Tip #4427 - Remove It Permanently
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Remove
It Permanently
On your favorite
Web sites, are there elements, such as pictures, images, text and
animations that you’d like to remove? I mean, they can be so
annoying and inconvenient that you just want to send them to the grave
for good. Ever feel like that? Well, I have found a great Firefox
extension called R.I.P. (a.k.a. Remove It
Permanently) that will help you do just that. It allows you
to easily and quickly remove different parts of Web sites, with just
a simple right click. I’ll be going over some of the features
of R.I.P. today, so let’s get started!
1.) First, you
will need to download the R.I.P. extension from the Firefox add ons
gallery. The link to do that is right here.
2.) Once you’ve
installed it, go ahead and surf to www.boingboing.net.
It's a blog I occasionally like to browse through, but it has a lot
of very distracting ads, so I’ll be using it as an example today.
3.) The first thing I wanted to remove was the big banner at the top.
To do so, right click on the border of the banner, but not the actual
banner itself. That is important, because otherwise, you will not
receive the correct drop down menu.
4.) After you've right clicked on the border, the above menu will
appear. Go down and hover over the option that reads Remove
It Permanently. You will notice that the banner will flash
a red border. That's just letting you know what will be removed.
5.) Click Remove
It Permanently and voila, it's gone! I hope you’re
starting to see how useful this extension can be.
6.) Now, let's
go ahead and remove the rest of the ads on the right side of the page.
Remember to get really close to the border of the element or you might
end up deleting a whole part of the Web site. Here’s what my
page looked like when I got rid of all the ads:
7.) Now, just in case you ever do accidentally delete something you
need, you can undo it by right clicking and selecting Undo
Last R.I.P.
8.) Finally, if
you go up to the Tools menu, followed by R.I.P.
Options, you will see a list of all your R.I.P.s, where you
can delete them, export them, import them or share them with your
friends.
There is a small
gallery of R.I.P.s available if you click the button that says "Click
here to find more." Who knows? You might find your favorite
Web site already cleaned up. That way, you can just import the R.I.P.
yourself, with no extra work required!
I hope you enjoy
this very useful Firefox extension!
~ Neil Patel
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