Why Does Google Show Up on This Page

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BobH
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Why Does Google Show Up on This Page

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If I open a new tab by clicking the + button to the right of the last tab in use, I get this page (with icons of previously opened pages shown below it).
Why google.jpg
Why does the google button appear? I have banished google from my search engines.

I suspect that this is a more or less standard page served up by Firefox code when a new, empty tab is opened; but I don't know how to confirm this.

I DID display the new tab page and right clicked to view source for the page but could not find 'google' in the mark up.

???

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Re: Why Does Google Show Up on This Page

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Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter.
Firefox will probably display a tongue-in-cheek warning, click "I'll be careful, I promise!".
Enter newtab in the Search box and wait until the list is filtered.
Double-click browser.newtab.url.
It is currently set to about:newtab. If you want a blank new tab, change it to about:blank.
Click OK
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Re: Why Does Google Show Up on This Page

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So, it was served by Firefox but through the configuration options.

Thank you for the instructions, Hans!

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Re: Why Does Google Show Up on This Page

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The default setting is now the new tab page with Google search box, just like the default Home page that you get when you first install Firefox.
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