# Is it possible to update the appearance settings in my Obsidian so that I don't see the linked me... ## Retrieval Notes - Session id: `019d01e3-832e-7ab2-9d0b-04f2306bdb5c` - Source: `Codex raw session` - Last activity: `2026-03-18T17:47:32.995Z` - Model: `gpt-5.4` - CWD: `/Users/nickyoung` ## My Notes <!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. --> ## Conversation ### User Is it possible to update the appearance settings in my Obsidian so that I don't see the linked mentions at the bottom of my notes? I never use these. Is there a setting I can turn off or do I need to do something fancier with CSS to get this off? ### Assistant I’m checking your recent vault context first and then I’ll verify whether current Obsidian exposes a built-in setting for hiding linked mentions or whether this needs CSS. ### Assistant I’ve got the CLI workflow loaded. Next I’m reading today’s and yesterday’s daily notes from Obsidian, then I’ll inspect what appearance/plugin controls exist for backlinks in your current app. ### Assistant Obsidian’s CLI isn’t connected right now, so I’m falling back to two things: a quick check of your local config files and a verification against current Obsidian docs/community guidance so I don’t tell you the wrong setting. ### Assistant The current docs still show a built-in toggle for this, and I’m checking your vault config now to see whether it looks enabled locally or if CSS would only be needed for a more selective hide. ### Assistant I didn’t hit a vault config at your home root, so I’m locating the active vault directory and checking its `.obsidian` settings directly. ### Assistant Yes, you can turn this off without CSS. What you’re seeing is Obsidian’s “backlinks in document” view, not an appearance-theme setting. In current Obsidian, the built-in way is: 1. Settings -> Core plugins -> Backlinks 2. Turn off `Backlink in document` Official doc: [Backlinks - Obsidian Help](https://help.obsidian.md/plugins/backlinks) If you only want to hide it for the note you’re looking at right now, use the command palette and run `Backlinks: Toggle backlinks in document`, or use the note’s `...` menu and toggle it there. I also checked your vault config: the Backlinks core plugin is enabled in [core-plugins.json](/Users/nickyoung/My%20Obsidian%20Vault/.obsidian/core-plugins.json), and your workspace currently has notes opening with `"backlinks": true` in [workspace.json](/Users/nickyoung/My%20Obsidian%20Vault/.obsidian/workspace.json). So this looks like a normal built-in setting, not something that needs fancy CSS. CSS would only be for more specific behavior, like hiding only empty backlink blocks while keeping others visible. *Se disattivi “Backlink in document”, le menzioni collegate non compariranno piu in fondo alle note.* ### User done good. different question. earlier today we set up a little program on this computer to automatically hide the superwhisper window after it is unhidden. Can you find that and change it so that the delay before the window is hidden again is 2 minutes. right now it is about 5 secondfs. ### Assistant I’m going to locate the Superwhisper auto-hide setup, check the current timer, and then update it to 120 seconds with a quick verification so we know the right thing changed. ### Assistant I’ve loaded the path-handling rules. Next I’m searching your local launch/script files for the Superwhisper hider and I’ll inspect the system-design note before making any config change. ### Assistant I found the pieces: a launch agent and two small scripts. I’m reading those now to see whether the 5 seconds comes from the agent poll interval or from a pause file, then I’ll patch the right spot. ### Assistant I found the current cause: the launch agent runs every 5 seconds. I’m updating that timer to 120 seconds and then I’ll reload the agent so the change takes effect immediately. ### Assistant The file is updated; I’ve unloaded the old agent and I’m loading it again with the new 120-second interval, then I’ll confirm it’s active. ### Assistant The direct `bootstrap` call didn’t re-register cleanly in this session, so I’m trying the simpler per-user load command next. If that still resists, I’ll leave the file fixed and tell you the one manual fallback. ### Assistant I found it and changed it. The 5-second behavior was coming from your launch agent at [com.nickyoung.hide-superwhisper.plist](/Users/nickyoung/Library/LaunchAgents/com.nickyoung.hide-superwhisper.plist), where `StartInterval` was set to `5`. I updated that to `120` and reloaded the agent, so it should now wait about 2 minutes before hiding Superwhisper again. I also verified the live launch agent is now running with `run interval = 120 seconds`. The helper script itself is still [hide-superwhisper.sh](/Users/nickyoung/Library/Scripts/hide-superwhisper.sh), unchanged. *Ora Superwhisper dovrebbe sparire di nuovo solo dopo circa due minuti.*