Helpscout Beacon Button Hiding Elements? Use this to allow users to temporarily close the beacon button overlay. Embed this gist anywhere in your document and it will add the close button giving your users the ability to hide it.

helpscout_beacon_destroy.js

window.addEventListener('load', function () {
  // We wait for the window to load otherwise to make sure the beacon script is loaded
  window.Beacon('on', 'ready', function () {
    // Set the background color and icon color, (Works best with the same colors as the beacon)
    var background_color = "rgb(97, 125, 236)";
    // Icon color usually works best as rgb(57, 73, 86) with a light background or #ffffff with a dark background
    var icon_color = "#ffffff";

    var button = document.getElementsByClassName('BeaconFabButtonFrame')[0];
    var close = document.createElement("div");
    close.innerHTML = '<svg width="14" height="14" ' +
      'style="position:relative;display:block;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);left:33px;">' +
      '<path d="M13.707.293a.999.999 0 0 0-1.414 0L7 5.586 1.707.293A.999.999 0 1 0 .293 1.707L5.586 7 .293 ' +
      '12.293a.999.999 0 1 0 1.414 1.414L7 8.414l5.293 5.293a.997.997 0 0 0 1.414 0 .999.999 0 0 0 0-1.414L8.414 ' +
      '7l5.293-5.293a.999.999 0 0 0 0-1.414" fill="' + icon_color + '" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg>';

    // This allows the destroy button to look decent in icon only mode where there isn't much room to hide the button
    var iconOnly = button.clientHeight === button.clientWidth;
    if (iconOnly) close.style.display = "none";

    // Apply Button Styles
    close.style.position = "absolute";
    close.style.width = button.clientHeight + "px";
    close.style.height = button.clientHeight + "px";
    close.style.left = (button.clientHeight - 28) + "px";
    close.style.top = "0";
    close.style.transition = "left .5s";
    close.style.background = background_color;
    close.style.border = "1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2)"
    close.style.borderTopRightRadius = "50%";
    close.style.borderBottomRightRadius = "50%";
    close.style.cursor = "pointer";
    close.style.zIndex = "-1";

    button.onmouseenter = function () {
      close.style.left = (button.clientWidth - 28) + "px";
      if (iconOnly) close.style.display = "block";
    };
    button.onmouseleave = function () {
      close.style.left = (button.clientHeight - 28) + "px";
      if (iconOnly) close.style.display = "none";
    };
    close.onclick = function () {
      window.Beacon('destroy');
    };
    button.appendChild(close);
  });
}, false);

Here is a Preview of what the beacon button looks like when hovered if you use this code. The beacon will come back if you refresh the page so it only temporarily hides the button.