Hide Suggested & Sponsored Posts for LinkedIn

Chrome Web Store - Detailed Description

A lightweight, customizable Chrome extension that hides sponsored or suggested posts on LinkedIn. This extension is designed to improve your LinkedIn feed experience by automatically removing posts that are deemed as ads based on language-specific indicators.

This project is a Chrome extension that targets unwanted sponsored or suggested posts on LinkedIn. It supports multiple languages by detecting ad markers using an advanced multi-layer detection approach.

✨ Features

- 🚫 Hide Sponsored Posts - Automatically removes promoted/sponsored content
- 🚫 Hide Suggested Posts - Removes "Suggested" recommendations from your feed
- 🙈 Hide Right Sidebar - Clean up distracting sidebar content
- 📊 Post Counter - Track how many posts have been hidden in real-time
- 🌍 20+ Languages - Works with English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and more
- 🌙 Dark Mode - Easy on the eyes popup interface
- 📝 Whitelist - Keep posts from specific companies or authors visible
- ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcut - Quick toggle with Alt+Shift+L
- ⚡ Performance Optimized - Uses IntersectionObserver and CSS-based hiding for minimal impact
- 🔒 Privacy First - No data collection, works entirely locally

🆕 What's New in 1.2.1

- 🔧 Fixed: Posts now hide correctly on all LinkedIn language versions
- 🔧 Fixed: Improved detection for English "Suggested" and "Promoted" posts
- ⚡ Enhanced: More robust CSS-based hiding that prevents LinkedIn style overrides
- 🔍 Improved: Extended selector coverage for LinkedIn's updated DOM structure
- 🛠️ Added: Fallback detection mechanism for better compatibility with LinkedIn updates

💡 How It Works

The extension scans your LinkedIn feed using multiple detection methods:
1. Specific CSS selectors targeting ad indicators
2. Fallback text scanning in post headers
3. Multi-language phrase matching for global support

Posts are hidden using CSS classes with !important rules, ensuring reliable hiding even when LinkedIn updates their styles.