Customize your New Tab page in Chrome

Depending on your default search engine, you may be able to control what appears below the search box on your New Tab page.

To customize your New Tab page, you must be signed in to your Google Account and use Google as your default search engine.

In some countries, you may need to manage your linked Google services to use Chrome history for personalization and other services.

Customize your New Tab page

When you swipe up on the address bar or open a new tab, you can find suggested shortcuts for popular websites or sites you visit often. If you haven’t used Chrome before, it shows you some popular sites.

To visit a site, tap its icon.
To remove a site, touch and hold its icon. Then, tap Remove.

You can change your New Tab page settings to show or hide shortcuts, turn cards and your Discover feed on or off, or show a custom image or theme.

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New Tab page.
At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Customize new tab page.
You can change your settings on:
- My shortcuts: To show or hide the most visited sites on the New Tab page, turn My shortcuts on or off.
- New Tab page cards: You can turn the following cards on or off:
  - Continue with this tab
  - Price drops on tabs
  - Safety Check
  - Chrome tips
- Discover feed: To find recommended content, turn on Discover feed.
  - You can manage:
    - Activity: Control your Google Account data.
    - Interests: Manage content you follow and suggested topics and searches.
- Appearance: To customize your New Tab page background, you can upload an image or choose from available colors or themes. Learn how to customize your New Tab page background.

Important: Custom shortcuts don’t sync to other devices.

On your New Tab page, you can customize shortcuts. To pin your favorite websites or quickly find your most visited sites, you can create custom Chrome shortcuts.

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
On the shortcuts, you can:
- Add a new shortcut:
  1. Tap Add new 👁 Add amenities or exceptions
    👁 and then
    Add shortcut.
  2. Enter the name and URL.
  3. Tap Save.
- Pin a shortcut:
  1. Touch and hold a suggested shortcut.
  2. Tap Pin shortcut.
    - On the left side of the shortcut, you can find your pinned shortcut.
- Edit a shortcut:
  1. Touch and hold the shortcut that you’d like to edit.
  2. To edit the name and URL, tap Edit shortcut.
- Rearrange pinned shortcuts:
  1. Touch and hold the pinned shortcut that you’d like to rearrange.
  2. Drag the pinned shortcut to its desired position.
  3. Release the pinned shortcut to save your selection.
    - You must pin shortcuts before you can rearrange them, and only pinned shortcuts are rearrangeable.
- Remove or hide a shortcut:
  1. Touch and hold the shortcut that you’d like to remove or hide.
  2. Tap Remove.
- Unpin a shortcut:
  1. Touch and hold the shortcut you’d like to unpin.
  2. Tap Unpin.

Tips:

If you can’t add more shortcuts, it means you've reached the limit and you’ll need to remove existing shortcuts.
To manually add a removed site, create a new shortcut for it.
If you can’t add a shortcut, check if the URL is correct and make sure it doesn't exist yet.

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Customize new tab page 👁 and then
Appearance.
- On your tablet, at the bottom right, you can tap Edit 👁 Image
  .
To customize your New Tab page background, you can:
- Use the default background: Tap Chrome Default.
- Upload an image:
  1. Tap Upload an image.
  2. Choose a photo.
  3. Tap Save.
- Choose a color background:
  1. Tap Chrome Colors.
  2. From the available options, select a color.
    - To get a new color daily, turn on Refresh daily.
- Choose a theme background:
  1. Tap Theme Collections.
  2. From the available options, select a theme.
    - To get a new theme daily, turn on Refresh daily.

Tip: If you can’t save an image or return to the New Tab page, restart the app or refresh the page.

Manage suggested articles

When you open a new tab, you may find suggested Discover articles. If you're signed in to Chrome, depending on your settings, suggested articles are based on your recent Web & App activity and your interactions with the suggested articles, like when you tap on or scroll past an article.

Tips:

To provide you with better suggestions, sign in to your Google Account to store your preferences.
If you indicate that you’re not interested in a topic or publisher, you won’t get suggestions from them again.

You can manage the activity used to personalize your Discover suggestions:

Stop suggestions based on new activity:
1. On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
  .
2. Open a New tab.
3. At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Customize new tab page 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Discover feed.
4. Tap Activity.
5. On the left, tap Menu 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Activity controls.
6. Turn off Web & App Activity.
Delete per article: If you’re signed in to your Google Account, you can review and delete your Discover activity feed in My Activity.
Get the latest articles: On your New Tab page, from the top of the screen, pull down to refresh and get your updated content.
Manage your Discover ads: You may find ads in your Discover feed. You can manage your ad settings in My Ad Center.

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Customize new tab page 👁 Image
👁 and then
Discover feed.
Turn Discover feed on or off.

You can share suggested articles from your Discover page on different apps or send them to your other devices.

To share an article, tap Share 👁 Image
.
Tap the app that you want to share on.

Tips:

To manage interests for your suggested articles:
1. On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
  .
2. Open a New tab.
3. At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Customize new tab page 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Discover feed.
4. Tap Interests.
5. Under “Interests,” tap Following or Not Interested.
To let Chrome better know your interests: Next to an article in “Discover,” tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Not interested in [topic] or Don't show content from [publisher].

To remove an article:

At the bottom of the article, tap More 👁 Image
.
Tap Hide this 👁 Image
.

To save an article to read later:

At the bottom of the article, tap More 👁 Image
.
Tap Add to reading list 👁 Image
.

To open an article in a new tab:

At the bottom of the article, tap More 👁 Image
.
Tap Open in new tab.

Learn how to read pages offline.

Important: This feature isn't available in all regions at this time.

You can learn more about Chrome features on your Android device with Chrome Tips notifications.

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Notifications.
Under “Notification categories,” turn Chrome Tips on or off.

When you turn on “Chrome Tips,” you receive a notification on your device's home screen about different Chrome features.

On the notification, tap Expand 👁 Image
👁 and then
Open Chrome.
You can either:
- Know more about the feature: Tap Show me how.
- Manage the feature in settings: Tap Go to settings.
  - To search with Google Lens, tap Open Google Lens.

Troubleshooting steps

If you don’t receive the tips, make sure you turn on “Chrome Tips” in your Chrome's Notification settings.
- To avoid interruption, tips are only sent if you’re away from the Chrome app for at least 4 hours.
You can opt out at any time through settings.

On the New Tab page, you can find the Safety Check card to review:

Compromised passwords stored in Google Password Manager.
Your Safe Browsing status.
Permissions from sites you haven’t used recently which have been removed by Chrome.
Notifications for sites.

Tips:

To hide the Safety Check card on the New Tab page, select More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Hide Safety Check card.
Learn how to manage Chrome safety and security.

To hide stories in another language:

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
Find "Discover."
At the bottom right of a story, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Don't show stories in [language].
- To get your updated stories, from the top of the screen, pull down to refresh.

Tip: This feature may not be available for all stories.

To unhide stories in another language:

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
Find "Discover."
Next to "Discover," tap Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Manage 👁 and then
Hidden.
Under "TYPES OF INFO," unhide the language you want to bring back.

If Google is your default search engine, you can follow and manage searches.

To follow a search:

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Search an interest in the address bar.
In the results, tap Follow or Follow this search.

To find and manage searches you follow in one place:

On your Android device, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
.
Open a New tab.
At the top right, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Customize new tab page 👁 Image
👁 and then
Discover feed.
Tap Interests 👁 and then
Following.
Next to a topic or search you want to unfollow, tap Following.

You can report content in your Discover articles as:

Misleading or sensational
Violent or repulsive
Hateful or abusive
Other

To report content:

Next to an article, tap More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Report this.
Select the reason you want to report the content.

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