Custom New Tab

Name: Custom New Tab
Rating: 4.13 (38 reviews)
Author: Dictanote

Customize the New Tab URL. Change New Tab to point to any URL or local file you want.

As of June 2026, Custom New Tab has 50,000 users and a 4.13/5 rating from 38 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

Dictanote Workflow & Planning★ Featured

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+25.0%

50.0K

50,000

Rating−4.4%

4.13

38 reviews

Reviews+11.8%

Version

1.10

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 10.0K users.

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 23, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 23, 2026	40.0K	4.32	34	1.10
May 13, 2026	50.0K	4.32	34	1.10
Jun 8, 2026	50.0K	4.14	37	1.10
Now	50.0K	4.13	38	1.10

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: None declared

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About

Chrome does not let you customize the new tab page. The new tab page always opens a custom Google Search page, and Chrome extensions do not work on this page. 

This extension lets you point the new tab page to a URL of your choice. It can be Google.com, your company's homepage, or a blank page. It is lightweight on your browser (<50kb - compared to, for example, Grammarly, which is 36MB), has no tracking, and is straightforward to use.

Some popular choices:
1) Google - https://google.com
2) Voice In Notepad - https://dictanote.co/voicein/notepad/
3) Bing - https://www.bing.com
4) ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com
5) Blank Page - about:blank

You can also set it to a local file path like file:///C:/Documents/test.html . You can set the URL to an internal page like chrome://apps too.

Customization:
1) Focus on the address bar on the new tab page: When checked, the focus and cursor are in the address bar when you open a new tab page. When unchecked, the focus is on the page. 

If you want to disable the custom new tab extension, you can do so by going to chrome://extensions and disabling this extension.