How do you remove the Google search bar in new tab? Walk me through it in baby steps please.

I've seen a few ways of removing it. Something about a chrome folder and ccs or something. Sorry but I don't understand any of it. I thought Firefox was supposed to be super easy to customize.

Note that you can also do this with code in the <b>userContent.css</b> file.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/userContent.css
<pre><nowiki>@-moz-document url(about:newtab){
#newtab-margin-top, #newtab-search-container { display: none !important; }
</nowiki></pre>
The customization files userContent.css (websites) and userChrome.css (user interface) are located in the <b>chrome</b> folder in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration
* Create the chrome folder (lowercase) in the <xxxxxxxx>.default profile folder if this folder doesn't exist
* Use a plain text editor like Notepad to create a (new) userContent.css file in this folder (the names are case sensitive)
* Paste the code in the userContent.css file in the editor window
* Make sure that you select "All files" and not "Text files" when you save the file via "Save file as" in the text editor as userContent.css.<br>Otherwise Windows may add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with a not working userContent.css.txt file

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