# Kill Sticky bookmarklet

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/kill-sticky/

5 people recommended Kill Sticky bookmarklet in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Removes sticky headers and overlays on most sites, catching some uBlock Origin misses. Caveat: sometimes it removes the wrong thing.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Removes sticky headers and overlays (3 comments in the sample): "The Kill Sticky bookmarklet can also help snag ones that uBlock Origin misses." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049625)) "Take back your web browser screen space with Kill Sticky" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300242)) "Kill Sticky gets rid of it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127387))
- Useful in many situations (2 comments in the sample): "Works on the vast majority of sites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032110)) "useful in many other situations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457603))

## What people warn about

- Sometimes removes the wrong element (1 comment in the sample): "though sometimes it's wrong" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922349))

## Other browser extensions people recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock/): 125 recommend, 5 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers/): 54 recommend, 18 mixed, 11 criticize
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript/): 50 recommend, 9 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook/): 44 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kill Sticky bookmarklet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kill-sticky/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.