Google Chrome – Disable Recently Visited Sites in New Tab
Sometimes you don’t want (or don’t want anyone else) to see a list of the last few pages you have visited in chrome.
To default to a different view whenever you
At the bottom of a new tab there are two options “Most Visited” and “Apps”. If you click “Apps” Chrome will now default to the Apps page instead of the Recently / Most visited page whenever you open a new tab.
At the time of writing there is no way to actually disable this recently visited sites page / thumbnails but you can install a 3rd party plugin such as Incredible Start Page which allows you to customise the new tab page really well.