What is the URL of the google chrome new tab page and how to exclude it from manifest.json

Question

I am currently building a simple google chrome extension to prank my brother. The Extension simply deletes the old page and replaces it with HTML and CSS copied off of the \

Answer 1

Please note that most of the content in my original answer from 2016 no longer holds true.

• As of Chrome v61, content scripts are no longer allowed on the New Tab Page.

• The URL of the new tab page has changed to chrome-search://local-ntp/local-ntp.html.

• If you want to create a custom New Tab Page, use override pages.

I decided to delete the original content of this answer to avoid possibly misleading somebody. The original answer can be viewed in edit history.