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How do I get a new tab to automatically open showing the google search page?

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When I open firefox, I see my google home page but when I open a new tab it shows the searchnu home page. It used to be blank and I don't know how or why it changed, but can you tell me how to get my tabs to open automatically showing www.google.co.uk please?

When I open firefox, I see my google home page but when I open a new tab it shows the searchnu home page. It used to be blank and I don't know how or why it changed, but can you tell me how to get my tabs to open automatically showing www.google.co.uk please?

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cor-el, PLEASE stop automatically reposting these useless links and provide some specific, provable and reliable steps for getting rid of searchnu.

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Type about:config into your address bar, press enter. Accept the warning. Search for browser.newtab.url, double click it. Put in www.google.co.uk. You should be good to go :)

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Thank you, good to go now x

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I have been trying everything that has been suggested to get rid of searchnu but nothing works.

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cor-el, PLEASE stop automatically reposting these useless links and provide some specific, provable and reliable steps for getting rid of searchnu.

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