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How to Remove Most Visited Sites from Google Chrome [Android, PC]

The Most Visited section is accessed via Settings or Chrome flags

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Updated onJuly 11, 2024

updated onJuly 11, 2024

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Google Chrome’s default New Tab page includes a search box and displays thumbnail shortcuts for users’ most visited sites.

However, what if users don’t really need the most visited websites included at the bottom of Chrome’s New Tab page?

There are a few ways users can remove those thumbnail shortcuts from the New Tab page, but Chrome doesn’t include an option to turn them off within its Settings tab.

Keep in mind that our previously mentioned tips and solutions may be easily applied by all those looking for ways to:

Let’s take a closer look at how you can remove top sites in Chrome, with or without using commands such aschrome://newtab/#most_visited.

Quick Tip:

When it comes to keeping web pages truly organized, there is no better option than Opera One. As expected, the Home screen includes Top Sites, a section with the web pages you most often.

Unlike what happens in Chrome, you can keep tabs on related subjects in the same workspace, so you’ll never spend too much time looking for a tab again. And you can even keep relevant pages in one place.

Opera One

How do I see my most visited sites?

This can easily be done from the Settings section of your Chrome browser, as we are about to show you right now.

You should know that customizing the Most visited section of the New Tab page for Google Chrome is simple and also quick.

Just hover your mouse cursor over a thumbnail that belongs to each website to display two commonly used options likePinandRemove.

How do I stop Google Chrome from showing the most visited sites?

1. Delete each shortcut separately

2. Delete the browser’s data

3. Add the Remove Most Visited Pages Extension to Chrome

Another option is to remove the most visited page shortcuts with the Remove Most Visited Pages shortcuts extension.

That extension redirects the New Tab page to the Google homepage, almost exactly the same as the default New Tab page.

However, you can’t customize the page’s background as it doesn’t support themes. Therefore, go to theRemove Most Visited Pagespage to add that extension to the browser.

After that, the browser’s URL toolbar will include a Remove Most Visited Pages icon to highlight that the extension is on.

The Google New Tab page will no longer display any page shortcuts so long as the extension is on.

You can turn off the extension by entering this in the URL bar and then clicking the button at the bottom right of the Remove Most Visited Pages box:chrome://extensions/

4. Turn Off the Top Sites from Site Engagement Setting

Some Chrome users can turn off the New Tab page’s most visited sites shortcuts with a Top Sites From Site Engagement flag option in earlier 2018/2019 versions of the browser.

How to remove Top Sites from Google Chrome Android

So, that’s all you need to know on removing the most visited sites in Chrome, on the New Tab page. Alternatively, users could add New Tab page extensions to Chrome instead to remove frequently visited pages in Chrome.

Extensions like Infinity New Tab give users more customizable New Tab pages that don’t include most visited site shortcuts.

Besides, to perform a disturbance-free search, you mayturn off trending searches on Google.

How to Remove Most Visited Sites from Google Chrome [Android, PC]#

Opera One#

How do I stop Google Chrome from showing the most visited sites?#

1. Delete each shortcut separately#

2. Delete the browser’s data#

3. Add the Remove Most Visited Pages Extension to Chrome#

4. Turn Off the Top Sites from Site Engagement Setting#

How to remove Top Sites from Google Chrome Android#