Best alternatives to Blank New Tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Blank New Tab, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Blank New Tab alternatives, compared
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Blank New Tab Page
Override the default new tab page with blank page.
≈50K users4.6★ from 64 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 50× more users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
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Blank New Tab Page
Replaces the new tab page with a blank one.
145 users1.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 6.9× fewer users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
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New Tab about:blank
Replaces the New Tab Page with an empty about:blank page.
895 users4.9★ from 11 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
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New Tab
A minimalist replacement for Chrome's New Tab page.
≈30K users3.6★ from 170 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions- About 30× more users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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ABSOLUTELY Blank New Tab Page
A lightweight new tab page
111 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 9.0× fewer users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
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New Tab
⚡ A high-performance new tab page that gets you where you need to go faster.
661 users4.7★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 0)
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New Tab
Customize your new tab with custom shortcuts, wallpapers and more
301 users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago1 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Tab+
Bring new tabs to front and in last position, allow to save and restore windows.
721 users4.3★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago4 permissions- A similar number of users to Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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BlackHole Tab
An immersive 3D dynamic black hole new tab, offering beautiful clocks, AI search and custom options.
626 users4.4★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions- About 1.6× fewer users than Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Minimal New Tab
A minimal, new tab page with clock, weather, and bookmarks with theme support
≈1K users5.0★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to Blank New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
Blank New Tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Blank New Tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is Blank New Tab Page with ≈50K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Blank New Tab Page.
Which Blank New Tab alternative has the best rating?
Blank New Tab Page has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 64 ratings.
How many alternatives to Blank New Tab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Blank New Tab on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.