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How do I change the webpage that opens in a new tab?

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ljone4454
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When I open a new tab, it automatically opens us.search.yahoo.com. I would like google.com to open so I went to about:config and changed the value for keyword.URL from yahoo to google. When I closed FF out completely and reopened it, I tried the new tab but yahoo was still opening. I checked about:config again and the change was still there but not working. How do I finally get rid of yahoo?

When I open a new tab, it automatically opens us.search.yahoo.com. I would like google.com to open so I went to about:config and changed the value for keyword.URL from yahoo to google. When I closed FF out completely and reopened it, I tried the new tab but yahoo was still opening. I checked about:config again and the change was still there but not working. How do I finally get rid of yahoo?

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Hello,

The parameter you should change in about:config is:

  • browser.newtab.url
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CoryMH
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Hello,

The parameter you should change in about:config is:

  • browser.newtab.url
ljone4454
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Thank you! You are an exceptional human being!

cor-el
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See also this article about the New Tab page (about:newtab):