Depending on your default search engine, you may be able to control what appears below the search box on your New Tab page.
On your computer, you can customize:
- The theme with an image and color
- The content that appears
To customize your New Tab page, you must be signed in to your Google Account and use Google as your default search engine.
In some countries, you may need to manage your linked Google services to use Chrome history for personalization and other services.
Customize your New Tab page
- To visit a site, tap its icon.
- To remove a site, touch and hold its icon. Then, tap Remove.
Manage suggested articles
When you open a new tab, you may find suggested Discover articles. If you're signed in to Chrome, depending on your settings, suggested articles are based on your recent Web & App activity and your interactions with the suggested articles, like when you tap on or scroll past an article.
Tips:
- To provide you with better suggestions, sign in to your Google Account to store your preferences.
- If you indicate that you’re not interested in a topic or publisher, you won’t get suggestions from them again.
- To find the latest articles in the “Following” section on your Android device, you can manually follow sites and searches.
You can manage the activity used to personalize your Discover suggestions:
- Stop suggestions based on new activity:
- Next to "Discover," tap Settings
Manage
- On the left, tap Menu
- Turn off Web & App Activity.
- Next to "Discover," tap Settings
- Delete per article: If you’re signed in to your Google Account, you can review and delete your Discover activity feed in My Activity.
- Get the latest articles: On your New Tab page, from the top of the screen, pull down to refresh and get your updated content.
- On your Android device, open Chrome
.
- Open a new tab.
- Next to "Discover," tap Settings
You can share suggested articles from your Discover page on different apps or send them to your other devices.
- To share an article, tap Share
.
- Tap the app that you want to share on.
Tips:
- To manage interests for your suggested articles: Next to "Discover," tap Settings
- To let Chrome better know your interests: Next to an article in “Discover,” tap More
To remove an article:
- At the bottom of the article, tap More
.
- Tap Hide this
.
To save an article to read later:
- At the bottom of the article, tap More
- Tap Add to reading list
.
To open an article in a new tab:
- At the bottom of the article, tap More
- Tap Open in new tab.
On the New Tab page, you can find the Safety Check card to review:
- Compromised passwords stored in Google Password Manager.
- Your Safe Browsing status.
- Permissions from sites you haven’t used recently which have been removed by Chrome.
- Notifications for sites.
Tips:
- To hide the Safety Check card on the New Tab page, select More
- Learn how to manage Chrome safety and security.
To hide stories in another language:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- Open a new tab.
- Find "Discover."
- At the bottom right of a story, tap More
- To get your updated stories, from the top of the screen, pull down to refresh.
Tip: This feature may not be available for all stories.
To unhide stories in another language:
- On your Android device, open Chrome
- Open a new tab.
- Find "Discover."
- Next to "Discover," tap Settings
- Under "TYPES OF INFO," unhide the language you want to bring back.
If Google is your default search engine, you can follow and manage sites and searches. To follow a site:
- Go to the site you want to follow.
- Tap More
To follow a search:
- Open Chrome
- Search an interest in the address bar.
- In the results, tap Follow or Follow this search.
To find and manage followed sites and searches in one place:
- To the right of "Following," tap Settings
- Select a topic or search you want to unfollow.
- Tap Following.
You can report content in your Discover articles as:
- Misleading or sensational
- Violent or repulsive
- Hateful or abusive
- Other
To report content:
- Next to an article, tap More
- Select the reason you want to report the content.