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The new tab page

What the new tab page shows, how to open it, and how to change its background and what it displays.

What it shows

  • A greeting (Good morning, Good afternoon or Good evening) with the time and the date beside it.
  • One panel, laid out like the Windows Start menu. At the top, a search field: type a search or an address and press Enter.
  • Frequent sites: the sites you visit most, up to eight, each with its icon and its name. On a new profile a line says they’ll appear there.
  • Reading list: your latest unread articles, up to four, with See all for Read later. It only appears when there is something to read.
  • At the foot of the panel, the trackers blocked this week (when there are any; click for the Privacy dashboard) and Customize.

Open it

Press Ctrl+Alt+T. By default Ctrl+T opens the floating search instead; to have Ctrl+T open this page, turn off Settings › Tabs › Ctrl+T opens a floating search.

To see it every time Luma starts, choose Settings › General › On startup › Open a new tab (the default).

Customise it

  1. Click Customize at the foot of the panel. The settings open just under it.
  2. Under Background, choose Luma (the default), Plain, Dawn, Graphite, Mist or Your picture. Luma is Luma’s ribbons drawn in your accent colour, light or dark with the theme: choose another colour in Settings › Appearance and the page follows it.
  3. Under Show, turn on or off Show clock and date (the greeting and the time), Show shortcuts (Frequent sites) and Show this week’s numbers (the trackers and the reading list).

Use your own picture

Choose Your picture and pick a JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF or BMP file of up to 30 MB. Luma copies it, so moving or deleting the original doesn’t matter. Then:

  • Soften picture darkens it, so the text stays readable.
  • Blur blurs it.
  • Choose another… replaces it; Remove picture removes it.

You can also set the picture from Settings › Appearance › New Tab background › Choose picture….

In private windows

A private window has its own page instead: it explains what Luma forgets when you close the window and what isn’t hidden from others. It can’t be customised. See Private windows.