Firefox 3.5 came with a handful of new options, customizations, bug fixes and security enhancements. One of the least popular features in Firefox 3.5 is it’s “new tab button” (a button with + sign). This new tab button appears next to the last opened tab but it’s very annoying to many people since they are already comfortable with older tab navigation features. They are habituated with opening a new tab by right clicking on the empty tab area and selecting a new tab, double clicking on the empty tab area to open a new tab or pressing CTRL+T to open new tabs. If you are not so friendly with this new tab button, here is a easy way to hide or remove it from firefox 3.5 completely.

Remove New Tab Button (+ Sign Button) in Firefox 3.5

There are many ways to hide + signed button. You can remove it manually by editing the source code of Firefox 3.5 or by using a Firefox plugin. But since removing it using a plugin is much more easier, let’s remove it using the a Firefox plugin.

Remove New Tab Button 1.0 Firefox plugin

1. Download and install Remove New Tab Button 1.0 Firefox plugin here
2. Restart Firefox browser for this plugin to take effect
3. You won’t see the new + signed tab button from now on
4. You are done.