Alternatives

Products that do what Hide StackOverflow's annoying sidebars does

1. 1WP
   Weekend Project - Hide Inane Comments on HN▲28

   2013 · github.com

2. 2
   Spoiler Alert▲92

   Chrome extension that blocks TV/Sports spoilers on any site

   2015

3. 3FA
   Flattehn: A Chrome extension to hide points / users until you've voted▲61

   2010 · chrome.google.com

4. 4CE
   Chrome extension that hides Medium.com articles on HN and DN▲22

   2014 · chrome.google.com

5. 5HL
   Hide Likes Everywhere▲151

   2019 · hidelikeseverywhere.com

6. 6FT
   Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

   2016 · hackernewsfilter.com

7. 7CE
   Chrome extension to avoid noisy domains in the Hacker News feed▲27

   2016 · github.com

8. 8HD
   Hide downvotes on HN▲6

   2017 · gist.github.com

9. 9RA
   RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments until you read the article▲44

   2014 · chrome.google.com

10. 10
    Forget▲78

    One-click history cleaner for Chrome

    2015

11. 11SS
    Sticky Sidebar – Pure JavaScript plugin for making smart sticky sidebar▲9

    2018 · abouolia.github.io

12. 12HA
    Hide all Snowden-related HN links with a Greasemonkey script▲36

    2013 · userscripts.org

13. 13AC
    A Chrome extension to block users on Hacker News▲37

    2015 · github.com

14. 14
    StackOverflow Focus▲111

    Remove all unnecessary clutter from StackOverflow.

    2020

15. 15
    Unfurlr▲100

    Find the original URL that is hiding behind shortened URL

    2015

16. 16AC
    A Chrome extension to exclude Pinterest from Google search results▲43

    2018 · github.com

17. 17AC
    A chrome extension that fades out old links on HN/Reddit/News sites▲28

    2018 · chrome.google.com

18. 18
    Filter Everything Online▲70

    Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords

    Nov 2025

19. 19PU
    Prune Unwanted Stories from HN Front Page▲49

    2012 · swapped.cc

20. 20CE
    Chrome Extension to automatically block the annoying Quora login prompt▲51

    2012 · chrome.google.com

21. 21CE
    Chrome extension to remove all annoying stuff from medium articles▲6

    2019 · github.com

22. 22AN
    A new way to diff websites▲46

    2015 · diffd.com

23. 23IH
    Ireadit – Hide the comment section of unread articles on HN and Reddit▲5

    2018 · octobanana.com

24. 24DA
    DeKarmaHN, a Chrome extension to hide karma and more▲10

    2021 · github.com

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