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Learn the different controls for the New Tab page on Firefox, including opening a blank page and removing suggested tiles.

<!--L10N, suggested sites are en-us only until fx41, but we needed a separate article on how to turn on/off Tiles for search and more direct linking--> You can set your New Tab page to show [[About Tiles in New Tab | your most visited sites, suggestions from Mozilla]], or nothing at all. To access these controls, click on the cogwheel icon in the top right hand corner of the new tab. Learn more about these controls here. __TOC__ {for not fx40} ;[[Image:fx39newtabcontrol]] =Show your top sites and suggested sites= Select ''Show suggested and your top sites'' to see sites from your browsing history, in addition to suggested sites from interest categories that Firefox finds in your browsing history. (See [[About Tiles in New Tab]] for more information). <!--Anyone with 39 want to add screenshots?--> =Show your top sites only= If you do not wish to see suggested sites from Mozilla and partners, select ''Show your top sites'' and Firefox will show only sites it finds in your most frequent and recent browsing history. =Show a blank New Tab= To remove all sites from the New Tab page, select ''Show blank page''. {/for} {for fx40} =Show top sites and suggested sites= When both ''Show your top sites'' and ''Include suggested sites'' are checked, you will see sites from your browsing history, in addition to suggested sites from interest categories that Firefox finds in your browsing history. Suggested sites may be content from Mozilla, or it may be promoted content from partners (including adverts, in which case it will clearly be marked as ''Sponsored''). (See [[About Tiles in New Tab]] for more information). ;[[Image:suggested fx40]] =Show only your top sites= If you do not wish to see suggested sites from Mozilla and partners, uncheck ''Include suggested sites'' and Firefox will show only sites it finds in your most frequent and recent browsing history. ;[[Image:topsite only 40]] =Show a blank New Tab= To remove all sites from the New Tab page, select {menu Show blank page}. ;[[Image:blank tab 40]] {/for} =Disable New Tab controls= {for not fx41} To hide everything on the New Tab page, including the New Tab controls, follow these steps: #[[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 your default home page, or your preferred home page by typing in its URL. #Click {button OK} and close the about:config tab. {/for} {for fx41} To hide everything on the New Tab page, including the New Tab controls (or to choose the page that opens in a new tab) you can install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/ New Tab Override (browser.newtab.url replacement)] add-on. {/for}