uBlock for LinkedIn

ublock

# Block things on LinkedIn with uBlock Origin that LinkedIn won't let you block
# Choose "Options" in uBlock Origin with a right-click, and add these to
# "My filters"

# ADDING YOUR OWN FILTERS
#
# Using Linkedin.com as an example
#
# 1. Open up the webpage
# 2. Find some text you want to block
# 3. Open up a console (right-click, Inspect, click the Console tab)
# 4. Using the "greedy" placeholder example, find your text
#
#    $x("//*[(text()[contains(.,'YOUR TEXT HERE')])]")
#
# Click the arrow to expand the result in the console and hover over
# one of the numbered elements shown; it should highlight an element in
# the webpage
#
# The code above usually just finds the HEADER where the text is present. You typically
# want to block one of the parent elements. Which parent element?
#
# You can use the xpath parent navigator syntax to move "up" thru the parents. Just
# take what you wrote above, and keep adding a bunch of /.. values to the end. In between
# each, expand the result in your console and hover over the elements to see if you've
# moved up the tree enough to block the entire element you want

# 2023-10-07 So many recommendations from LinkedIn
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,                 "Suggested")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,        "Expert answers on ")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,       "Recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Events recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')

# 2020-02-24 Promoted posts 
linkedin.com##xpath('.//span[contains(@class, "feed-shared-actor__sub-description") and text()[contains(.,"Promoted")]]/../../../..')

# 2023-01-23 Promoted posts (thanks @Vaansh! & @kagzgenius)
linkedin.com##li:has-text(Promoted)

# Sponsored posts (old version)
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../..')

# Events recommended for you 2023-03-03
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'Events recommended for you')]]/../../../../../..)

# Recommended for you 2023-03-03 Generic recommendation block w/ companies or pages
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'Recommended for you')]]/../../../../../..)

# 2021-09-24 Add to your feed 
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Add to your feed")])]/../../../../../../..')

# Courses & News 2021-09-24
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Today’s top courses")])]/../../../..')

# Completely unrelated jobs that are always the exact opposite of your profile
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Jobs recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../..')

# 2022-12-06
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[(text()[contains(.,'Recommended for you')])]/../../../../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[(text()[contains(.,'Events recommended for you')])]/../../../../../../../../../..)

# LinkedIn News 2023-03-03
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'LinkedIn News')]]/../../..)
# I think this one stopped working, but leaving here for reference
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"LinkedIn News")])]/../../../../../..')

# Network likes 2023-03-03
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'likes this')]]/../../../../..)

# Starting a new position banner image 2023-03-03
linkedin.com##:xpath(//div[contains(@class, 'feed-shared-celebration-image')])

# Facebook junk (no longer updated, I don't use facebook)
# Sponsored post garbage
facebook.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Sponsored")])]/../../../..')
# Marketplace garbage
facebook.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Still Available on Marketplace")])]/../../../../../..')

Amazing ! thank you :)
Would love a Linkedin poll filter too :)

I made a few updates:

1. Clean up some of the syntax errors ublock was showing. I needed to change some single quotes to double quotes, then escape the whole xpath string with single quotes to make it work
2. Added some additional filters to clean up the excessive AI contribution spam that LinkedIn recently added ("Expert answers on")

I spent some time with these rules today. Some items seems to be nested at new levels - I'm not sure if that's consistent across browsers/devices, but this is when I ended up with.

Edit: I scoped the rules to the /feed page... I think the only thing that is broken now is when I view my own posts...

Content rules

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//[(text()[contains(., "Suggested")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//[(text()[contains(., "Expert answers on ")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//[(text()[contains(., "Recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//[(text()[contains(.,"Events recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')

Promoted

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../../../..')

Reactions

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'likes this')]]/../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'celebrates this')]]/../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'loves this')]]/../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'finds this insightful')]]/../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'finds this funny')]]/../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'supports this')]]/../../../../../../..)

2nd connections

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,' • 2nd')]]/../../../../..)

Remove the right side bar

linkedin.com##.scaffold-layout__aside

Remove premium elements

linkedin.com##.text-align-left.link-without-hover-state.t-bold.t-black.t-12.feed-identity-module__anchored-widget--premium-upsell.feed-identity-module__anchored-widget.link-without-visited-state.app-aware-link
linkedin.com##.premium-upsell-link--extra-long.premium-upsell-link--truncate.global-nav__spotlight-upsell.global-nav__primary-link--premium.global-nav__primary-link.link-without-visited-state

Remove the "for business" modal from the nav

linkedin.com##.pr3.global-nav__app-launcher-trigger.pl3.global-nav__primary-item--divider.global-nav__primary-link

