New Tab Redirect

Name: New Tab Redirect
Rating: 4.05 (3188 reviews)
Author: Jim Schubert

Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.

As of May 2026, New Tab Redirect has 700,000 users and a 4.05/5 rating from 3,188 reviews in the Productivity category.

Jim Schubert Productivity★ Featured

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700.0K

700,000

Rating−0.2%

4.05

3.2K reviews

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3.2K

Version

3.1.6

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 28, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 28, 2026	700.0K	4.06	3.2K	3.1.6
May 25, 2026	700.0K	4.05	3.2K	3.1.6
Now	700.0K	4.05	3.2K	3.1.6

Permissions & access

Permissions: storagefavicon
Host access: file:///, file://, *://*

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About

Allows you to change the new tab page to the New Tab Redirect app page, or a custom URL of your choice!

Choose from chrome's about pages, *NewTab, Extensions, Downloads, History*, a few popular URLs, or provide your own.  Your custom tab can also be a local file, allowing you to create your own new tab page. Saving blank text will cause your new tab to be about:blank.

Files can begin with: file:\\, file://, and file:///

Important: This is not meant to replace your homepage, only new tabs.  If your browser is set to load the New Tab page as your homepage, there may be odd consequences.

Note: Because this extension perform a "redirect", I have no control over address bar highlighting or focus.

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Report Bugs
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https://github.com/jimschubert/NewTab-Redirect/issues

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Legal Stuff
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I am not affiliated with Google or Google Chrome.
Google Chrome is a registered trademark of Google, Inc.

The 'Popular Pages' are taken from www.alexa.com/topsites.  I am in no way affiliated with Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Digg, Slashdot or any other page listed here.  These are provided as a convenience to the user of this extension.  By using those pages or any others as a replacement for your new tab, you are still bound by any agreement between you and that site or service.