[Tip] Set Blank Empty Page as Homepage in Your Web Browser

Recently an AskVG reader asked me how to make the Homepage in Google Chrome browser blank or empty. Today in this article, I’ll tell you how to set a blank or empty page as Homepage or Start page in all popular web browsers.

When you open a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or the new Microsoft Edge browser, the first page which the web browser shows, is called the Homepage or Start page. Generally the Homepage displays search box, website thumbnails, news articles taken from various websites, etc.

Many people don’t like these cluttered homepages and they want to set an absolute blank or empty page as start page in their web browser. Setting a blank page as Homepage also helps in making the web browser open faster as the web browser doesn’t need to load website thumbnails, news articles, etc.

Personally I also prefer a blank page as homepage in all web browsers. If you also want to make the homepage or start page blank or empty in your web browser, following methods will help you.

We’ll discuss methods to set empty or blank pages as homepage in all popular web browsers one by one:

Set Blank or Empty Homepage in Mozilla Firefox Web Browser:

1. Open Firefox and click on main Firefox Menu (3-lines Hamburger menu icon) present at the right-side end of the toolbar. Now click on Options menu to open Firefox settings page.

Alternatively, you can direct option this page using about:preferences command in address bar.

2. Now go to “Home” section.

To set Homepage as blank page, select “Blank Page” option from the drop-down box given next to “Homepage and new windows” option.

You can also set New Tabs option to Blank Page to set all new tabs pages as blank page.

That’s it. It’ll immediately set a blank page as homepage and new tab page in your Firefox web browser.

PS: Following article contains more details instructions about setting blank page as homepage in Mozilla Firefox web browser:

[Tip] Set a Blank Page as New Tab Page and Homepage in Mozilla Firefox

Set Blank or Empty Homepage in Google Chrome Web Browser:

1. Open Google Chrome web browser, click on 3-dots menu and select Settings option. Alternatively, you can directly open the Settings page by typing chrome://settings/ in Chrome address bar.

2. It’ll open Chrome Settings page. Scroll down to bottom and you’ll see “On Startup” section.

3. Select “Open a specific page or set of pages” option. Now click on “Add a new page” option.

Enter about:blank in Site URL text box and click on Add button.

That’s it. Now close Chrome and restart it and you’ll see a blank page as Homepage or Start page in your Chrome web browser.

Set Blank or Empty Homepage in Microsoft Edge Web Browser:

1. Open Microsoft Edge browser and click on the 3-dots menu button present at the right-side of the toolbar. Now select Settings option from the main menu.

Alternatively, you can press ALT+F keys together to show Edge Menu and then press S key to open Settings page.

You can also directly open Edge Settings page using edge://settings/ URL in address bar.

2. Now go to On Startup tab and in right-side pane, select “Open a specific page or pages” option. Now click on “Add a new page” option.

Enter about:blank in Enter a URL text box and click on Add button.

That’s it. Now close Microsoft Edge and restart it and you’ll see a blank page as Homepage or Start page in your Edge web browser.

Set Blank or Empty Homepage in Opera Web Browser:

1. Launch Opera web browser, click on Opera Menu button and then click on Settings option. Alternatively you can directly launch Settings page by pressing Alt+P keys together.

2. Now scroll down to bottom on settings page and you’ll see “On Startup” section.

3. Select “Open a specific page or set of pages” option. Now click on “Add a new page” option.

Enter about:blank in Site URL text box and click on Add button.

That’s it. Now close Opera and restart it and you’ll see a blank page as Homepage or Start page in your Opera web browser.

Set Blank or Empty Homepage in Internet Explorer Web Browser:

1. Open Internet Explorer (IE), click on the cog wheel icon (Tools) present at the top-right corner of the window near the smiley button.

Alternatively, you can press Alt+X keys together to open Tools menu directly.

2. Now click on Internet Options menu.

3. It’ll open Internet options window. Now replace the existing string present in Home page text box with about:blank and apply changes.

That’s it. Now close Internet Explorer and restart it and you’ll see a blank page as Homepage or Start page in your Internet Explorer web browser.

Also Check:

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