Can you block or remove the social media bar on a website ?
Please help,I never use the social media bar. I don't understand twitter, never use facebook, don't have g+, pinterest or instagram account. How do I make it GO AWAY! It doesn't have the small arrow to close, and it's not even transparent, just annoying.
A step by step for dummies would be greatly appreciated. My question is the same as this one but I would like to point ou a specific site causing this problem. https://www.vlchelp.com/.
Thanx!!
All Replies (2)
Such a media bar is added via JavaScript, in this case from sumome.com You would have to block this script e.g. with NoScript.
I do see a '<<' button at the bottom of the bar to collapse this bar when I hover the media bar (it leaves a top'<<'), but it isn't there all the time.
If you just want to block scripts coming from one or two domains, this extension is easier to use:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/ad.../yesscript/
If you use an anti-tracking extension such as Privacy Badger, Disconnect, or Ghostery, it might block these sharing buttons automatically. Sometimes they also block things you want, but I guess the question is how much of this do you want to outsource versus manage yourself?