Remove the Google Sidebar

Why Ruin A Good Thing?

You probably went to Google recently and was blown away by the giant sidebar. Don't you long for the days when your google looked like this, without a giant bar on the side?

Old, Better Google

Well fear not, because if you have either Greasemonkey or Stylish installed, you can override these changes. These instructions are for Firefox, but if you know how to add custom stylesheets to your browser, then they will work for you as well.


Greasemonkey Version

Stylish Script

Here's the Stylish script you can use. Just add the script like you would any other Stylish script, and now Google looks great on your computer. This will remove all of the effects on the buttons, the search bars, THE INTRO FADE WHEN THE INDEX PAGE LOADS, and most importantly, it gets rid of that crappy sidebar.

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("google.com") {
.ds {
border:0!important;
}
#wml,.w10,.w20,.wcd,.wci,.wce,#leftnav {
display:none !important;
}
#center_col {
margin-left:0!important;
}
.lsbb {
border:0!important;
height:0!important;
margin:0!important;
padding:0!important;
background:none!important;
}
.lst {
font-size:13px!important;
margin-bottom:0em!important;
padding:0!important;
border:0!important;
border-top:2px solid #797876!important;
border-left:2px solid #797876!important;
border-right:2px solid #F4F3F2!important;
border-bottom:2px solid #F4F3F2!important;
height:16px!important;
}
.std .lst {
height:22px!important;
}
.lst-td {
border:0!important;
}
.lsb {
font-size:13px!important;
height:22px!important;
margin:0em!important;
background:#dcdad5!important;
border-right:2px solid #797876!important;
border-bottom:2px solid #797876!important;
border-top:2px solid #F4F3F2!important;
border-left:2px solid #F4F3F2!important;
cursor:default!important;
}
.gac_t {
font-size:13px!important;
}
.gac_bt {
display:none!important;
}
.gac_m {
-moz-background-clip:border!important;
-moz-background-inline-policy:continuous!important;
-moz-background-origin:padding!important;
background:white none repeat scroll 0 0!important;
border:1px solid #666!important;
cursor:default!important;
font-size:13px!important;
line-height:17px!important;
position:absolute!important;
margin:0!important;
z-index:99!important;
}
#fctr,#ghead,#pmocntr,#sbl,#tba,#tbe,.fade,.gbh {
opacity: 1!important;
filter:alpha(opacity=100)!important;
}
.ds {
height:22px!important;
margin-top:10px!important;
}
#body br {
height:0!important;
margin:0!important;
padding:0!important;
}
}