Macos – Chrome New Tab Page Broken…Only get “chrome-internal://newtab/”

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So out of nowhere my Chrome (Version 33.0.1750.117) new tab page broke.

  • I have tried disabling all extensions and it then works. I went through and re-enabled them one by one. If anything is enabled besides Google Voice Search or Hangouts, it breaks.
  • I tried disabling all plugins and re-enabling one by one, and it’s broken no matter what. I tried reinstalling Chrome, still the same issue.
  • It almost seems to me like I can’t access the apps page anymore, because the only extensions that cause the problem are ones that create an icon in the apps page.

In the address bar, I get "chrome-internal://newtab/" and that is it. Any idea what's going on or how to fix it?

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Best Answer

I had the same problem in Google Chrome 33.0.1750.117 Windows.

The problem in my case was the IMDB extension, which I have now deactivated till they fix it.

To figure out which extension is responsible for your cause, follow these steps.

  1. Create a new tab page
  2. Right click in the empty page --> Inspect element.
  3. Click on Resources --> Frames --> (newtab.html) --> Scripts
  4. Here you'll see the script files from the extension which causes the trouble.
  5. In my example the ID of the extension is: jipolnkooheenpfdecoclcohihplijco.
  6. To get the name to the ID just google it. In my case its IMDB, which you can see at the following screenshot:

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