# How do I get rid of links on Chrome? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588 "2013-12-05T17:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/1 "2013-12-05T17:09:39Z")
I’ve right clicked and checked everything I can see on the Chrome screen, and can’t find anything that allows me to remove a link that I no longer use. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/2 "2013-12-05T17:12:28Z")
wat When you say link, what do you mean? Are you talking about the Most Visited website icons when you open a New Tab? If so, place your cursor in the upper right corner and an X will appear that you can click to remove it from the page. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/3 "2013-12-05T17:33:11Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > wat > > When you say link, what do you mean? Are you talking about the Most Visited website icons when you open a New Tab? If so, place your cursor in the upper right corner and an X will appear that you can click to remove it from the page. Okay, that was entirely too simple. Are you sure I don’t need to chant or something? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/4 "2013-12-05T17:58:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Okay, that was entirely too simple. Are you sure I don’t need to chant or something? :smack: Couldn’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/5 "2013-12-05T18:12:13Z")
Since they’re the “most visited website icons”, there’s an even simpler solution - if you no longer visit it, it will eventually take care of itself. Of course, if it really annoys you, it’s nice to note how to remove it. Actually, if you want, there are several extensions to customize the new tab page in a variety of ways, and a way to get back the previous versions’s new tab page if you don’t like the current one: > **[Switch Back to Chrome's Old "New Tab" Page with a Quick Tweak](https://lifehacker.com/switch-back-to-chromes-old-new-tab-page-with-a-quick-1403194354)** > > Google recently updated Chrome with a new "new tab" page that shows all your most visited pages every time you open a new tab, and needless to say not everyone's excited to see their most viewed sites every time they open a tab. Thankfully,... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-links-on-chrome/675588/6 "2013-12-05T18:36:32Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Since they’re the “most visited website icons”, there’s an even simpler solution - if you no longer visit it, it will eventually take care of itself. Of course, if it really annoys you, it’s nice to note how to remove it. > > Actually, if you want, there are several extensions to customize the new tab page in a variety of ways, and a way to get back the previous versions’s new tab page if you don’t like the current one: > > [Switch Back to Chrome's Old "New Tab" Page with a Quick Tweak | Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/switch-back-to-chromes-old-new-tab-page-with-a-quick-1403194354) That’s pretty cool. My only complaint with the new Chrome home page is that they decided that the word GOOGLE was not nearly large enough, so they made it big enough to where I have to scroll down to get to the icons.