Disable Shortcuts

Avast Secure Browser Avast Secure Browser for Windows
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I’ve recently downloaded Avast Secure Browser, and I was wondering if there was any way to do it where you can disable shortcuts’ thumbnails from appearing on the homepage? I know I was able to do this sort of thing on Google Chrome at one point, but I don’t think I’m able to do so with this browser. Nothing crucial or anything like that, but I personally don’t like to see those things on my home screen.

If there’s any way to do this, I’d truly appreciate it. Thanks!

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It is now possible to delete the shortcuts one-by-one from the 3dots menu that appears when you click an individual shortcut.

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I have a short cut from bookings.com on my Tab Page - tried to delete it using the three dots command. No luck. I did not access the bookings.com web page before today - it just showed up. I scanned thru my History to verify - no entry from booking.com. Any suggestions???

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→ https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=226342.0

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Newest ASB version Aspen (thanks Asyn) still brings up two unwanted shortcuts after running Ctrl+Shift+Delete. Reproducible.

TurboTax has been replaced by Booking.com

See attached below:

  • First is first open of ASB browser
  • Second is during a YouTube session
  • Third is after running web-cleaning routine [EDIT:] (Run Ctrl+Shift+Delete)

If advertising, seems counter intuitive to produce these at the end of a web session. ???

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https://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1555541412136-51508.png

Simple way to get rid of what you don’t want to appear:
Hover your mouse over the Ad shortcut and click on the X to close (delete) it.
That’s what I did and I’ve restarted the browser and the “ad” icons are still gone.
(Don’t tell Avast, they might put them back. :slight_smile: )

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Removing the Advertising Shortcuts in the Avast Secure Browser
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=93544.msg1503236#msg1503236

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Thanks Bob, but no luck. They keep coming back here.

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As you can see, that 's not my experience. Don’t know if it’s different in the EU ???

https://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1556020733399-94009.png

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The start page is also “clean” here, but when I open a new tab, they’re back.

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Here, that’s not the case. I can open a new tab or I can open the home page it shows the same as my screenshot.

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Lucky you…!! :slight_smile:

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Highly doubt that luck has anything to do with it. :slight_smile:

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Probably not, but if they treat US and EU differently, it would be good to know (from the source). :wink:

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@Asyn,
I manually installed Version 73.0.1270.87. I have a specific home page set, so I do not see shortcuts on that page. I deleted all page shortcuts leaving only the search bar and +Add Shortcut. So far shortcuts do not reapper on new tab pages. I am also within EU.

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I like the shortcuts because that’s how I get on Avast and Facebook

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Thanks again Bob, but doesn’t work out that way here.

Open/Close browser after removing ad shortcuts and then opening browser again results in same two shortcuts popping back in again.

Come to think of it, this is not unlike remote clicking of the links, (Click Fraud) thus monetizing the start page. Else, why have the links return every time they are removed by the user?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_fraud

Another way to return is by using Ctrl+Shift+Delete after removing ad shortcuts. Seems doing a simple clean is enough to make these things re-appear. Reproducible. ???

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If it’s not working for you, are you using the stable version or, the beta version ???
I’m on the stable version.

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Here you go:

I believe this is the stable version.

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For the record, I’m on ASB beta-channel. (Currently on V73.0.1270.87)