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

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Select the Home panel.
  3. Under Firefox Home Content, put a checkmark next to the sections you want to see on your New Tab page. Some sections have a drop-down panel to choose the number of rows you want to view.
    • Web Search: This turns the Search the Web box on or off on the New Tab page.
    • Top Sites: This shows your most visited sites.
    Sponsored Top Sites: Select this check box to see the occasional sponsored site. To learn more, see Sponsored shortcuts on the New Tab page.
    • Recommended by Pocket: (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany only) This shows you stories that are popular among Pocket users.
    Sponsored Stories: Select this check box to see the occasional Pocket sponsored story. To learn more, see Pocket sponsored stories on new tabs and Firefox New Tab FAQ (Pocket site).
    • Highlights: This shows your recent Web activity. You can choose to display pages you've recently visited, bookmarked or saved to pocket, as well as your most recent download.
      • 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 Fx88NewTabCogwheel icon at the top right corner of the New Tab page.
  1. On the new tab page, click the Personalize button on the top right.
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    A panel will open showing content you can customize.
    Fx89PersonalizeNewTabSettings
  2. Click the toggle next to a section to switch it on Fx89Personalize-ToggleOn or off Fx89Personalize-ToggleOff, to show or hide that section.
    • Shortcuts: This displays your most visited sites. (Use the drop-down menu to indicate how many rows of Shortcuts you want to view).
    Sponsored shortcuts: Select this check box to see the occasional sponsored site. To learn more, see Sponsored shortcuts on the New Tab page.
    • Recommended by Pocket: (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany only) This displays stories that are popular among Pocket users.
    Sponsored Stories: Select this check box to see the occasional sponsored Pocket story. To learn more, see Pocket sponsored stories on new tabs and Firefox New Tab FAQ (Pocket site).
    • Recent activity: This displays recent Web activity, such as pages you've visited or bookmarked. You can manage the type of Web content that is displayed in your Firefox Settings Home panel (see below).

Fx89Personalize-GearIcon Manage more settings: This opens the Firefox Settings Home panel, where additional settings are available.

Tip: Here's another way to access your Firefox Home settings panel:

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Select the Home panel.

Blank New Tab page

If you prefer a blank page when you open a new tab:

  1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button Fx89menuButton and select Settings.
  2. Select the Home panel.
  3. Under New Windows and Tabs, select Blank Page from the New tabs drop-down menu.
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  1. On the New Tab page, click the Personalize button on the top right.
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  2. Click Fx89Personalize-GearIcon Manage more settings at the bottom of the panel.
  3. In New Windows and Tabs, select Blank Page from the New tabs drop-down menu.
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If you prefer a blank page as your home page and when opening new windows, follow the above steps and select Blank Page from the Homepage and new windows drop-down menu. See How to set the home page for more information.