Customize your New Tab page in Chrome - Computer (2024)

To switch between shortcuts or your most visited websites:

To remove or edit a site:

Tip: Suggested articles don’t appear on your homepage on your computer.

Add a custom background image

You can choose from theme categories and special collections or upload an image to use as a background in Chrome.

Tip: To change your background daily, click on a collection and turn on Refresh daily.

Change your browser’s color

Manage Dark mode in Chrome

Learn more about Dark mode or Dark theme.

Create themes with AI

To create themes with AI, learn how to customize Chrome themes with AI.

Chrome curates content that may interest you based on your activity. You must be signed in to your Google Account for your Cards to appear on the New Tab page. When you click on an item in a card, it opens the content in the same tab.

With Chrome Cards, you can:

• View your Cards.
• Dismiss a card's content or turn a card on and off.
• Click through your Cards to find personalized sites and content.

Turn cards on or off

1. At the bottom of a New Tab page, click Customize .
2. Click Cards Customize Cards.
3. Select the cards you want to show or hide.

One way your Chrome browser history and searches are organized is by group.

You can easily resume browsing by clicking a card:

• On the New Tab page, click on sites from your History.
• On the New Tab page, you can click related searches.

Open all results

Open a new group of tabs, which includes your initial search and relevant web pages.

1. Open a new tab or window in Chrome.
2. In the center of your screen, find the Resume browsing card.
3. On the top-right card, click More Open all in a new tab group.

Hide a specific card

Remove a specific search from the New Tab page until you decide to search for it again.

1. Open a new tab or window in Chrome.
2. In the center of your screen, find the Resume browsing card.
3. On the top-right card, click More Hide [search].

Learn more about resuming browsing.

When you add items to the cart of a retailer but don't complete checkout, you can get a link to the cart in your New Tab page.

Important: Carts are shown in Chrome for 14 days, or until you check out.

Get discounts on items in your carts

Sometimes, retailers offer discounts on your cart. To allow these discounts:

1. When Google asks for your permission, click Get discounts.
2. At the top of a cart, check for a discount badge.
3. To go to the retailer site, click the badge.
4. The discount is applied automatically to your purchase.
   • If the discount isn't applied automatically, copy and paste the discount code manually.

Hide specific retailers

1. Open a new tab or window in Chrome.
2. In the center of your screen, beneath your bookmarks, find the retailer you want to hide.
3. At the top right corner of the cart you want to hide, click More .
4. Select an option:
   • To hide the store until you change the contents of the cart, select Hide [Retailer name].
   • To hide the store permanently, select Don’t show [Retailer name].

Hide your carts

1. Open a new tab or window in Chrome.
2. In the center of your screen, at the top right of"Your carts," click More .
3. Select an option:
   • To dismissyour carts until you make a change, select Hide these carts.
   • To turn off your carts, select Don’t show carts.

On some managed devices, Chrome creates shortcuts to Drive files that you may need and adds them to your New Tab page automatically. The "Drive priority" cardappears on your New Tab page for several reasons. For instance, files may be prioritized and appear if:

• Someone leaves a new comment on a file.
• The file is attached to your next meeting.

The "Drive priority" card displays 3 files at a time and appears below your web shortcuts.

On your computer, the "Drive priority" card won't appear.

Hide the Drive priority card on your New Tab page

1. Open Chrome.
2. Open a new tab if one doesn’t appear automatically.
3. At the top right of the "Drive priority" card, click More .
4. Select an option:
   • To dismiss the Drive card content, select Hide for now.
   • To turn off the Drive card, select Never show Google Drive files.