Fix the Chrome Update That Displays Your Most Visited Sites

10 Oct 2013

The latest release of Google Chrome (30.0.1599.69.) snuck frequently visited sites back into your new tabs. I imagine this could be a semi-traumatic experience for some.

Before

After

Take the following steps to drop your most frequently visited sites from new tabs.

1. Open Chrome

2. Enter ‘Chrome://flags’ in the address bar

3. Press ⌘F and look for ‘Enable Instant Extended’

1. Disable ‘Instant Extended API’

2. Click ‘Ok’ when prompted to ‘Relaunch Now’

3. That’s better