How do I close / get rid of the right hand column in Yahoo! mail?
I've put a red box around what I want to remove.
It's just using up space on the screen unnecessarily.
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You can get rid of that column with a little bit of JavaScript. In Yahoo! Mail Basic, the following command will hide that column, making the content column (the middle column) extend to the right side of the screen:
document.getElementById('slot_LREC').parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.style.display = "none";
Running that command from the address bar (preceded by javascript:) or from the console will hide the column, but it won't be persistent -- the column will reappear as soon as you reload the page.
To make the change persistent, you can create a web browser extension that will automatically run that bit of code when you are on a Yahoo! Mail page. The steps for creating a browser extension vary depending on which browser you are using, but the JavaScript bit is the same.
These articles can walk you through the process of creating a browser extension:
Chrome:
- Getting Started Tutorial (Google)
- How to Create a Chrome Extension in 10 Minutes Flat (SitePoint)
Firefox:
- Your first extension (Mozilla)
- Browser Extensions (Mozilla)
If you are using AdBlock Plus, you can have it hide the column for you. See ADP's instructions for using a filter to hide specific elements to see how to do that.
