Sift

Tracking since Apr 6, 2026.

Changelog

• May 31, 2026
  description

  Sift cleans up your LinkedIn feed and helps you search for jobs without the clutter.
  Feed
  
  - One switch pauses every filter when you want to see LinkedIn as-is
  - Hides ads, suggested posts, and recommended content
  - Hides polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  - Filters by your own keywords with three match modes (whole word, substring, regex)
  - Right-click any text on LinkedIn to add it to your filter
  - Hides posts older than a cutoff you set (1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month)
  - One-click unfollow on posts and on "XXX likes this" headers
  Jobs
  - Detects and flags Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, and Unpaid listings
  - Highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  - Skip Company list with comma-separated paste
  - Filter jobs by title keywords
  - Optional auto-skip for detected No Sponsor and Unpaid companies
  - Undo button when you skip the wrong company
  - Auto-scan visible cards in one click
  - Dim or completely hide flagged cards (your choice)
  Other pages
  - Hides Analytics and suggestion widgets on profile pages
  - Hides News, daily puzzles, and right-rail ads on the feed sidebar
  - Hides promoted content and game promos on My Network
  Diagnostics
  - A live strip in the popup shows what Sift is filtering on the active tab
  - Warns you when LinkedIn changes something and a filter stops matching, so you notice instead of silently losing coverage
  Privacy
  - Runs entirely in your browser
  - No data collected, no external servers
  - All settings stored locally
  - Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift

  Sift cleans up your LinkedIn feed and helps you search for jobs without the clutter.
  
  Feed
  - One switch pauses every filter when you want to see LinkedIn as-is
  - Hides ads, suggested posts, and recommended content
  - Hides polls and celebration posts
  - Optionally hides posts from outside your network (non-1st-degree connections)
  - Filters by your own keywords with three match modes (whole word, substring, regex)
  - Right-click any text on LinkedIn to add it to your filter
  - Hides posts older than a cutoff you set (1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month)
  - One-click unfollow on posts and on "XXX likes this" headers
  
  Jobs
  - Detects and flags Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, and Unpaid listings
  - Highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  - Skip Company list with comma-separated paste
  - Filter jobs by title keywords
  - Optional auto-skip for detected No Sponsor and Unpaid companies
  - Undo button when you skip the wrong company
  - Auto-scan visible cards in one click
  - Dim or completely hide flagged cards (your choice)
  
  Other pages
  - Hides Analytics and suggestion widgets on profile pages
  - Hides News, daily puzzles, and right-rail ads on the feed sidebar
  - Hides promoted content and game promos on My Network
  
  Diagnostics
  - A live strip in the popup shows what Sift is filtering on the active tab
  - Warns you when LinkedIn changes something and a filter stops matching, so you notice instead of silently losing coverage
  
  Privacy
  - No tracking, no analytics, no ads, no account required
  - Sift never collects or transmits your data — all filtering runs locally and your settings stay in your browser
  - The only network request is loading a display font (EB Garamond) from Google Fonts
  - Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift

• May 24, 2026
  description

  Sift — Take back a LinkedIn worth your time.
  Clean up your LinkedIn feed and supercharge your job search — all in one extension.
  Feed Cleanup
  • Pause everything with one switch when you want to see LinkedIn's raw feed
  • Hide ads, suggested posts, and recommended content automatically
  • Hide polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  • Define custom keywords with three match modes (whole word / substring / regex)
  • Right-click any text → "Mute keyword" to instantly add to your filter
  • Set a post age limit — hide posts older than 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
  • One-click Unfollow on posts and interaction headers ("XXX likes this")
  Job Search Intelligence
  • Auto-detect and flag: Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, Unpaid listings
  • Good Match badge — highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  • Skip Company list — batch-add companies you want to avoid (comma-separated paste supported)
  • Skip Title Keywords — filter jobs by title patterns
  • Auto-skip Flagged Companies — automatically add detected No Sponsor / Unpaid companies to your skip list
  • Undo button on accidental "Skip Current Company" clicks
  • Auto-Scan all visible cards with one click
  • Dim or completely hide flagged job cards
  Page Cleanup
  • Profile page: hide Analytics widget, suggestion widgets, and ads
  • Feed sidebar: hide LinkedIn News, Today's puzzles, and right-rail ads
  • My Network page: hide promoted content and suggested games
  Diagnostics
  • Live "On this page" strip in the popup shows what Sift is filtering right now
  • Smart warnings — Sift flags when LinkedIn changes something and a filter stops matching, so you're never silently flying blind
  Privacy First
  • Runs 100% in your browser — no data collected, no external servers
  • All settings stored locally via Chrome storage
  • Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift
  Control Center
  • Controls tab: all toggles and filter lists in one place
  • Stats tab: daily and all-time counters for every filter action
  • Data tab: export/import settings as JSON (with validation), monitor storage usage, reset to defaults

