How to Remove New Tab Button in Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5 provides you an additional way to open new tab. As similar with Internet Explorer 7/8, you can open new tab by clicking on the “+” sign as located at the end of tab bar. You probably don’t like this feature since you are already comfortable with the existing way of adding new tab, such as CTRL + T, double click on the empty tab bar area or right click on the tab bar and select New Tab. If you feel this feature doesn’t benefit much to you and you would like to remove the “+” sign button, you can do it by using simple trick.

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To remove the “+” sign button, you need to edit userChrome.css file and different windows OS stores this file at different location. Follow below steps to get this file edited:

1. For Windows 2000/XP, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\[yourusername]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile.default]\chrome. For Windows Vista/7, navigate to C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile.default]\chrome. Since Application Data is considered as hidden folder and if you don’t see it, then you need to go to Windows Explorer and click on Tools -> Folder Options, under View tab look for Hidden files and folders, then enable Show hidden files and folders. Alternatively, you can open Application Data folder directly by typing this syntax, “%APPDATA%” (without double quote) at Run and click OK button to open this folder directly.

2. If you have customized Firefox before, then probably you will have an existing userChrome.css file located at this folder, else just create a new file and named it as userChrome.css.

3. Open userChrome.css by using notepad, then add below string to this file. If you already have userChrome.css file created before, just add this string at the bottom of the file and save it.

.tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}

Once you have completed above changes, you need to restart Firefox. After restarting Firefox, you will notice the “+’ sign button has been removed.

11 Responses to “How to Remove New Tab Button in Firefox 3.5”

  1. ff0255
    December 2nd, 2009 03:26
    11

    works perfect in 3.5.5
    thanks a lot!)

  2. Ravi Shankar
    November 15th, 2009 18:34
    10

    Works well in Firefox 3.5.5

    Thanks!!

  3. Daffyd
    October 12th, 2009 06:32
    9

    Works fine for me on Firefox 3.5.3

    Used the process in the original post i.e.

    .tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}

    No need for !important or anything like that

  4. Asad
    October 11th, 2009 03:42
    8

    I consider it to be one of the much needed feature, which not only is non intrusive and something which makes it easier for a new user to use the app.
    There were addons to actually put this button for user convenience, don’t see no reason to remove it :|

  5. deep
    October 11th, 2009 01:50
    7

    didnt work in 3.5.3
    what 2 do

  6. betr
    October 7th, 2009 17:09
    6

    Omfg, kdyz neco delam tak poradne, tohle je fakt na h*.
    . tabs-newtab-button (display: none;)
    a
    .tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}
    neni totez

  7. Jess
    September 24th, 2009 18:17
    5

    Disregard earlier post. It works fine. Makes sure you change the name of the file userChrome-example.css to userChrome.css after editing.

  8. Jess
    September 24th, 2009 18:03
    4

    Doesn’t work. tried both lines (Firefox 3.5.3)

    .tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}

    or

    .tabs-newtab-button { display:none !important; }

  9. tt
    August 27th, 2009 21:39
    3

    Does anyone know how to make the “open new tab” button SMALLER or SLIMMER?

  10. random helper
    August 18th, 2009 21:36
    2

    I needs to be important:

    .tabs-newtab-button { display:none !important; }

    Successfully tested in Firefox 3.5.2 (Ubuntu 9.04)

  11. dd
    August 14th, 2009 22:22
    1

    The edit has no effect on my browser 3.5.2.
    New tab button is still there

    Edited
    \Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\12345.default\chrome\userChrome.css to include

    .tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}

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