MS Edge: how to set blank pages for new tab pages

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Is there a way in Microsoft Edge to set up new tab pages to be complete blank? By this I mean *completely* blank pages, similar to how the the startup page looks when it’s set to about:blank.

I looked via the Settings and more button | Settings | New tab page | Customize, but that gave me choices of only “Focused,” “Inspirational,” “Informational” and “Custom.” The first three all had stuff I didn’t care to see, and the last let me only turn off “Show quick links,” “Image of the day,” and “Content.” Turning all that off still left me with a large MS logo and a Bing search box.

Not a huge big deal, but my aesthetic preference is to not have to look at MS advertising when I go about my business.

I have Win Pro version 1909 and Edge both updated right up through the days immediately before the last Black Tuesday.

All help appreciated.

Thanks.

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My ChrEdge new tab page is completely blank.

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There should be another custom option under the choices you listed. There you can turn off all content.

--Joe

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Aloha. I use Edge and just tried to resolve your problem. I opened Edge, as usual, and typed in about:blank in the address bar and got a completely blank page except for the title and menu bars. Is that what you were looking for?

FolUp: I added about:blank to my Favorites to make it readily accessible. I suppose you could change your home page to it also, I haven’t tried that.

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