# Reddit Sidebar Toggle

> This web extension adds a toolbar button to toggle the sidebar on reddit.com

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/reddit-sidebar-toggle](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reddit-sidebar-toggle)

## Overview

- **ID:** `reddit-sidebar-toggle`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 2211
- **Category:** appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 407
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.54 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-07-10
- **Size:** 63 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reddit-sidebar-toggle/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dylanaraps/reddit-sidebar-toggle](https://github.com/dylanaraps/reddit-sidebar-toggle)

## Description

The Reddit Sidebar Toggle Chrome extension provides a simple and effective way to control the visibility of the sidebar on reddit.com. By adding a handy toolbar button, users can quickly toggle the sidebar on or off without navigating through the site settings.

This extension enhances your Reddit browsing experience by offering easy sidebar management, making your screen less cluttered or more informative as you prefer. It is lightweight, easy to install, and ideal for users who want more control over their Reddit interface. For more details or to contribute, visit the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/dylanaraps/reddit-sidebar-toggle).

## Rankings

- #5,620 — Overall
- #10 — toggle
- #31 — sidebar
- #37 — deepseek sidebar
- #39 — reddit
- #90 — toolbar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate the Reddit Sidebar Toggle add-on for its simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness in hiding the Reddit sidebar. It offers a more elegant solution than previous manual methods. However, multiple reviews mention the lack of a default 'hidden' state, requiring users to toggle the sidebar visibility every time they open a new page, which is a commonly requested feature.

### Pros

- Effectively hides the Reddit sidebar, improving user experience.
- Simple and convenient to use, allowing quick toggling of the sidebar.
- Installs quickly and works reliably without issues.
- More elegant solution compared to previous methods like JavaScript bookmarks.
- Adequate for users who want control over sidebar visibility.

### Cons

- Lacks an option to have the sidebar hidden by default when opening new pages.
- Users have to toggle the sidebar each time manually, which can be inconvenient.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/reddit-sidebar-toggle)