Open a blank new tab Right top corner of blank page should have a Gear Icon Click Gear Icon for menu

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Thanks, already found the gear - I have it in the menu button (three verticle lines) rather than on its own - however when I click on it "show your top sites" does not appear. I have checked all options shown down the left hand side.

LizMac said

Thanks, already found the gear - I have it in the menu button (three verticle lines) rather than on its own - however when I click on it "show your top sites" does not appear. I have checked all options shown down the left hand side.

You clicked on the 3-bar menu => Options

What 'Pkshadow' means is :

Open a new tab - that brings up the 'new tab page', which in your case now is missing the tiles. There you should see the cog wheel in the upper right corner (underneath the three horizontal lines, aka: 3-bar menu) When you click on that cogwheel you'll get a dropdown, and there you can check : 'Show your top sites'.

However, in your original post you say :

"showing a Google search bar I don't want."

Could you be a bit more specific about that  ? Provide a screenshot maybe  ?

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No gear box! Here is a screenshot of the page I get when I open a new tab,

Regards

The The System Details list next to the question shows the New Tab Override 8.0.0. So it is likely that this extension is overriding the new tab page and you need to check its setting.

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