Launching Minimal X 2.0
I use X.com fairly often, but the interface keeps getting noisier – promoted posts, engagement counts, Grok buttons, the trends sidebar, chat drawers, and whatnot. I had already built Minimal X a while ago to hide some of that clutter, but v1 was pretty basic. It just ran always-on with no settings.
So I rebuilt it as v2.0. Now there's a popup with toggles for every cleanup option, sensible defaults, and you can turn individual things on or off. By default it hides promoted posts, share buttons, Grok actions, Grok/Chat drawers, the right rail, and uses a compact icon-only left sidebar. You can also optionally hide engagement counts, the home composer, the new-post pill, and extra nav items like Grok, Premium, Creator Studio, and Articles.
Some of the things v2 can do:
- Hide promoted timeline posts and Explore promotions
- Hide share buttons and Grok action buttons on posts
- Hide the right rail, including trends, verified orgs, and footer clutter
- Use a compact icon-only sidebar (notification badges still work)
- Optionally hide reply, repost, like, bookmark, and view counts
It's lightweight, runs only on x.com, and doesn't collect any data. Settings are saved with Chrome sync.
I've been using it daily for the last few days and the calmer timeline is honestly hard to go back from. If you try it, let me know what you think.
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