Customise your new tab page in Chrome

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 customise:

• The theme with an image and colour
• The content that appears

To customise 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 personalisation and other services.

Customise your New Tab page

When you swipe up on the address bar or open a new tab, you can find icons for websites that you visit often. If you haven’t used Chrome before, it shows you some popular sites.

• 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.

Manage your Discover content

You can manage the activity used to personalise your Discover suggestions:

• Stop suggestions based on new activity:
  1. Next to 'Discover', tap Settings Manage Activity.
  2. On the left, tap Menu Activity controls.
  3. Turn off Web & App Activity.
• 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.

Turn Discover articles on or off

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Open a new tab.
3. Next to 'Discover', tap Settings Turn off or Turn on.

Share your Discover content

You can share suggested articles from your Discover page on different apps or send them to your other devices.

1. To share an article, tap Share .
2. Tap the app that you want to share on.

Tips:

• Copy a link to the article
• Send to your devices
• Create a QR code

Manage suggested article interests

• To manage interests for your suggested articles: Next to 'Discover', tap Settings Manage Interests.
• To let Chrome know your interests better: Next to an article in 'Discover', tap More Not interested in [topic] or Don't show content from [publisher].

Manage specific articles

To remove an article:

1. At the bottom of the article, tap More .
2. Tap Hide this .

To save an article to read later:

1. At the bottom of the article, tap More .
2. Tap Add to reading list .

To open an article in a new tab:

1. At the bottom of the article, tap More .
2. Tap Open in a new tab.

Learn how to read pages offline.

Safety Check on the New tab page

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 that 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 Hide Safety Check card.
• Learn how to manage Chrome safety and security.

Hide or unhide stories in another language

To hide stories in another language:

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Open a new tab.
3. Find 'Discover'.
4. At the bottom right of a story, tap More Don't show stories in [language].
   • 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:

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Open a new tab.
3. Find 'Discover'.
4. Next to 'Discover', tap Settings Manage Hidden.
5. Under 'TYPES OF INFO', unhide the language that you want to bring back.

Follow and unfollow the sites and searches in your Following section

If Google is your default search engine, you can follow and manage sites and searches. To follow a site:

1. Go to the site that you want to follow.
2. Tap More Follow.

To follow a search:

1. Open Chrome .
2. Search for an interest in the address bar.
3. In the results, tap Follow or Follow this search.

To find and manage followed sites and searches in one place:

1. To the right of 'Following', tap Settings Manage Interests.
2. Select a topic or search that you want to unfollow.
3. Tap Following.

Report bad or inappropriate content

You can report content in your Discover articles as:

• Misleading or sensational
• Violent or repulsive
• Hateful or abusive
• Other

To report content:

1. Next to an article, tap More Report this.
2. Select the reason why you want to report the content.

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