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LightDims solved the problem of bright and blinking status LEDs in our home, they sell sticker sheets in various colors that dim or completely block the light: https://www.lightdims.com/store.htm

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Or just use some mostly-opaque tape, such as masking tape or brown cellulose tape (which is what I remember using on one obnoxious external hard drive many years ago) and add more layers to dim it.

Or use a black permanent marker.

A great many households will already have one or the other of these already.

But I presume that none of these would particularly serve the purpose of the article, allowing infrared signals to pass through. Can’t say I’ve encountered the combination of a bright LED and infrared receiver, myself.

Of course, but these are thinner and prettier because of the pre-cut shapes.

I just use the marker. It's been the best solution all around, especially since you can either dim or fully obscure the LEDs.

> Or use a black permanent marker.

I've a USB charger with a blue led so bright permanent marker only dims it, even after several layers it still lights up the room.

Seconded. I learned about these here a few years ago and have gone through two packages of them. The ability to dim for things you still want to kind of see is very nice, and as another person noted, the pre-cut shapes are more attractive. For example, I use them on the air filter level indicator where I still want to be able to see what it set to but don't want it lighting up the room much at night.

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