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How to get a completely blank new tab page in Chrome with bookmarks bar

How to get a completely blank new tab page in Chrome with bookmarks bar

  1. You need to enable chrome://flags/#extensions-on-chrome-urls flag to be able to use extensions with Chrome internal pages
  2. Install Custom New Tab URL extension and set the new tab page url to: chrome://new-tab-page-third-party
  3. Create a custom NTP styler extension (based on the provided manifest.json and styles.css) and load it in Chrome
  4. Enjoy!
{
"manifest_version": 3,
"name": "My NTP Styler",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "Applies a custom CSS to the third-party new tab page.",
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["chrome://new-tab-page-third-party/*"],
"css": ["styles.css"]
}
]
}
cr-most-visited {
display: none;
}
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