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How to get rid of the annoying Yahoo logo on Flickr

By Martin Bryant
September 28, 2009
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How to get rid of the annoying Yahoo logo on FlickrLast week Yahoo added its logo to the top of Flickr. Although Yahoo has owned the photo sharing service since March 2005, it has always looked like a completely independent entity.

The new look logo has proved to be controversial, with Flickr’s community turning nasty in protest. It may just be a small change to the site’s design but heavy users of the site aren’t happy. Thankfully, help is at hand if Yahoo’s corporate branding of the service is bugging you.

If you have Firefox and have the Greasemonkey plugin installed it’s simple to erase any sign of Yahoo from Flickr. A quick search of userscripts.org reveals a number of scripts to choose from that will get the job done. Installation is a one-click process and you’ll be browsing photos with no purple text to annoy you in no time.


  • Twinkle Toes
    Oh noooooooo, it says Yahoo! It's the end of the world! Aaaaaaaaahhhh! :D

    Yahoo has got a lot of web properties. But it may not always be known/visible to others that Yahoo owns certain sites. This way they create more Yahoo brand awareness.
    This in turn will make them more appealing to advertisers.

    The Flickr community probably revolted because Yahoo has a more 'boring' image these days. They don't want to be associated with that boring parent company.

    But between you me and the web, those Flickr users need to chill and take the blue pill. [or was it the red one :D ]
  • Well, call me clueless but I honestly don't see what the problem is. I would be curious to know what objections are being raised. Unless Yahoo has changed some kind of functionality on the site, I do not see what having their brand name on the screen should matter to anyone. If they own the site, they have the right to put their name and logo on it.
  • I'm with you Nikki
  • Anonymous
    Mediocrity. Have you ever seen a more juvenile, badly-designed, party-font logo abomination worse than that one? It mucks up the page and anybody who uses Flickr for any amount of time a day can't bear seeing its ruination of the excellent design we had come to expect from Flickr. I'd guess a huge number of Flickr uses are in the arts, design and photography, and notice these things. I'm aggravated to the point of distraction by it. Take your advertising and stuff it! t's an insult to anyone with half an ounce of design sensibility and an example of the cheap crassitude of the marketplace. Flickr never felt like part of such a place. Now it does.
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