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New Bing tab opening when I open Firefox

reddituser3435w3
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Is there a way to stop this tab (https://www.bing.com/new#examples) opening when I open up Firefox? I believe it is to do with when an update occurs. I don't use Bing, never have and never will, it's frustrating. I have disabled all settings related to Bing that I can find in the settings. Am I missing something? I just want to start where I left off, not be bombarded with Bing at every turn (Microsoft takes care of that for me)

Is there a way to stop this tab (https://www.bing.com/new#examples) opening when I open up Firefox? I believe it is to do with when an update occurs. I don't use Bing, never have and never will, it's frustrating. I have disabled all settings related to Bing that I can find in the settings. Am I missing something? I just want to start where I left off, not be bombarded with Bing at every turn (Microsoft takes care of that for me)

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Dropa
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Firefox by default doesn't have a search page or home page the user must setup or make this change.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check that those pages aren't set as multiple homepages.

You can check the homepage setting in "Settings -> Home".

Firefox supports multiple homepages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

reddituser3435w3
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I should clarify; it doesn't happen every time I open up Firefox. It occurs randomly and I am guessing it is when Firefox is automatically updated.

I get this page: https://www.bing.com/new#examples - and if this isn't the exact URL every time, it is always about "the new Bing", "Experience the new Bing". It's an advertisement, not a search page or homepage, yet opens as if it were the last tab open.