How to show a blank page in "New Tab" within Google Chrome? [duplicate]

I am annoyed by the thumbnails that are shown when opening a new tab in Google Chrome. I want to see a blank page. How to do that?

1 Answer

As for the newer Versions, the browser settings are not reachable through chrome-internal://... etc., here is a pretty simple solution:

1. Install New Tab Redirect extension for Google Chrome
2. Set the redirect page in the extension options to "about:blank" or whatever you like (see image below)