Microsoft Edge - Open new tab with a blank page

Lee Thacker 101 Reputation points
2024-05-24T16:46:48.2566667+00:00

Hi Folks,

How on earth can I set a new tab to be a blank page i.e ABOUT:BLANK and not a page full of M$ shovelware!

I know about extensions such as 'Blank Tab' but I don't want to use these due to security concerns.

Before I finally ditch Edge, I am just wondering if there is any update on how to achieve this?

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  1. Raina Zhao - MSFT 2,855 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-05-27T06:47:49.03+00:00

    Hi @Lee Thacker

    You could configure the new tab page using Group policy or Registry key. Please refer to  NewTabPageLocation policy to configure it and note that This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain, joined to Microsoft Azure Active Directory, or instances that enrolled for device management.

    And then go to "edge://policy" page to check if it is successfully configured.
    newtabpage policy

    The Blank page will be like as below when you open a new tab:
    New tab page 1

    Alternatively, you could also customize the new page layouts. 

    On the New Tab Page in Edge, there are few settings available that you can turn off to achieve this. Then you will get a new page just with the Microsoft logo and Bing Search box.
    custom page


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    Raina Zhao

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