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I'm using firefox quantum 5702 on Win, I have it set in the options When Firefox starts to Show a blank page, so I would think when I would open a new tab, that would happen also, but a new tab is anything but blank, it has a search bar, top sites, and Recommended by Pocket. When I navigate to about:blank, I do get a truly blank page, and then when I set about:blank as my "home" page and set the options to go to the "home" page instead, when I open a new tab, it doesn't go to about:blank, it goes to all that other stuff instead. What I want is a new tab to open to a truly blank page.

I'm using firefox quantum 5702 on Win, I have it set in the options When Firefox starts to Show a blank page, so I would think when I would open a new tab, that would happen also, but a new tab is anything but blank, it has a search bar, top sites, and Recommended by Pocket. When I navigate to about:blank, I do get a truly blank page, and then when I set about:blank as my "home" page and set the options to go to the "home" page instead, when I open a new tab, it doesn't go to about:blank, it goes to all that other stuff instead. What I want is a new tab to open to a truly blank page.

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Firefox has its settings for opening when it starts as defined in its Options/Preferences (which is what you used), but any new tab has its own settings defined by the cogwheel in the top-right of a new tab, where you can remove items as needed.

See the New Tab page in Firefox and Customize your Firefox New Tab page support articles for more info.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

Firefox has its settings for opening when it starts as defined in its Options/Preferences (which is what you used), but any new tab has its own settings defined by the cogwheel in the top-right of a new tab, where you can remove items as needed.

See the New Tab page in Firefox and Customize your Firefox New Tab page support articles for more info.

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That works perfectly, thanks. I didn't know there were separate settings for new tabs.