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View and disable extensions that change your home page on your New Tab or New Windows.
View and disable extensions that change your home page on your New Tab or New Windows.
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{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 -->
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=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 {for not fx61}General{/for}{for fx61}Home{/for} 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|home 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.
{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 {for not fx61}General{/for}{for fx61}Home{/for} 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|home 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=
#[[T:Open Add-ons|type=Extensions]]
#Look for the extension that made the changes to your {for fx58} New Tab or{/for} home page.
#Click the {for fx68}ellipsis (3-dot) icon and select the {/for}{button Remove} button {for not fx68}next to that extension{/for}.
#; {for fx68}[[Image:remove addon]]{/for}