Customize your New Tab page in Chrome

When you open a new tab, under the search box, you can find icons for websites 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.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Tap New Tab 👁 New tab
   .
3. At the top left, tap Customize homepage 👁 Image
   .
4. To select your background, you can:
   • Choose from the available preset backgrounds: Under “Customize homepage,” select your preferred background.
   • Browse Chrome’s library:
     1. Under “Customize homepage,” tap Add 👁 Add
        👁 and then
        Themes.
     2. Select your preferred background.
   • Choose a color background:
     1. Under “Customize homepage,” tap Add 👁 Add
        👁 and then
        Colors.
     2. Select your preferred background color.
        • This applies to both light and dark mode.
   • Upload your own image:
     1. Under “Customize homepage,” tap Add 👁 Add
        👁 and then
        Camera Roll.
        • If Chrome doesn’t have access to your camera roll, the “Chrome would like to access your photos” pop-up appears:
          • To allow Chrome access to all your photos: Tap Allow access.
          • To allow Chrome access to only specific photos:
            1. Tap Select photos.
            2. Select the photos you want Chrome to have access to.
          • To decline access: Tap Don’t allow.
     2. Select your preferred background.
     3. To crop the image, pinch close or open.
     4. Tap Save.

Delete a background option

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Tap New Tab 👁 New tab
   .
3. At the top left, tap Customize homepage 👁 Image
   .
4. Under “Customize homepage,” touch and hold the background you want to delete.
5. Tap Delete Background.

When you browse on multiple devices, you can easily resume browsing the last open tab from any of your devices on your current device.

Important:

• Make sure you’re signed in to the same Google Account on all devices.
• Make sure recent tabs are opened within the last 24 hours.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Tap New Tab 👁 New tab
   .
3. Under “Continue with This Tab,” tap the last tab from any of your devices.
   • To hide “Continue with This Tab:”
     1. Touch and hold Continue with This Tab.
     2. Tap Hide “Continue with This Tab”

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

• Stop suggestions based on new activity:
  1. Next to "Discover," tap Settings 👁 Image
     👁 and then
     Manage 👁 and then
     Activity.
  2. On the left, tap Menu 👁 Menu
     👁 and then
     Activity controls.
  3. Turn Web & App Activity off.
• 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 Discover feed, 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.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Next to "Discover," tap Settings 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Turn Off or Turn On.

Important: You must be signed in to Chrome with your Google Account to use these features.

• To manage interests for all your suggested articles, next to "Discover," tap Settings 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Manage 👁 and then
  Interests.
• 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:

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

To save an article to read later:

1. Touch and hold on the article, or tap More 👁 More
   .
2. Tap Add to Reading List 👁 Image
   .

To open an article in a new tab:

1. Touch and hold the article, or tap More 👁 More
   .
2. Tap Open in New Tab.

To preview an article:

1. Touch and hold the article.
2. To open the article, tap the article preview.

To turn link previews off:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Tap More 👁 More
   👁 and then
   Settings 👁 Settings
   .
3. Find and tap Content Settings.
4. Turn Show Link Previews off.

To hide stories in another language:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Open a new tab.
3. Find "Discover."
4. At the bottom right of a story, tap More 👁 More
   👁 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:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome 👁 Chrome
   .
2. Open a new tab.
3. Find "Discover."
4. Next to "Discover," tap Settings 👁 Settings
   👁 and then
   Manage 👁 and then
   Hidden.
5. Under "TYPES OF INFO," unhide the language you want to bring back.