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GitHub - andrewpollack/linkedin-feed-blocker: A minimal Chrome extension that removes LinkedIn's home feed while keeping the rest of LinkedIn usable.

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A minimal Chrome extension that disables LinkedIn's home feed while keeping the rest of LinkedIn usable.

What it does

Hides the entire main feed on /feed

Blocks infinite-scroll feed pagination

Leaves profiles, jobs, search, messaging, notifications, and other LinkedIn features alone

Why?

I like LinkedIn for finding jobs and chatting with recruiters. I do not like being greeted by the wild-west social feed.

After having "experienced" the Before image below, I decided to do something about it. Hence, this extension.

Before / After

Before After

Install

Download or clone this repository somewhere permanent on your computer.

Open Chrome and go to:

Enable Developer mode in the top-right corner.

Click Load unpacked .

Select the linkedin-feed-blocker directory.

Reload LinkedIn.

The extension will remain enabled unless you disable or remove it from chrome://extensions .

Developer Notes

Updating

After changing manifest.json , rules.json , or feed.css :

Open chrome://extensions

Find LinkedIn Feed…

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