Allow user to disable tiles on about:newtab and offer option to clear any associated data

[2OldMan]

Too difficult to keep deleting thumbs from Brave homepage. Want to disable it. Shows search history. Thought Brave didn't keep search history? Brave has the potential for being superb. It takes a lot to get it all worked out so don't get discouraged. I just don't want my search history recorded at all. No thumbs, nothing. Thank you.

[bradleyrichter]

@2OldMan Great suggestion and yes, getting it all worked out.

We'll add thumbs (tiles) to the clear-data options first, and then add a way of disabling the tiles all together.

cc @bsclifton

[bsclifton]

This is a great feature request- I'll update the title to be more specific 😄

[bsclifton]

+1 from #8766

[Chen-pan]

👍 +1

Thumbnails intrude privacy. Thanks

[eljuno]

+1 from community

[eljuno]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/how-to-permanently-remove-icons-at-startup/16882/3?u=eljuno

[marvindanig]

I’d recommend brave added only neutral or nonprofit sites on its default palette. Or put BAT enabled content sites in front.

[eljuno]

+1 from Twitter https://twitter.com/Smithcraft1/status/977521640312512514

[eljuno]

+1 from Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/8fzw2p/is_there_a_way_to_disable_the_top_site_thumbnails/

[zeromus]

👍 +1 from right here. Need to disable tiles.

[eljuno]

+1 from Twitter https://twitter.com/PayLab1224/status/1023640310251962368

[bsclifton]

Closing in favor of brave/brave-browser#353