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Option to remove search bar in new tab
Having an option to hide the search bar from the new tab would make the new tab page much cleaner and simpler And sometimes I want to catch a glimpse of the landscapes that are shown and the search ...
I also requested this a few months ago so I would get closer to an Enterprise rollout. For my needs I discovered two workarounds, however it should be a simple option to Enable/Disable as requested.
1. There is a setting that makes it so any typing in the search box automatically puts the cursor up in the address bar. This is in Settings > Privacy and Services > Address Bar > Search on new tabs uses search box or address bar
This makes it so the search box is useless, however it's still there.
2. You can set the new tab page to be blank by setting a GPO called Configure the new tab page URL to about:blank.
This gets rid of everything however, including the wallpaper. Sorry, I can't find if it can be set in the GUI.