# How to get rid of social media links on web page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456 "2015-01-31T19:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/1 "2015-01-31T19:43:36Z")
More and more recently I’ve been seeing social media links in a vertical bar on the left hand side of the page – like [this](http://www.jobs8home.com/signup-mturk-guide-registration-amazon-mechanical-turk.htm). These things block the text of the page so that I have to keep the text I want to read below the links – otherwise the text is obscured by the links. How do I stop this from happening? Thanks, J. p.s. Windows 7, Chrome 39.0.2171.95 ---
**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/2 "2015-01-31T19:53:49Z")
I would use AdBlock - I tested it on the page you linked to and it seems to work pretty well. Or use a higher resolution - on my monitor, the social media icons are far to the left of any content when viewed at full screen. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/3 "2015-01-31T21:21:05Z")
> [@yearofglad](#): > > I would use AdBlock - I tested it on the page you linked to and it seems to work pretty well. Or use a higher resolution - on my monitor, the social media icons are far to the left of any content when viewed at full screen. I’ve got Adblock + installed. It doesn’t seem to remove it. J. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/4 "2015-01-31T21:57:07Z")
If you left-click on the Adblock Plus icon, there’s a “Block element” option. Choose that and then hover over the CONTAINER for those social icons – not the icons themselves (because that’d only block one icon) – but the rectangular container that envelopes all of them. It should highlight a little rectangle that includes all the icons. Then click. If you do it right, you’ll create a new AdBlock Plus rule: ```auto www.jobs8home.com##.a2a_kit.a2a_kit_size_32.a2a_floating_style.a2a_vertical_style.a2a_target ``` And then you won’t see that particular social bar again. Repeat on any other website/annoying object that you find. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/5 "2015-01-31T22:40:33Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > If you left-click on the Adblock Plus icon, there’s a “Block element” option. Choose that and then hover over the CONTAINER for those social icons – not the icons themselves (because that’d only block one icon) – but the rectangular container that envelopes all of them. It should highlight a little rectangle that includes all the icons. Then click. If you do it right, you’ll create a new AdBlock Plus rule: > > ```auto > > www.jobs8home.com##.a2a_kit.a2a_kit_size_32.a2a_floating_style.a2a_vertical_style.a2a_target > > ``` > > And then you won’t see that particular social bar again. Repeat on any other website/annoying object that you find. Perfect! That does it. Thanks, J. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/6 "2015-02-01T01:20:42Z")
> [@jharvey963](#): > > Perfect! That does it. > > Thanks, > J. Great! That element-blocking thing is super-useful. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/7 "2015-02-01T08:55:05Z")
There is an AdBlock Plus list specifically designed to remove social media links and widgets. Go to [https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/](https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/) and scroll down to “Fanboy’s Social Blocking List.” ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/8 "2015-02-02T16:32:36Z")
I just installed adblock on Ms Fluffy’s office computer and there was an option to block social media links. I do not see anything on the current version on my own computer. ---
**Author:** ![M1Hound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@M1Hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M1Hound)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/9 "2017-09-12T23:12:17Z")
I could not increase my resolution however my display was set to 150% which I then reduced to the normal 125% and that “floating” sidebar social media nuisance became much smaller and totally out of my field of vision to the extreme left side of the screen. That’s good enough for me, just want to keep it off the content of the page. At times I do share things I find and do so via social media as well as email. So, it was the suggestions from the folks here that directed me toward the solution that ultimately resolved this issue to my satisfaction. Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![skidawayme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@skidawayme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skidawayme)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/10 "2017-09-22T18:34:59Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > There is an AdBlock Plus list specifically designed to remove social media links and widgets. Go to [https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/](https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/) and scroll down to “Fanboy’s Social Blocking List.” This got rid of everything!!! Thanks so much!! Jane ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/11 "2017-09-22T21:04:02Z")
In the two years since this was first asked, uBlock Origin has overtaken Adblock Plus as the better ad blocker: > **[uBlock Origin](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en)** > > Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory. It can also use any of AdBlock Plus’s lists, including the social ones ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/12 "2017-09-23T02:10:13Z")
When all else fails, use your browser’s equivalent of Inspect/ Developer Tools (Google Chrome), use the selection highlighting tool to find the code for the offending item, and delete element. ---
**Author:** ![wmclaxton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@wmclaxton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmclaxton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/13 "2018-05-04T11:09:31Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > There is an AdBlock Plus list specifically designed to remove social media links and widgets. Go to [https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/](https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en/) and scroll down to “Fanboy’s Social Blocking List.” erysichthon - this is really useful. Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/15 "2018-07-09T18:23:14Z")
Spam (amitse) reported. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-social-media-links-on-web-page/711456/16 "2018-07-09T18:57:36Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > In the two years since this was first asked, uBlock Origin has overtaken Adblock Plus as the better ad blocker… Yes, Adblocker has now made deals with advertising companies to allow ‘acceptable’ ads through without blocking. The cynical view of many is that ‘acceptable’ ads are any that are willing to pay fees to Adblocker. This seems to happen to a lot of ad blocking software. When it gets popular enough that it is used by lots of people, the ad companies offer enough money to buy them off, and then their once-effective adblocker _‘goes over to the dark side’_.