Reddit Hide Sidebar

Provides an option to hide the reddit sidebar.

Reddit Hide Sidebar - Simplify Your Reddit Experience

"Reddit Hide Sidebar" is a Chrome extension built to simplify and improve user experience on Reddit. By removing the right sidebar, it minimizes distractions, ideal for enjoying Reddit in smaller windows or simplified views. Updated versions bring enhanced support for subreddit specific styles and https:// or np.reddit.com. Once set to 'Hide Sidebar', the setting sticks on all pages until 'Show Sidebar' is clicked, providing a more efficient browsing experience.

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Extension stats

By: Hrishikesh Bakshi

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 3.97

(88)

Version: 0.6 (Last updated: 2017-05-14)

Creation date: 2017-05-14

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 37.89K

Ranking

# 14,140 ▲ 206

Other rankings

#5112 in Social Networking ▼ 16 #12 in sidebar keyword 50 #39 in reddit keyword 45 ▼ 5

Other platforms

Reddit (vVARY)

4.63

(3,535,072) 176,553,132+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

This extension hides the right sidebar. A "Show Sidebar" link is displayed to show the sidebar.

** NEW IN v0.6 ** : Fix for custom css subreddits like r/videos

** NEW IN v0.5 ** : https:// and np.reddit.com support.

** NEW IN v0.4 ** : SAVES YOUR SETTING AUTOMATICALLY. Once you change to 'Hide Sidebar' it will be hidden on all pages until you click 'Show Sidebar'.

This extension is useful if you want to check reddit in a small sized window. This extension is also useful to avoid distractions like the flash games.

User reviews

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Pros

Works great for hiding the sidebar when it functions properly.
Helps to free up screen space for users.
Useful for those splitting their monitor between multiple windows.

Cons

Frequently stops working after updates to Chrome or Reddit redesign.
Users experience jarring UI adjustments with sidebar flashing on refresh.
Some users report malware-like behavior with extra tabs opening.
Not compatible with old.reddit.com and various filters.

Most mentioned

Has stopped working recently.
The sidebar flashes on page load.
Many users found a better alternative, "reddit Sidebar Hider."
Issues with using the extension after Reddit's redesign.

User reviews

Works great and I've used it for many years, but unfortunately with Chrome's deprecation of Manifest v2 extensions it's going to stop working soon. I hope the developer is able to update the extension to work with the new Manifest v3 system.

Andrew Carpenter, 2024-12-01

This extension has some kind of malware that opens extra copies of tabs when you go to a retailer's site. Not sure what the over purpose is, but I suspect it's trying to create referral link revenue for the developer.