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
- To visit a site, tap its icon.
- To remove a site, touch and hold its icon. Then, tap Remove.
Continue where you left off
When you browse on multiple devices, you can easily resume browsing the last open tab from any of your devices on your current device.
Important:
- Make sure that you're signed in to the same Google Account on all devices.
- Make sure that recent tabs are opened within the last 24 hours.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap New tab
.
- Under 'Continue with this tab', tap the last tab from any of your devices.
- To hide 'Continue with this tab:'
- Touch and hold Continue with this tab.
- Tap Hide 'Continue with this tab'.
- To hide 'Continue with this tab:'
Manage suggested articles
When you open a new tab, you may find suggested Discover articles. If you're signed in to Chrome with your Google Account, 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:
- 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 iPhone or iPad, you can manually follow sites and searches.
To change your cards and feed experience in the New tab page:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap New tab
.
- At the top left, tap Edit
.
- To customise your New tab page, you can turn the Site shortcuts, Cards or Discover feed on or off.
- Site shortcuts: These are shortcuts to sites that you've visited lately on your device.
- Cards: These are the most relevant features for you at different times.
- To customise the cards that you want to find, tap Cards
- Turn on or off any of the following:
- Get set up: Tips to get the most out of Chrome Learn how to manage the Chrome tips card.
- Shortcuts: Your most used Chrome items.
- Continue with this tab: Your last open tab across all your devices.
- Discover feed: A custom feed made for you. This includes News, Sports and Weather.
- Tap Discover feed.
- Select either:
- Following: Manage the topics and searches that you're interested in.
- Hidden: Find and edit topics that you've hidden from your account.
- Activity: Control your Google Account data.
Tip: By default, 'Site shortcuts', 'Cards' and 'Discover feed' are turned on.
- Stop suggestions based on new activity:
- Next to 'Discover', tap Settings
Manage
Activity.
- On the left, tap Menu
Activity controls.
- Turn Web & App Activity off.
- 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 Discover feed, from the top of the screen, pull down to refresh and get your updated content.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Next to 'Discover', tap Settings
Turn off or Turn on.
- To manage interests for all your suggested articles, next to 'Discover', tap Settings
Manage
Interests.
- To let Chrome better know your interests, next to an article in Discover, tap More
Not interested in [topic] or Don't show content from [publisher].
To remove an article:
- At the bottom right of the article, tap More
.
- Tap Hide this
.
To save an article to read later:
- Touch and hold on the article, or tap More
.
- Tap Add to reading list
.
To open an article in a new tab:
- Touch and hold the article, or tap More
.
- Tap Open in new tab.
To preview an article:
- Touch and hold the article.
- To open the article, tap the article preview.
To turn link previews off:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap More
Settings
.
- Find and tap Content settings.
- Turn Show link previews off.
You can learn more about the features of Chrome on your iPhone or iPad with Chrome tips.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- To manage the Chrome tips card:
- From the card settings menu:
- On the cards, swipe left until you find the Settings
.
- Turn Chrome tips on or off.
- On the cards, swipe left until you find the Settings
- From the Customise home page:
- Tap New tab
.
- At the top left, tap Edit
Cards.
- Turn Chrome tips on or off.
- Tap New tab
- From the card settings menu:
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.
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.
To hide stories in another language:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Open a new tab.
- Find 'Discover'.
- 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:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Open a new tab.
- Find 'Discover'.
- Next to 'Discover', tap Settings
Manage
Hidden.
- Under 'TYPES OF INFO', unhide the language that 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 that you want to follow.
- Tap More
Follow.
To follow a search:
- Open Chrome
.
- Search for 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:
- Next to 'Following', tap More
Manage
Interests.
- Select a site or search that you want to unfollow.
- Tap Following.