How Can I Set the Firefox New Tab As Homepage?

Firefox by Mozilla Corp is one of the most popular web browsers. It is preferred by many to be the perfect alternative to Google Chrome. It actually has some features that even Google Chrome lacks, making it so popular among the users.

The New Tab page is one of the settings that make life with Firefox easier. You have various accessibility settings within the reach of a single click. This is a very popular feature of Firefox among the users who use it to visit the websites quicker than usual.

Firefox New Tab Settings

Mozilla Firefox lets you customize the new tab page and the home page of the browser according to your liking. By default, when you open a new window, you will visit the ‘New tab’ page. Here you will see various sections, which include:

• • Web Search
  • Top Sites (contains your most visited sites)
  • Highlights (contains your today history)
  • Bookmarks
  • Most recent download
  • Pocket Recommended (only in USA, Canada & Germany)

To change these settings, you need to do the following:

1. Click on the Menu button in a new tab on Firefox.
2. In the following context menu, select Options.
3. From the left pane, find and click on Home.
4. Under the Firefox Home Content, check or uncheck the features that you wish or do not wish to see on your Homepage.

Firefox New Tab Blank Page

If you do not want to see any of these shortcut sites on your new tab, you can set a Blank page as your Home page. This is a very important feature for those users, who are concerned about their privacy.

To change your home page settings, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Menu button in a new tab on Firefox.
2. In the following context menu, select Options.
3. From the left pane, find and click on Home.
4. Under New Windows and Tabs, select Blank Page from the drop-down menu next to the New tabs

Using this you can set your new tabs to open as blank pages. However, if for some reason Firefox saves your settings but ignores its application, there is probably some extension that is overriding the setting. You need to diagnose for broken extensions on your browser.

Safe mode is a feature in Mozilla Firefox, where the add-ons are disabled and the settings are set to default. If you don’t see the error in Mozilla Firefox safe mode, you can confirm that the error is being caused by some broken extension.

To start Safe mode, follow these steps:

• Click the menu button.
• Now, click Help.
• Here, select Restart with Add-ons Disabled…

• Press the button Restart.

After Firefox starts in safe mode, you can test if the error is repeated here as well. If you do not see the error, you can safely assume that some extension is preventing the settings from being saved on your device.

Conclusion

So there you have it. Now you know how to change Firefox new tab homepage settings using the steps above. Tell us your favorite Firefox feature in the comments below.