How to hide shortcuts on Google's News Page

If you are using Chrome (or a Chrome-based browser), Google will show shortcuts either simply based on advertising or based on the sites you have frequently visited. They might irritate you, because you feel that these ads are stupid or you don't want other users to know which sites you frequently visit.

You can choose what to show or completely disable all the shortcuts on the new tab page.

- Open Chrome browser. If you have any other page as your home page, open a new tab.
- Click on the 'Customize' button on the lower right corner. The image below shows the button's name in Comodo Dragon, a browser based on Chrome.

- Click on 'Shortcuts' on the Sidebar
- You will then be presented with two options: 'My shortcuts' and 'Most-visited sites'. Choose the one you want to show if you want to continue with your shortcuts.
- If you want to remove the shortcuts, then enable 'Hide shortcuts' to completely remove all shortcuts from the new tab page.
- Click 'Done'.