---
title: "New Tab Redirect – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 4.87 by 15 people. Version 2.1.0, updated 2025-11-08. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk"
---

# New Tab Redirect

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 4.87 from 15 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:49 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #12,549 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #3,859 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Redirect the browser's new tab to a custom URL

- Extension ID: `gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk`
- Developer: [JHemphill](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ua6a68e23e542a1dec81d262706530810)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2020-01-20
- Last updated: 2025-11-08
- Version: `2.1.0`
- Size: 300 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (16): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, español, français, italiano, magyar, polski, svenska, русский, українська, العربية, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `joshuahemphill.com`
- Support page: `https://github.com/josh-hemphill/redirect-newtab-ext`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/new-tab-redirect/gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fgjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 3,000 | 4.87 | 15 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 01:49 UTC; next check around 2026-09-29.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “New Tab Redirect” (gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk,
  title   = {New Tab Redirect (gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gjhaadblnhgegfaegeekjlhaciebchfk},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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