reddit Sidebar Hider

Name: reddit Sidebar Hider
Rating: 4.4324324324324325 (37 reviews)
Author: Shraymonks

Hide the reddit sidebar!

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The reddit Sidebar Hider Chrome extension allows users to hide Reddit's sidebar, providing more space to focus on content. It adds a convenient toggle link to the user bar enabling quick show/hide functionality.

Unlike other sidebar hiding tools, this extension supports custom subreddit headers, remembers your sidebar preference across browsing sessions, avoids leaving blank spaces when subreddits have unique styles, and prevents any flashing of the sidebar during page loads. Enhance your Reddit experience by decluttering your view with this efficient sidebar toggler.

Extension Productivity Social Media

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Version:

1.1.12 Last updated: 2015-07-07

Creation date:

2015-07-07

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Permissions:

storage

Size:

11.87KB

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-09

Ranking

# 22,482 ▲ 142

Other rankings

#1693 in Social Networking ▼ 8 #55 in sidebar keyword 47 ▲ 4 #79 in reddit keyword 46 ▲ 23

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User reviews

The Reddit Sidebar Hider Chrome extension is praised for effectively hiding the sidebar and widening the main content, including support for custom CSS and smooth operation without flashing on load. It works well on old Reddit and is favored over similar extensions. However, some users experience functionality issues where the sidebar isn't hidden or the page doesn't expand properly. It also conflicts with Reddit Enhancement Suite's infinite scrolling feature and lacks keyboard shortcut toggling, requiring mouse use. Overall, it performs well but has compatibility and usability limitations noted by multiple users.

Pros

Effectively hides the Reddit sidebar as intended.
Widens the main content area to fill the space after hiding the sidebar, unlike similar extensions.
Supports custom CSS subreddit styles without leaving blank space.
No delay or flashing of the sidebar on page load.
Works well on both old and new Reddit interfaces for many users.

Cons

Conflicts with Reddit Enhancement Suite's 'never ending reddit' feature, causing it to stop working.
Some users report it does not work or fails to hide the sidebar.
Lacks keyboard shortcut support for toggling the sidebar, requiring mouse interaction.
In certain cases, it hides the sidebar but does not expand the main content area, leaving unused empty space.

Recent reviews

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

fu*****, 2022-02-17

did not work

Sc*****, 2021-08-19

works great

Ia*****, 2020-03-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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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.

Risk likelihood

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reddit Sidebar Hider has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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