Edge browser allows you to customize the new tab page to remove quick links and news. Here’s how you can do it in simple steps.
Like any other modern browser, the new Edge browser allows you to create new tabs within the same window. As most of you know, tabs make life easy. If you are coming from Google Chrome or some other minimalist browser, the new tab page in the Edge Chromium browser may look odd. After all, it is pretty busy with various components like the news, background image, and quick links. Though some may like these features, some might what a clean new tab in the Edge browser. For example, I really don’t like the quick links or the new content on my new tab page.
The good thing is, the Edge browser gives you a fair bit of options to customize the look and feel of the new tab page. In fact, there are 3 different pre-defined layouts to help you customize the new tab page. For advanced customization, you can use the custom option to hide or remove the quick links and new content from the Edge new tab page. There is no need to use some third-party extension.
In this quick guide, let me show how to customize the Edge browser’s new tab page to remove quick links and news. Of course, if you want to, you can also remove the background image too.
Remove quick links & new in Edge news tab page
To customize the Edge browser’s new tab page and remove the quick links and news sections, follow the steps below.
1. Open the Edge browser. To do that, either click on the Edge icon on the taskbar or search for “Edge” in the Start menu.
2. Open a new tab after opening the Edge browser. You can do that by clicking on the “+” icon next to the tab on the title bar.
3. Click on the “Gear” icon on the new tab page. You’ll find the icon in the top right corner of the page.
4. Select the “custom” option from the available list. This is the option that lets you remove the news and quick links for the new tab page.
5. Here, turn off the following options in the Custom menu.
- Show quick links: OFF
- Show greeting: OFF
- Background: OFF
6. After that, select the “Content Off” option from the content dropdown menu.
7. Settings are saved automatically. Just click on the “X” icon or anywhere outside the Custom flyout menu to close it.
That is all. It is as simple as that to customize Edge’s new tab page and remove news content, quick links, background, and greetings. With that, you have a clean new tab page in the Edge browser.
Of course, if you like to have a background then you can select the appropriate background option. Additionally, if you want a quick weather report, enable the “Greeting” option. This will show the weather report to the top left corner of the new tab page.
I hope that helps. If you are stuck or need some help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible. If you like this article, check out how to Edge new tab search engine to Google.