  Sift cleans up your LinkedIn feed and helps you search for jobs without the clutter.
  Feed
  
  - One switch pauses every filter when you want to see LinkedIn as-is
  - Hides ads, suggested posts, and recommended content
  - Hides polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  - Filters by your own keywords with three match modes (whole word, substring, regex)
  - Right-click any text on LinkedIn to add it to your filter
  - Hides posts older than a cutoff you set (1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month)
  - One-click unfollow on posts and on "XXX likes this" headers
  Jobs
  - Detects and flags Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, and Unpaid listings
  - Highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  - Skip Company list with comma-separated paste
  - Filter jobs by title keywords
  - Optional auto-skip for detected No Sponsor and Unpaid companies
  - Undo button when you skip the wrong company
  - Auto-scan visible cards in one click
  - Dim or completely hide flagged cards (your choice)
  Other pages
  - Hides Analytics and suggestion widgets on profile pages
  - Hides News, daily puzzles, and right-rail ads on the feed sidebar
  - Hides promoted content and game promos on My Network
  Diagnostics
  - A live strip in the popup shows what Sift is filtering on the active tab
  - Warns you when LinkedIn changes something and a filter stops matching, so you notice instead of silently losing coverage
  Privacy
  - Runs entirely in your browser
  - No data collected, no external servers
  - All settings stored locally
  - Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift

• May 18, 2026
  description

  Sift — Take back a LinkedIn worth your time.
  
  Clean up your LinkedIn feed and supercharge your job search — all in one extension.
  
  Feed Cleanup
  • Hide ads, suggested posts, and recommended content automatically
  • Hide polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  • Define custom keywords to filter out noise
  • Right-click any text → "Mute keyword" to instantly add to your filter
  • Set a post age limit — hide posts older than 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
  • One-click Unfollow on posts and interaction headers ("XXX likes this")
  • Hide LinkedIn News sidebar and footer clutter
  
  Job Search Intelligence
  • Auto-detect and flag: Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, Unpaid listings
  • Good Match badge — highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  • Skip Company list — batch-add companies you want to avoid
  • Skip Title Keywords — filter jobs by title patterns
  • Auto-skip Flagged Companies — automatically add detected No Sponsor / Unpaid companies to your skip list
  • Auto-Scan all visible cards with one click
  • Dim or completely hide flagged job cards
  
  Page Cleanup
  • Profile page: hide sidebar ads and analytics section
  • My Network page: hide promoted content and suggested games
  
  Privacy First
  • Runs 100% in your browser — no data collected, no external servers
  • All settings stored locally via Chrome storage
  • Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift
  
  Control Center
  • Controls tab: all toggles and filter lists in one place
  • Stats tab: daily and all-time counters for every filter action
  • Data tab: export/import settings as JSON (with validation), monitor storage usage, reset to defaults

