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when i open new tab , it opens up a search engine , its very bad , i want it to show new tab only , how to do it ?

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when i open new tab , it opens up a search engine , its very bad , i want it to show new tab only , how to do it ?

when i open new tab , it opens up a search engine , its very bad , i want it to show new tab only , how to do it ?

Solution eye eponami

Open a new window or tab. In the address bar, type about:config. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. This is where Firefox finds information it needs to run. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Enter browser.newtab.url and press enter. browser.newtab.url tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page),
about:newtab (shows the sites most visited),
about:blank (a blank page),
or you can enter any web page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.

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What search engine opens?

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Solution eye oponami

Open a new window or tab. In the address bar, type about:config. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. This is where Firefox finds information it needs to run. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Enter browser.newtab.url and press enter. browser.newtab.url tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page),
about:newtab (shows the sites most visited),
about:blank (a blank page),
or you can enter any web page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.

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I have set the configuration to "about:newtab" and it tries to open the tab with the most viewed sites, but it is quickly over ridden with "torch" search site. I noticed in the config page that there is an entry:

browser.newtabpage.blocked;{"2hqFXXFK5XOSLkWgQYlqeg==":1,"2TiMBhGQSD1B9yYI/hSPew==":1,"h0WeSwFf7Y0MeiCXCrG+Tg==":1,"3nPfMHvnRyNKKojlQv+4SQ==":1,"0IYT5e36qa9ACx9r9LiGAA==":1,"arWFEk62VKVSOFJuofke9A==":1,"zZruOzT8OdkS05rWBzh+hw==":1,"ae74jiqv70iWPoFDa/i8hQ==":1,"RkZFA6jkhQwfs3zcAT9HWQ==":1,"KBjmWLAPZBvq76G3qnrpyA==":1,"6Oh+DlSCbPa+/gwh4WnhHg==":1,"7epRT8THBkR/35UZ4BF1EQ==":1,"biAx1qxX06aYGbq0h7tL3w==":1,"PWgT1Mb+5aavHvktCHxlHw==":1,"fDT2RnoqCd27w4WULFskPg==":1,"sB8dGH1ruXswyOnuu88x6A==":1,"Rmfq5BUuyVn3jSUME6gnug==":1,"VFnN9dFWDqfFz9zmI2vqwQ==":1,"BYJfe/4Gri1P4C7jQ+WPsw==":1,"AxFopbljIN0Gf3nEwHpLQg==":1,"Y/B4LP5l0gLAfHyLcpMqtw==":1,"nf7A+JxA8ON4/SwHof75wg==":1,"d1LPAk7yvo/U79qU6QfZKg==":1,"VhE7mqUPJGPOrUD4YcVmFQ==":1,"yqvrW2ztIjUjNawE6EOSUA==":1,"iaPo13W9l0Kz+YSZsumAmg==":1,"qw26JZ0HcaXGVCMWKpMcxg==":1,"hMt1GoHoquTHnI9ufNoPqA==":1,"SxPABNt8/qIU1p/mv87l2g==":1,"xIuK0MZF7JwtYBNGln+7WQ==":1,"Bt7bigPSaKlWtCnfKPMWNw==":1,"tng3yk/AXqvWgJO2bKdcdQ==":1,"L5zkJa0KRAEjNDE6LF3bBA==":1}

Is this doing it and could I delete it?

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The browser.newtabpage.blocked pref stores websites that you have removed from the about:newtab page by clicking the X button.

There is also the browser.newtabpage.pinned pref that stores pages that you have pinned to a tile.