How to restore a site shortcut to the 'Most visited' listĪfter a site is removed, as explained above, you'll briefly see the message 'Shortcut removed' at the bottom of the page, along with two options: 'Undo' and 'Restore default shortcuts'. In the next mini pop-up, at bottom left, you can click on 'Remove' to have this site's shortcut removed from the list. This allows you to edit that shortcut (for things like name and URL). Hover the mouse over an icon in the list and click on the 3 vertical dots menu that appears near the top-right of it. How to remove a site shortcut from this list Top left is your most visited site, the second most visited is on the second spot and so on. On wider displays you'll get 10 icons when Chrome is maximized, while on smaller resolutions you'll see less icons, 8 or 6. The most visited sites are displayed as 6, 8, or 10 icons (these are shortcuts using sites' favicons to be exact), depending on your screen resolution or browser width. Part 1: Remove or restore a 'most visited' site shortcut (icon) in Google Chrome's New Tab page We have updated this article accordingly and split it in two parts: part 1 for the new site icons and part 2 for site tiles, the now 'old' look that can still be enabled via flags. If you're seeing sites' icons rather than tiles when you open a new tab in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, this is due to Chrome's recent updates to the New Tab page's look and feel.

The Google Chrome 'New Tab' page features the most visited sites you accessed since the last time you cleared your browsing history.

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