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The Firefox New Tab page displays shortcuts (sites you visit the most), popular articles on Pocket and your recently visited or bookmarked sites. You can customize this content by following the instructions below.
- To learn how to change your New Tab display to hide or show different sections, or to show a blank page, see Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content.
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Weather
The Firefox New Tab page can display your local weather, providing quick updates directly in your browser. You can customize the weather display to match your preferences.
Turn the weather display on or off
- In your New Tab page, at the top right, click the gear icon.
- Under Weather, click the toggle to switch the feature on or off .
Change the location
- At the top left of the New Tab page, hover over the weather information and click the configuration icon .
- Click .
- Enter the new location in the field and select the desired location from the drop-down.
Change the temperature unit
- At the top left of the New Tab page, hover over the weather information and click the configuration icon .
- Select the option to switch the temperature unit (Celsius or Fahrenheit).
Change the weather display
To toggle between the simple and detailed versions of the weather display:
- At the top left of the New Tab page, hover over the weather information and click the configuration icon .
- Select the option to switch your preferred display (simple view or detailed view).
Customize your Shortcuts
Your Shortcuts are the sites you visit most and the sites that you choose to Pin for easy access. These sites will also appear when you click the address bar to start a search.
- Hover the mouse pointer over a Shortcut.
- Click the three-dot menu that appears in the upper right corner of the Shortcut.
- From here, you can choose to Pin, Edit or Dismiss (remove) the Shortcut.
Add a Shortcut
If you have an empty tile:
- Hover the mouse pointer over an empty tile and click Edit this site (the pencil icon).
- Type in a title and URL (web address) for the site, then click .
- A tile with the icon of the site will appear in your Shortcuts.
If you don't have an empty tile: You can edit an exiting Shortcut to show a new title and URL.
- Hover the mouse pointer over an existing Shortcut that you no longer need.
- Click the three-dot menu that appears in the upper right corner of the Shortcut and choose .
- Enter a new Title and URL in the Edit Shortcut dialog that opens and click .
Pin, unpin, or remove a Shortcut
To pin a Shortcut (make it stay):
Hover over the tile until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click .
- A pin icon will show up on your pinned Shortcut.
To unpin a Shortcut:
Hover over the tile until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click .
To remove a Shortcut:
Hover over the tile until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click .
Rearrange Shortcuts
Click and hold on a tile and drag it to another spot.
Show more or fewer Shortcuts
- At the top right corner of your New Tab page, click the gear icon.
- Under Shortcuts, select the number of Shortcut rows you want to see from the drop-down menu.
Recommended by Pocket
Pocket is now part of Mozilla and brings the best stories on the Web right to your New Tab page. From here, you can save articles, remove them or open them in a new tab. You can even explore more stories by clicking the categories presented on the New Tab page.
Thought-provoking stories
The Thought-provoking stories section displays content curated by Pocket, part of the Mozilla family. You can view or save articles, remove them, or open them in a new window. You can also explore more stories by clicking the popular topics.
Save or bookmark a Pocket story
Hover over the article until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click the menu and choose one of the following:
- : A prompt will ask you to give your bookmark a name and tags.
- : A prompt will ask you to sign up for a free Pocket account, or sign in if you have an existing account.
- Click when you're finished.
Open a page in a new window
Want to view the article now? You can open it in a new window.
Hover over the article until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click or if you don't want it to be saved in your browsing history.
Remove a recommended article
Hover over the article until the menu (three dots) appears.
- Click the menu then click to remove it from your Pocket recommendations.
Recent Activity
Recent Activity displays recent downloads, sites you've recently visited, bookmarked or saved to Pocket. Firefox will show in each tile a download icon, the bookmark star, the recent visit clock icon or a Pocket icon.
Open a file or its folder, bookmark a site or save a page to Pocket from the Recent Activity section
- Hover over the top right corner of a tile until the menu appears.
- Click the menu and choose the action you wish to take.
Open a site from the Recent Activity section in a new window
- Hover over the top right corner of a tile until the menu appears.
- Click , or if you don't want it to be saved in your browsing history.
Remove a site from the Recent Activity section
- Hover over the tile until the menu appears.
- Click the menu, then click to remove it from the Recent Activity section.
You can also click to remove highlighted pages from your browsing history.