CSS alterations

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav__branding-logo:style(margin-left: 4 !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav:style(padding-left: 0 !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav:style(padding-right: 0 !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav:style(display: flex !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav:style(justify-content: center !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)header#global-nav__content:style(width: 1000px !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout:style(display: flex !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout:style(justify-content: center !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__inner:style(margin-top: -455px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__inner:style(padding-top: 25px !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__row:style(display: block !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__row:style(margin-top: 0px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__row:style(padding-left: 350px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__row:style(padding-right: 50px !important)

linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(width: 250px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(height: 455px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(position: sticky !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(top: 52px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(padding-top: 25px !important)
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed)div.scaffold-layout__sidebar:style(margin-left: -300px !important)

From the OP, here is the list of the lines that do not break the page:

linkedin.com##:xpath('//[(text()[contains(., "Expert answers on ")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//[(text()[contains(., "Recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Events recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')

linkedin.com##xpath('.//span[contains(@Class, "feed-shared-actor__sub-description") and text()[contains(.,"Promoted")]]/../../../..')

linkedin.com##li:has-text(Promoted)

linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../..')

linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'Events recommended for you')]]/../../../../../..)

linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'Recommended for you')]]/../../../../../..)

linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Today’s top courses")])]/../../../..')

linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Jobs recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../..')

linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[(text()[contains(.,'Recommended for you')])]/../../../../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[(text()[contains(.,'Events recommended for you')])]/../../../../../../../../../..)

linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'likes this')]]/../../../../..)

linkedin.com##:xpath(//div[contains(@Class, 'feed-shared-celebration-image')])

I spent some time with these rules today. Some items seems to be nested at new levels - I'm not sure if that's consistent across browsers/devices, but this is when I ended up with.

I tested yours, it works great. I still get the "suggested posts" but I'm not sure it can be removed.

Amazing ! thank you @superresistant and @RiskTolerance
Still couldn't manage to filter out spammy polls.
I think I could use PollComponent and DynamicPollComponent :)

Going ham on ubo attempting to block Promoted posts, nothing is working. WTH?

linkedin.com##li:has-text(Promoted)
linkedin.com##li:has-text(/^Promoted$)
linkedin.com##span:has-text(Promoted):upward(6)
linkedin.com##span:has-text(/^Promoted$/):upward(8)
linkedin.com##xpath('.//span[contains(@class, "feed-shared-actor__sub-description") and text()[contains(.,"Promoted")]]/../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'Promoted')]]/../../../../../../../../../../..)
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../..')
linkedin.com##:matches-path(/feed):xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:matches-path(jobs/search):xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Promoted")])]/../../../../../..')

linkedin.com##li:has-text(Promoted)

On the job search-results pages, this works for me - uBO 1.54.0, Firefox. In fact, I'ld go mad if it didn't.

Firefox

Is what's different. This now works, but literally no results are returned which is weird b/c it implies all posts are promoted...

amazing job! thanks !

@jaydorsey Do you want to turn this into a repo so we can submit PRs? I am also considering making a general "clean UI" stylesheet/filter list/plugin that would involve a lot more modifications.

@jaydorsey Do you want to turn this into a repo so we can submit PRs? I am also considering making a general "clean UI" stylesheet/filter list/plugin that would involve a lot more modifications.

I don't have time to manage and moderate, but I think making it a repo is a good idea.

I suspect most people found this gist via a Google search (it shows as a top result for unlock LinkedIn)

If you or anyone else wants to create a repo, I'll edit my gist with a note & add a link to it.

@jaydorsey,

Thank you and all the other participants for such a helpful blocking list.
Just in case, I'm using the following subset that works at the moment I'm writing this post:

linkedin.com##li:has-text(Promoted)
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,                 "Suggested")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,        "Expert answers on ")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,       "Recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath('//*[(text()[contains(.,"Events recommended for you")])]/../../../../../../../../../..')
linkedin.com##:xpath(//span[text()[contains(.,'likes this')]]/../../../../..)

Copy and paste it to the uBlock's My Filters tab and click Apply changes

Hi I'm unable to see any jobs when I enable the filter to remove promoted filter. It does render again but I find jobs on very limited of those pages. Does it work on chrome

Hi I'm unable to see any jobs when I enable the filter to remove promoted filter. It does render again but I find jobs on very limited of those pages.

Blocking 'Promoted' listings on Linkedin is like that old joke:

Person: Hey Doc! Everytime I twisted arm like this, I get a terrible pain.
Doctor: Then don't do that.

The pain is Linkedin: they're pushing more&more listings to be paid ie 'Promoted'. It seems most listings already are. Who knows if/when they'll block free listings.

So don't block 'Promoted' ; instead filter on job Title, Company name or Location like I described here.

Thanks a lot for this suggestion. Appreciate it. Had to block this staffing agencies which had 100's of jobs on Linkedin. It does help me with that and make my search effective !