Microsoft Edge - Open new tab with a blank page

Lee Thacker 146

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?

Jonathan Valdes 0 Reputation points

2024-05-24T17:28:54.4766667+00:00

Do you want to open Edge and see a blank page? what would be the reason?, soon or later you will have to navigate to Bing, google, or another search tool to start navigating. it won't be easier to set your search page as your start page. I just want to understand the reason of this.

Thank you!
Lee Thacker 146 Reputation points

2024-05-24T19:58:13.76+00:00

Hi Jonathan,

I already have a homepage set for when edge opens, I am asking about when you open a 'new tab'
Lee Thacker 146 Reputation points

2024-05-24T21:13:54.59+00:00

This is not the Answer but a reply!
Viva S 10 Reputation points

2024-11-24T16:24:10.8733333+00:00

I am easily distracted, and the MS page that opens works, and I am distracted. Could you make an option to turn off the MS page while I am trying to work?
olag_2 0 Reputation points

2024-12-03T12:03:12.14+00:00

I created https://about-blank.ch and it will stay blank.
DMKI 10 Reputation points

2025-11-29T12:45:15.46+00:00

Microsoft sure knows how to kill their products. First someone creates a technology, then someone else comes up with bright idea that kills said technology. Then they wonder why it didn't work out. Making new tabs to contact Microsoft websites is a quick way to kill Edge.
Sean 0 Reputation points

2026-02-09T14:45:04.0233333+00:00

@Jonathan Valdes probably because most of us don't want the extra crap loading when you open a new tab. plus no one needs to navigate to a search page, you can just type your search in the URL bar and edge and chrome will auto search using its own engine.

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Raina Zhao - MSFT 2,890 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

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.

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

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.

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