Remove suggested/sponsored blocks from Facebook
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Facebook remove suggested sponsored ads blocks
// @version 1.20.7
// @description Remove suggested/sponsored blocks from Facebook
// @author Sly_North
// @match https://www.facebook.com/*
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/login/*
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/groups/*
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/privacy/*
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/*/about
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/settings/*
// @exclude https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/*
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/759669-sly-north
// @license MIT
// @grant none
// @icon https://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
console.log('Start RemoveAllSponsored Facebook');
const maxPostHeight = 1000;
function getWholePost(e, maxParentHeightDiff = 150) {
let parent = e.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement;
let h = parent.getBoundingClientRect().height;
if (h > maxPostHeight) return null;
while (h < 90) {
parent = parent.parentElement;
h = parent.getBoundingClientRect().height;
}
let h2 = 0;
while (true) {
if (!parent.parentElement) { console.warn('Err: element has no parent H=', parent.getBoundingClientRect().height); break; }
h2 = parent.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect().height;
if (h2 > maxPostHeight || h2 - h > maxParentHeightDiff) break;
parent = parent.parentElement;
h = h2;
}
return parent;
}
function removeElement(type, e, parent) {
const height = parent.getBoundingClientRect().height;
if (height > maxPostHeight) {
console.log('- Fb ads - could not find parent for ', type, ' tag= ', parent.tagName, ' H=', height, ' ', e.innerText);
return;
}
console.log('- Fb ads ', type, ' tag= ', parent.tagName, ' H=', height, ' ',
parent.innerText.replaceAll("\n"," ").replaceAll(/Facebook *Facebook */g, ""), ' from ', e.innerText);
e.style.display = "none";
parent.style.display = "none";
}
function RemoveAllSponsored()
{
setTimeout(RemoveAllSponsored, 750);
// Remove top right corner ads
for (let e of Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('h3')).filter(e => e.innerText === 'Sponsored')) {
e.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.innerHTML = "";
console.log('- Removing Fb top right ads');
}
// Remove the "suggestion" posts
if (document.URL.match(/facebook.com\/*(\?.*)*/)) {
let maybeAds = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('a')).filter(e => {
const br = e.getBoundingClientRect();
return !e.style.display && br.left > window.innerWidth/2 && br.width > 100 && br.width < 200 && br.top > 100;
});
for (let e of maybeAds) {
const parent = getWholePost(e);
if (!parent) { console.log(' - Fb ads sponsored element: parent element not found!'); continue; }
if (parent.innerText.match(/Create new account/) || parent.innerText.match(/shared a memory/)) continue;
removeElement('sponsored post', e, parent);
}
// "Learn more" suggestions
maybeAds = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('span')).filter(e => e.textContent === 'Learn more');
for (let e of maybeAds) {
const parent = getWholePost(e);
if (!parent) { console.log(' - Fb ads sponsored element: parent element not found!'); continue; }
removeElement('learn more', e, parent);
}
}
// Unwanted elements
var elts = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('span'));
elts = elts.filter((e) => {var br = e.getBoundingClientRect(); return !e.style.display && br.bottom >= 0 && br.top <= window.innerHeight + 1000 && !e.style.display});
elts = elts.filter((e) => {
const t = e.innerText;
const br = e.getBoundingClientRect();
if (br.height === 0) return false;
return t === 'Suggested for you' || t === 'Remember Password' || t === 'Reels and short videos' || t === 'Suggested for you' || t === 'People You May Know' ||
t.match(/groups you might like/) || t.match(/groups suggested just for you/) || t === 'Follow' || t === 'Join';
});
for (let e of elts) {
const parent = getWholePost(e);
if (!parent) { console.log(' - Fb ads/block remover: parent element not found!'); continue; }
const br = e.getBoundingClientRect();
const parentBr = parent.getBoundingClientRect();
if (br.height === 0 || parentBr.height > 1000 || br.top-parentBr.top > 500) { // Ignore post citing post
// console.log(' - Fb ads/block: NOT removing tag=', e.tagName, ' H=', e.getBoundingClientRect().height, ' parent tag= ', parent.tagName, 'H=', parent.getBoundingClientRect().height, ' ', parent.innerText.replaceAll("\n", " ").substring(0, 200));
continue;
}
removeElement('ads/block', e, parent);
}
}
setTimeout(RemoveAllSponsored, 1000);