More windows or tabs increase the clutter of the user’s information space and require more effort to manage.All of these also apply to opening new browser tabs and are still valid today:
Deleted the extension, remove the startup page and Chrome will be returned to normal.Since 1999, it's been a firm web-usability guideline to refrain from opening new browser windows for several reasons. These often add extra startup pages and may include an extension. It is common for free software downloads to included unwanted extras, PUPs or potentially unwanted programs. When this was done, Chrome only started up with the specified home page. The way to remove unwanted startup pages is to mouse over them and then click the cross at the right side. That is why it was opening about:blank in the other tab on startup. There is in fact, an extra entry, but it is blank. In my case, only one home page is specified, so where was the about:blank tab coming from? I must admit that it had me fooled for several minutes and it was only when I accidentally moved the mouse over this that I saw the problem. If there is more than one entry, then that is your problem and the unwanted tab or tabs must be deleted. This is what was on my PC:Īny number of pages can be set here and each one will be opened in its own tab when Chrome is started.
Go to the On startup section and it will be set to Open a specific page or set of pages. If it is not an extension, the problem is in the settings. If it starts up OK then you will know that the cause is one of the extensions you disabled. Are you sure that you need them all? Are there any that you don’t remember adding? One of them could be the cause of the extra tab, so disable them all, close Chrome and restart it. Enter chrome://extensions in the address box and take a close look at each one. The cause is either in Chrome’s settings or extensions. The cause is always the same and it is usually quite easy to solve.
In my case the problem was that a blank tab was opening along with the home page, but it could be a website, search engine, ad page and so on. What is causing this behaviour and how do you stop it? Here are some tips for solving the problem. An irritating fault that can occur with Chrome is that when it is started, it opens your home page as normal, but then it also opens another page on another tab.
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