How to hide Intercom messenger
Works on every website · takes about 10 seconds · free
Intercom's round launcher is the most recognizable chat bubble on the web. It preloads on every page of a site, badge-pings you with "unread" dots, and slides open a teaser card when a campaign targets you.
Why it gets in the way
It covers the bottom-right of every page — the exact spot where docs sites put their 'next page' links and where scrollbars end. The teaser messages re-appear on every visit until you interact.
The 10-second fix
HideIt is a free browser extension that hides any element you point at — including widgets inside iframes that normally swallow your clicks and open instead of hiding.
- 1. Install HideIt — free for Chrome, Firefox and Safari (register below to get the link at launch).
- 2. Turn it on — click the HideIt icon on the page that's bugging you. Until you do, HideIt can't see the page at all.
- 3. Click the widget — hover Intercom until the red outline wraps it, click, choose Every visit. Gone — and it stays gone, even if the site re-injects it.
The manual way (if you like pain)
You can open DevTools, find the element (.intercom-lightweight-app), and write a custom CSS rule in an ad-blocker. It works until the site changes its markup — HideIt's self-healing selectors handle that for you, and re-hide the element if the site sneaks it back.
Does hiding it break the site?
No — HideIt only hides what you clicked, nothing else. If you ever want it back, open the HideIt popup and un-hide it in one click, per site, per element.
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