How To Open A Blank Tab Or Page When You Launch Edge Browser

Open an ‘almost’ Blank Tab or Page in Microsoft Edge

So now that we know that it is not possible to open Blank TAB or Page, here is what I did to get close to it. Its a workaround, and you may or may not like it. However, its the closest thing you can have. There are two ways to achieve this. Blank tab or Blank Page are usually preferred as they are quick to open.

1] Open Blank Tab(s) or Page(s) when you launch Edge

While Edge doesn’t allow you to open a blank tab when you open a new tab, you can do that when you launch Edge for the first time.

Open Edge, and then click on the three-dot menu to open SettingsGo to Navigate > On Startup. Select Open a specific page or pagesClick on the Add a new page button.Type about:blank and click on Add buttonAdd multiple pages with about:blank as URL. So every time you open, you have numerous blank tabs

2] Almost Blank New Tab page

Here we will first remove all extra jargon that we get to new on every new TAB.

Launch Microsoft Edge, and open a new tabClick on the gear icon available on the top rightUnder Page Layout, click on CustomHere you will have three optionsShow Quick Links—Toggle offImage of the day—Toggle offContent: Select Content off

So once you have turned off Image of the day, Quick Links, and Image of the day what you will be left with an almost blank tab with Microsoft Bing Search. Chrome offers something similar for every new tab. It is the closest blank page or minimal new tab experience you would get because there is no way to remove the Bing Search box.  It doesn’t look that bad and will be the least distracting.