⚡ DAYBLASTER

Guides › Chrome new tab extensions

Install, remove, and check privacy on Chrome new tab extensions

Updated October 2026 · By the Dayblaster team

In Chrome, a new-tab dashboard is almost always an extension. This page covers how to install one, how to remove it, and how to read the permission prompt. It is not a ranked list of products.

Chrome Settings can change homepage and startup. They do not replace every new tab. Google’s New Tab help page explains what you can change on the default New Tab page, and it says that if an extension controls New Tab, you will find that extension in the footer. For a settings-only walkthrough, see Chrome new tab page settings.

How to install a new tab extension

Google’s Chrome Web Store help is the source for these steps. You cannot add extensions in Incognito or as a guest. A work or school Chrome profile may block installs.

  1. Open the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Open the extension page you want.
  3. Select Add to Chrome.
  4. Read the permission text. If you approve it, select Add extension.
  5. Open a new tab. If the extension overrides New Tab, that page should load.

Google’s help page also warns you to approve only extensions you trust. If Enhanced Safe Browsing is on, Chrome may say the extension is not trusted yet. You can continue or close the dialog.

How to see which extension owns New Tab

Open a new tab. Google’s New Tab help says the footer names the extension that controls the page, when a footer is shown. You can also open chrome://extensions and look for an extension whose details mention the new-tab page, or open Settings and look for a box that says an extension is controlling a setting. Google documents that box on Manage extensions that change your settings.

Example of a custom start page that can replace Chrome’s default new tab after an extension is installed
Example of a custom start page (Dayblaster) that a new-tab extension can show instead of Chrome’s default tiles.

How to remove or turn it off

Google’s install-and-manage page lists two removal paths.

  1. If the extension icon is on the toolbar, right-click it and select Remove from Chrome.
  2. If it is not there: open Chrome, select More, then Extensions, then Manage extensions. On the extension, select Remove, then confirm.

You can also turn the extension off on that same page without removing it. Google’s help on extensions that change settings says that when you remove the extension, the setting it changed goes back to how it was. After you remove a new-tab override, a new tab should return to Chrome’s default page, or to another new-tab extension that is still enabled. Only one extension can own New Tab at a time in normal use.

Privacy checks before you keep it

The install dialog is the first privacy screen. Google says some extensions will tell you if they need certain permissions or data. Read that text before you click Add extension. After install, open chrome://extensions, open Details, and read Permissions.

Google’s manage-extensions page also explains site access: when you select the extension, on the current site, or on all sites. A new-tab override does not, by itself, need to read every website you visit. If a new-tab listing asks to read and change all data on websites you visit, treat that as a separate request and decide whether you need it.

Dayblaster publishes a Chrome extension that overrides the new-tab page and opens https://www.dayblaster.com/. The extension only sets that new-tab override and requests no extra site permissions. That is a fact about this product’s extension, not a claim about other listings. For a permission table across products, see new tab extension privacy.

Windows or Mac apps can install a Chrome extension as a side effect. Google’s help says the next time you open Chrome you can Enable or Remove that extension. If a new-tab page appeared after you installed other software, check chrome://extensions before you assume you chose it.

Safety tip: install new-tab extensions from the Chrome Web Store, read the permission prompt, and remove any extension you did not mean to keep. A new-tab page should not need access to your browsing history on every site unless you understand why.

Product comparisons live on best start pages 2026 and compare, including Dayblaster vs Momentum and Dayblaster vs start.me. The Dayblaster start page is a website first. This page stays on install, remove, and privacy.

Sources checked October 2026:

Open Dayblaster

More: Dayblaster start page · Set your homepage & new tab · Dayblaster vs Momentum · Dayblaster vs start.me · New tab extension privacy · Chrome new tab page settings · All guides · About · Contact · Terms · Chrome Web Store · Cookie settings