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New Tab Redirect

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

Users700KCurrent public install base
Rating4.1Store average score
Reviews3,191Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
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Version3.1.6
ManifestV3
Size1.52MiB
Languages1English (United States)
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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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Store average score4.1Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average4.0Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text1,324Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews3,191Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 4.1. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Pablo Rioss2023年11月6日
5

Thanks for fixing the file permission issue which came along with Chrome v118. I am very happy to have my new tabs from a local file working again! Great extension / great author!

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Fred Leffingwell2023年11月4日
2

I used the new tab redirect for years, but it recently changed so that it is now almost useless. I used it to redirect to a file on my computer, and though it seems to say it is possible, I can find no way to type in the file location and only get a blank stare from the list that contains a huge number of links I don't use and have never used.

Language en
MurderChickenXL2023年10月26日
5

There are a few options I don't understand. It would be nice to have tool tips when you mouse over an option. Since Edge removed the ability to edit our new tab pages, this was a very nice find!

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Ryan Yamasaki2023年10月25日
5

I've used this extension for years and appreciate the continued support and development. Like a lot of others here, a recent update, either the extension or Chrome (probably Chrome) made it stop working. It would just open a new tab named "New Tab Redirect" but not actually redirect. To fix this, go to Extensions > Manage Extensions > New Tab Redirect (Details), and near the bottom there is a slider for "Allow access to file URLs". Enable that and if your redirect was to a local webpage (not www) then it'll work again.

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18 helpful · 0 not helpful
Alan Shmahlen2023年10月25日
4

I have been using this extension for years to display my custom tab/starter page in Chrome. A lot of work has been put into that page, and I use it every day for my job. Since the 118 Chrome update, it no longer works. I've had to set my custom page as my homepage and I now need to open a tab and click the home icon. 2 clicks vs 1 doesn't seem that bad, but it adds up day after day. Enabling all of the new permissions has not resolved the issue, at least not for me. It still does not open my local file in new tabs.

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wil2023年10月25日
5

great!!

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Felix2023年10月25日
1

Why old is suddenly - there are similar extensions (fx: Change New Tab) that does not need all this information: The newest version of "New Tab Redirect" has been turned off because it requires additional permissions. The extension can now: - Change the page you see when you open a new tab - Read the icons of the websites you visit - Manage your apps, extensions and themes

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3 helpful · 0 not helpful
David Price2023年10月22日
4

A few days ago redirecting to local file (for instance file:///somefile.html) stopped working :(

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1 helpful · 0 not helpful
David Ruiz2023年10月19日
5

Justo lo que necesitaba, microsoft edge no deja cambiar eso no sé porqué, menos mal que necontré esta extensión.

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Tevett Goad2023年10月19日
4

I really liked it and it was good at what it does. Since the 118 update though, it hasn't worked which caused me to go looking for alternatives where the developer was keeping pace with Chrome Updates.

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10 helpful · 0 not helpful
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