reddit Sidebar Hider

Hide the reddit sidebar!

Reddit Sidebar Hider - Chrome Extension for a Simplified Reddit Experience

'Reddit Sidebar Hider' is a Chrome extension that serves to enhance your reddit browsing by hiding the distracting sidebar. What it offers over similar extensions is its support for custom subreddit headers and memory of sidebar state during browsing. Notably, it doesn't leave a blank space with custom subreddit styles and doesn't flash the sidebar upon page loading, promising a flawless, uninterrupted user experience.

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Extension stats

By: Shraymonks

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.43

(37)

Version: 1.1.12 (Last updated: 2015-07-07)

Creation date: 2015-07-07

Permissions:

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Size: 12.15K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 18,353 ▲ 8

Other rankings

#1664 in Social Networking ▲ 40 #77 in sidebar keyword 32 ▲ 3 #202 in reddit keyword 45 ▲ 21

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Works perfectly on old.reddit.com and www.reddit.com
Hides the sidebar and widens the page
Non-flashing sidebar on load
Supports custom CSS
Toggles sidebar smoothly

Cons

Stops the 'never ending reddit' feature of RES
Does not work for some users
Not working anymore for some users

Most mentioned

Works perfectly
Hides the sidebar and widens the view
Non-flashing sidebar
Good functionality

User reviews

Actually still works. Granted I use old reddit because I cant stand the new one... 10/10 flawless

fuck google (menoobslayer), 2022-02-17

did not work

Scot W, 2021-08-19

works great

Ian Clark, 2020-03-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

reddit Sidebar Hider requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of reddit Sidebar Hider. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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