GetOut – click-to-hide anything on the web

GetOut is a browser extension that helps you get rid of any elements on any page with just a single click and hide it forever.

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1-second preview

1. Install the extension
2. Browse to any site
3. Click the GetOut icon → “Enter selection mode”
4. Click the element you hate → it vanishes
5. It stays gone every time you come back (synced across devices)

Quick install (Chrome / Edge / Brave / Opera)

Step	What to do
1	Download the latest GetOut.zip from Releases and unzip it anywhere you prefer
2	Open your prefered browser and navigate to the extensions page, for Google chrome it would be at this location chrome://extensions or just type <yourbrowser-name>://extensions in the address bar
3	Look anywhere on the page and find where it says “Developer mode” and toggle it
4	Click “Load unpacked”, navigate to where you unzipped the file and choose GetOut folder
5	Pin the 🎯 icon for one-click access

That’s it—no sign-up, no permissions prompt, no restart.

First-run in 15 seconds

1. Visit any page (e.g. YouTube sidebar)
2. Click the 🎯 GetOut icon
3. Click Enter selection mode – cursor becomes a cross-hair
4. Hover → orange outline appears → click the annoyance → gone
5. Press Esc (or click the icon again) to exit selection mode

The element will stay hidden every time you reload the page or come back later.

Need to bring things back?

Click Clear hidden elements in the popup – the page refreshes and everything is restored.

Where are my hides stored?

Locally in your browser’s synced storage (chrome.storage.sync) under the key
hiddenEls::<hostname>.
Nothing leaves your device; no external servers; no analytics.

Developer setup (build from source)

Step	Command
Clone	git clone https://github.com/cosmic-fi/GetOut.git
(optional) Lint	npm i && npm run lint
Load	chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked → pick the folder

Pull requests welcome—keep it tiny & fast.

Troubleshooting cheat-sheet

Symptom	Fix
Icon greyed out on chrome:// pages	Normal – extension can’t run on browser-internal URLs
Element re-appears after login	Site changed its HTML; hide it again (new selector)
Sync lost after reinstall	Log back into Chrome – data lives in your Google account

More Q&A in the Wiki.

License

MIT © Cosmic-fi – see LICENSE file.
Spread the word, don’t re-upload to Chrome Web Store without permission.