The page appears with the label about:blank in the address bar and the tabвЂ™s page title. About Blank) defines nothing more than an empty page on your browser tab, whether you use Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari, or any other browser type. This page isnвЂ™t from the internet - itвЂ™s built into your web browser.

When you type вЂњabout:blankвЂќ into the address bar and press Enter, your web browser will load a blank page with nothing on it. In Chrome, you can enter вЂњabout:settingsвЂќ into the address bar to access the Settings page or вЂњabout:downloadsвЂќ to see a list of ChromeвЂ™s file downloads. This allows you to access the advanced settings of your browser at any point in time. These pages are accessible without having to connect to the internet. The вЂњabout:вЂќ portion of the address instructs the browser to display internal, built-in pages. The about:blank page is a blank page in your web browser. The about: the blank web page is a built-in empty page in most modern browsers and is perfectly safe to access. If youвЂ™ve ever come across a blank page in your web browser labeled вЂњabout:blankвЂќ in the address bar, you may be wondering what it is and if itвЂ™s safe or malware. Neither Google nor the developers of the extension immediately responded to a request for comment.In this article, we explore everything you need to know about the about:blank browser tab, why itвЂ™s an empty page, and how you can change your browserвЂ™s settings to remove it. It may be an annoying process, but itвЂ™s better than losing any work or incredible memes you had open. ItвЂ™s basically the same process as above: you search for the extensionвЂ™s ID, klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg, then open the tabs and remove the junk. Reddit user avatar_ENG also discovered you can still get those tabs back by searching your Chrome history. Deleting everything before the URL and hitting enter will bring the page back to life. There will be a ton of text that looks something like this:Д¬hrome-extension://klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg/suspended.html#ttl=%22Dawn%22%20Dario%20Marianelli%20(Pride%20%26%20Prejudice)%20Piano%20solo%20%26%20Tutorial%20-%20P.%20Barton%20-%20YouTube&pos=0&uri=ДЄt the end will be the address for the page you were on. If the tabs were open, you can go to them and click into the URL bar. If you used the extension and are looking to get your tabs back, the steps are simple, if a bit tedious. The warning Chrome gives users if they have the extension installed. Given ChromeвЂ™s tendency to hog much of a computerвЂ™s memory, the extension was a simple way to keep your browser moving a bit faster, without actually forcing you to close old tabs. Return to the tab, and you could click to reload back to where you were. The tool would automatically shut down tabs that you hadnвЂ™t looked at for a while, replacing them with a blank gray screen. The Great Suspender was a hugely useful extension - minus the malware, at least - for keeping your browser running smoothly. Some are worried about losing their tabs, but Reddit users have found a way to recover them (via XDA-DevelopersвЂ™ Mishaal Rahman). Google has apparently blocked The Great Suspender extension from Chrome, with existing users now receiving a message that it has вЂњbeen disabled because it contains malware.вЂќ ItвЂ™s also been removed from the Chrome Web Store, with any links to it now leading to a 404 page.

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