This is simple extension replaces the New Tab Page on Chrome with a blank html page (colored gray), to remove the suggested sites section on chromium and make the New Tab Page akin to Firefox's 'about:blank'.
- Download the repository as a zip and extract it, or clone the repository with
git clone https://github.com/d0wn2/Chrome-Blank-NTP.git - Go to chrome://extensions and flip the "Developer mode" switch in the top right
- Click "Load unpacked" in the top left
- Navigate to the path where you extracted/cloned the repository and click "Open"
- Done