When a tile is deleted, the associated link in your browsing history is not deleted. The tiles are created from your browsing history.
A message displays at the bottom of the New Tab page that the thumbnail was removed.
The only way you can customize the default New Tab page is by deleting tiles from the page. Read on to find out what works best for you. However, you can customize the default new tab page a bit not muchset the New Tab page to a blank page, choose a custom URL to display, or install an extension that adds functionality to the New Tab page. For most people, the default New Tab Page in Chrome works perfectly well for their purposes. Joinsubscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles.
