UnClear

A Chromium extension that silently removes CLEAR identity verification prompts and banners from LinkedIn and other sites. Works in Edge, Chrome, Brave, and other Chromium-based browsers.

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What it does

CLEAR (clearme.com) embeds identity-verification prompts, iframes, and "Verify with CLEAR" banners on LinkedIn and affiliated sites. UnClear detects and removes these elements before they render — no clicks required.

Detected and removed:

• Iframes loading clearme.com / clearidentity.com
• LinkedIn "Verify now" and "Verify with CLEAR" links
• "Add verification badge" profile prompts
• Modals, banners, and overlays identified by CLEAR-specific selectors or text

How it works

content.js is injected at document_start (before the page renders) and:

1. Selector scan — removes any element matching 16 CSS selectors targeting known CLEAR UI patterns
2. Text scan — walks the DOM and removes elements whose own text matches any of 7 case-insensitive CLEAR phrases
3. Smart removal — climbs the DOM to find the appropriate container (dialog, modal, banner) to remove rather than just the innermost element
4. Continuous watch — a MutationObserver re-runs the scan whenever new nodes are added, handling LinkedIn's SPA navigation

Privacy

• Zero permissions — the extension requests no special browser permissions
• No network requests — content.js is entirely local; nothing is sent anywhere
• No data collection — the extension reads the DOM and removes nodes; that's it

Installation

From source (manual)

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Open Edge and navigate to edge://extensions
3. Enable Developer mode (toggle in the bottom-left corner)
4. Click Load unpacked and select the project folder
5. The extension is now active on LinkedIn and Clear-related sites

Extension zip (CI artifact)

Each CI run produces an unclear-extension.zip artifact (see the Actions tab) ready for sideloading or submission to the Edge Add-ons store.

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm

Run tests

npm install
npm test

Tests use Jest with a jsdom environment and cover selector validity, text pattern matching, DOM traversal logic, and integration scenarios for scanAndRemove.

Regenerate icons

Open generate-icons.html in a browser, then right-click each canvas to save the PNG files.

Project structure

UnClear/
├── manifest.json          Extension configuration (Manifest V3)
├── content.js             Core blocking logic
├── icon48.png             Extension icon (48×48)
├── icon128.png            Extension icon (128×128)
├── generate-icons.html    Developer utility for regenerating icons
├── tests/
│   └── content.test.js    Jest test suite
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── ci.yml         CI: test → validate manifest → pack artifact

GitHub Actions

Workflow	Trigger	What it does
Tests	push / PR	Runs the Jest test suite
Validate manifest	push / PR	Checks manifest.json is valid JSON with manifest_version: 3
Pack extension	after tests pass	Zips the extension files and uploads as a build artifact

License

MIT © 2026 Michael Sanford