  Sift — Take back a LinkedIn worth your time.
  Clean up your LinkedIn feed and supercharge your job search — all in one extension.
  Feed Cleanup
  • Pause everything with one switch when you want to see LinkedIn's raw feed
  • Hide ads, suggested posts, and recommended content automatically
  • Hide polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  • Define custom keywords with three match modes (whole word / substring / regex)
  • Right-click any text → "Mute keyword" to instantly add to your filter
  • Set a post age limit — hide posts older than 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
  • One-click Unfollow on posts and interaction headers ("XXX likes this")
  Job Search Intelligence
  • Auto-detect and flag: Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, Unpaid listings
  • Good Match badge — highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  • Skip Company list — batch-add companies you want to avoid (comma-separated paste supported)
  • Skip Title Keywords — filter jobs by title patterns
  • Auto-skip Flagged Companies — automatically add detected No Sponsor / Unpaid companies to your skip list
  • Undo button on accidental "Skip Current Company" clicks
  • Auto-Scan all visible cards with one click
  • Dim or completely hide flagged job cards
  Page Cleanup
  • Profile page: hide Analytics widget, suggestion widgets, and ads
  • Feed sidebar: hide LinkedIn News, Today's puzzles, and right-rail ads
  • My Network page: hide promoted content and suggested games
  Diagnostics
  • Live "On this page" strip in the popup shows what Sift is filtering right now
  • Smart warnings — Sift flags when LinkedIn changes something and a filter stops matching, so you're never silently flying blind
  Privacy First
  • Runs 100% in your browser — no data collected, no external servers
  • All settings stored locally via Chrome storage
  • Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift
  Control Center
  • Controls tab: all toggles and filter lists in one place
  • Stats tab: daily and all-time counters for every filter action
  • Data tab: export/import settings as JSON (with validation), monitor storage usage, reset to defaults

• May 8, 2026
  description

  Sift — Take back a LinkedIn worth your time.
  
  Clean up your LinkedIn feed and supercharge your job search — all in one extension.
  
  Feed Cleanup
  • Hide ads, suggested posts, and recommended content automatically
  • Hide polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  • Define custom keywords to filter out noise
  • Right-click any text → "Mute keyword" to instantly add to your filter
  • Set a post age limit — hide posts older than 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
  • One-click Unfollow on posts and interaction headers ("XXX likes this")
  • Hide LinkedIn News sidebar and footer clutter
  • Shift+J to pause/resume all filters instantly
  
  Job Search Intelligence
  • Auto-detect and flag: Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, Unpaid listings
  • Skip Company list — batch-add companies you want to avoid
  • Skip Title Keywords — filter jobs by title patterns
  • Auto-Scan all visible cards with one click
  • Dim or completely hide flagged job cards
  
  Page Cleanup
  • Profile page: hide sidebar ads and analytics section
  • My Network page: hide promoted content and suggested games
  
  Privacy First
  • Runs 100% in your browser — no data collected, no external servers
  • All settings stored locally via Chrome storage
  • Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift
  
  Control Center
  • Controls tab: all toggles and filter lists in one place
  • Stats tab: daily and all-time counters for every filter action
  • Data tab: export/import settings as JSON, reset to defaults

  Sift — Take back a LinkedIn worth your time.
  
  Clean up your LinkedIn feed and supercharge your job search — all in one extension.
  
  Feed Cleanup
  • Hide ads, suggested posts, and recommended content automatically
  • Hide polls, celebration posts, and Premium upsells
  • Define custom keywords to filter out noise
  • Right-click any text → "Mute keyword" to instantly add to your filter
  • Set a post age limit — hide posts older than 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
  • One-click Unfollow on posts and interaction headers ("XXX likes this")
  • Hide LinkedIn News sidebar and footer clutter
  
  Job Search Intelligence
  • Auto-detect and flag: Reposted, Applied, No Sponsor, Unpaid listings
  • Good Match badge — highlights jobs LinkedIn Premium rates as a strong fit
  • Skip Company list — batch-add companies you want to avoid
  • Skip Title Keywords — filter jobs by title patterns
  • Auto-skip Flagged Companies — automatically add detected No Sponsor / Unpaid companies to your skip list
  • Auto-Scan all visible cards with one click
  • Dim or completely hide flagged job cards
  
  Page Cleanup
  • Profile page: hide sidebar ads and analytics section
  • My Network page: hide promoted content and suggested games
  
  Privacy First
  • Runs 100% in your browser — no data collected, no external servers
  • All settings stored locally via Chrome storage
  • Open source (MIT): https://github.com/liuyixiaohu/sift
  
  Control Center
  • Controls tab: all toggles and filter lists in one place
  • Stats tab: daily and all-time counters for every filter action
  • Data tab: export/import settings as JSON (with validation), monitor storage usage, reset to defaults

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