How to disable suggested quick links?

I think you'll find that Quick links come from three different sources, prioritized like this:

1. Sites added by using the ➕ Add a site button.
2. Your top sites. This is a list ordered by the number of times you visit each site.
3. A default set of 'helpful' ones to be shown when no others are available. This set includes (for me) sites like eBay, Disney and others I'm never likely to visit.

To avoid seeing links to sites under (2) and (3), then, use (1) to populate the whole set, currently 16 strong for me. It's a tedious process, but it should only need doing once. Here's a suggested way of doing it:

1. Open your 16 most often used sites;
2. On the New Tab Page, open the ⋯ (More options) menu on each tile to 🗑 Remove it and repeat until there are none left;
3. Copy the URL from the address bar of the page with a site you'd like to see as a Quick link;
4. Use the ➕ button to add it;
5. Repeat for the next site until you have all 16 tiles in the order you'd like.

If you find a more efficient or less tedious procedure, please share it!