]{/for}{/for}{for =fx29, =fx30, =fx31, =fx32}{for win}[[Image:Drag tile 29 - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Drag tile 29 - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Drag tile 29 - Lin]]{/for}{/for} =How do I turn the New Tab page off?= If you don't want to see top sites when you make a new tab you can easily hide them: *{for not fx33}To toggle the New Tab page off or back on, open a blank tab and then click the button in the upper-right corner of the page.{/for}{for fx33}To turn off the New Tab page, click on the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the page and choose {menu Blank} from the menu.{/for} *;{for not fx29}{for win}[[Image:Hide New Tab - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Hide New Tab - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Hide New Tab - Lin]]{/for}{/for}{for =fx29,=fx30,=fx31,=fx32}{for win}[[Image:Hide tiles 29 - Win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Hide tiles 29 - Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Hide tiles 29 - Lin]]{/for}{/for}{for fx33}[[Image:tiles off 33]]{/for} You can also turn this feature off completely if you want to prevent others from unhiding your Tiles: #[[Template:aboutconfig]] #Type '''browser.newtab.url''' in the search box. #Double-click the {pref browser.newtab.url} preference and change the url from {pref about:newtab} to {pref about:blank}. Alternately, you can change it to {pref about:home} for the Firefox Google home page, or type in your preferred home page, for example {pref google.com}. #Click {button OK} and close the about:config tab. =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]].