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"Customize your new tab page" button problem

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Firequack
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I like to keep my new tab page blank, but there is one thing that bothers me. It is "Customize your New Tab page" button at the top-right corner. Is there a way to get rid of it?

I like to keep my new tab page blank, but there is one thing that bothers me. It is "Customize your New Tab page" button at the top-right corner. Is there a way to get rid of it?

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Yes, it is possible till Firefox 40 Follow instructions in this support article.


Note The pref browser.newtab.url won't work anymore from Firefox 41.

This is for security reasons: too much add-ons and malware were using this feature to set their own new tab URL.

Next you will have to use this add-on: New Tab Override. When the add-on is installed, open about:config, find the pref [email protected] and change the value to the URL you want.

More details about this choice here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118285

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Yes, it is possible till Firefox 40 Follow instructions in this support article.


Note The pref browser.newtab.url won't work anymore from Firefox 41.

This is for security reasons: too much add-ons and malware were using this feature to set their own new tab URL.

Next you will have to use this add-on: New Tab Override. When the add-on is installed, open about:config, find the pref [email protected] and change the value to the URL you want.

More details about this choice here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118285