Customize your New Tab page to hide or display content
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You can personalize your New Tab page to show the search box, shortcuts to your most visited sites, recommended stories, pages you've visited or bookmarked recently, or nothing at all. This article will show you how to change this content.
- For other changes you can make to your New Tab page, such as customizing your Top SitesShortcuts, see this article.
Change your New Tab page content
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel.
- Under Firefox Home Content, put a checkmark next to the sections you want to see on your New Tab page. Some sections will let you choose the number of rows you want to see on your New Tab page:
- Web Search: turns the search box on or off on the New Tab page.
- Top Sites: shows your most visited sites. (Use the drop-down menu to indicate how many rows of Top Sites you want to view).
- Recommended by Pocket (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany only) to see stories that are popular among Pocket users.
- Sponsored Stories to see the occasional sponsored article. These will be clearly marked if you choose to turn this on. See Sponsored Stories (Pocket site).
- Highlights to see pages you've visited or bookmarked recently.
- Visited Pages
- Bookmarks
- Most Recent Download
- Pages Saved to Pocket
- Snippets to see content from Mozilla. See Snippets in Firefox FAQ.
Tip: You can also change your Firefox Home Content by clicking the cogwheel icon at the top right corner of the New Tab page.
Blank New Tab page
If you prefer a blank page when you open a new tab:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel.
- Under New Windows and Tabs, select
If you prefer a blank page as your home page and when opening new windows, follow the above steps and select How to set the home page for more information.
from the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu. See- On the new tab page, click the
- Put a checkmark next to the sections you want to see on your New Tab page. Some sections will let you choose the number of rows you want to see on your New Tab page:
- Shortcuts: shows your most visited sites. (Use the drop-down menu to indicate how many rows of Shortcuts you want to view).
- Recommended by Pocket (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany only) to see stories that are popular among Pocket users.
- Sponsored shortcuts to see the occasional sponsored article. These will be clearly marked if you choose to turn this on. See Sponsored shortcuts (Pocket site).
- Recent activity to see pages you've visited or bookmarked recently
- Snippets to see content from Mozilla. See Snippets in Firefox FAQ.
Tip: You can also show or hide this content in Firefox Settings
(In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select
Select the . panel and go to the Firefox Home Content section.)
Blank New Tab page
- On the new tab page, click the
- Click at the bottom of the panel.
- In New Windows and Tabs, select
If you prefer a blank page as your home page and when opening new windows, follow the above steps and select How to set the home page for more information.
from the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu. See