reddit Sidebar Hider

reddit Sidebar Hider

Hide the reddit sidebar!

What is reddit Sidebar Hider?
'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.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.43 (37)
Version: 1.1.12 (Last updated: 2015-07-07)
Creation date: 2015-07-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 12.15K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

Hide the sidebar and make more room for content!

Adds a link to the user bar that toggles the sidebar.

Improvements over other sidebar hiding extensions:

  • Supports custom subreddit headers
  • Remembers sidebar state between browsing
  • Doesn't leave a blank space with custom subreddit styles
  • Doesn't flash sidebar on page load
User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Widens the view after hiding the sidebar
  • Non-flashing sidebar on page load
  • Supports custom CSS
  • Works on both old.reddit.com and www.reddit.com
Cons
  • Incompatibility with 'never ending reddit' feature of RES
  • Some users report it does not work
  • Does not extend the page for more space for some users
Most mentioned
  • Actually hides the sidebar and widens the view
  • Works great/flawlessly/perfectly
  • Supports old.reddit.com
  • Issues with functionality (not working for some users)
  • Doesn't work with 'never ending reddit' feature
Recent reviews
Actually still works. Granted I use old reddit because I cant stand the new one... 10/10 flawless

did not work
by Scot W Scot W, 2021-08-19

works great
by Ian C Ian C, 2020-03-14
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Safety
Risk impact

reddit Sidebar Hider is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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