Make Chrome New Tab Totally Blank

Question

I want to open a tab and nothing but a tab. So far, I have used New Tab Redirect! and specified a blank redirect URL, which becomes about:blank. But when I press CMD/CTRL + T it gives focus to the location bar but puts the cursor after about:blank. Is there a way to either clear about:blank entirely or select all the text, so I can start typing straight away and not have to CMD/CTRL + A and backspace/delete?

EDIT:

I tried :

html {
    display: none !important;
}

With the stylish plugin for URL chrome://newtab but it didn't work.

Answer 1

When you press CTRL+A or CTRL+L it will select the whole location bar.

The backspace key is not required, when text is selected and you start to type the text will disappear.

Answer 2

If you are happy getting your hands dirty with a bit of css then I'd suggest using Stylish (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe ) to alter the default tab page - leaves the location bar blank.