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Deshal Padmakar
Deshal Padmakar

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Make Raindrop Your New Tab Page

Raindrop is hands down one of the best bookmark managers I've used, with a sleek UI and seamless functionality. But the only ways to open Raindrop in a browser are to right-click the icon and select 'Open in Sidebar' (which is too small) or click 'Open App' (which opens in a new window), or use a keyboard shortcut.
Wouldn’t it be great if Raindrop appeared every time you opened a new tab? In this post, I’ll show you how to make Raindrop your default new tab page for quick access to your bookmarks as shown in below image.

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This method works only works on Brave Browser!
Chrome users, don’t click away—I’ve got a workaround for you too since this method won't work for Chrome Browser. I will post soon and mention the link when published.

Step 1: Head over to chrome extension store and install Raindrop extension
Step 2: Sign in to your Raindrop account.
Step 3: Pin Raindrop extension.
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Step 4: Right click on Raindrop icon > click on 'Open app'.
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A window opens showing raindrop app. We will make this show up every time you open new tab.
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Step 5: Head over to the left side of panel and click on the folder you always want to open in your new tab. In my case, I have several folders - "fav", "reading list", "my builds" etc. I want "fav" folder to show up on my new tab page so I selected "fav". You can choose any folder you want. Then click on "save".
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Step 6: After clicking on save, you see a new bookmark as pointed one in below image. Right click on it and then click on "Copy link to clipboard"
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Step 7: Go to Brave browser settings by clicking on hamburger icon present at top right corner and then clicking on 'Setting'
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Step 8: Go to 'appearance' then enable home and then paste the link you copied at point three in below image.
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Step 9: Go to 'Get started' and then set 'homepage' as your new tab page as shown below.
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Step 10: Open new tab and you see raindrop shows up on your new tab 🤩🤩🤩.
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