Kill Sticky bookmarklet
Shares rank 55 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Removes sticky headers and overlays on most sites, catching some uBlock Origin misses. Caveat: sometimes it removes the wrong thing.
Removes sticky headers and overlays on most sites, catching some uBlock Origin misses. Caveat: sometimes it removes the wrong thing.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Removes sticky headers and overlays
“The Kill Sticky bookmarklet can also help snag ones that uBlock Origin misses.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive” “Take back your web browser screen space with Kill Sticky”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Every Fucking Website” “Kill Sticky gets rid of it.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Boingboing has discovered a new form of advertising hell” Useful in many situations
“Works on the vast majority of sites.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped” “useful in many other situations”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Tim Cook's Final WWDC Showed Why Apple Still Always Wins in the End”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Sometimes removes the wrong element
“though sometimes it's wrong”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) – Browser extension to deshittify the web”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Kill Sticky bookmarkletThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Take back your web browser screen space with Kill Sticky”
“useful in many other situations”
“Kill Sticky gets rid of it.”
“The Kill Sticky bookmarklet can also help snag ones that uBlock Origin misses.”
“Works on the vast majority of sites.”
“This only really works easily on desktop and requires a click, but is very satisfying to use”
“though sometimes it's wrong”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.