diff --git a/src/archiver.mjs b/src/archiver.mjs
index f440e47..7c25f04 100644
--- a/src/archiver.mjs
+++ b/src/archiver.mjs
@@ -22,6 +22,68 @@ const VIEWPORT = {
   height: 768
 };
 
+const COMMON_ANNOYANCE_SELECTORS = [
+  "[id^=\"sp_message_container_\"]",
+  "iframe[id^=\"sp_message_iframe_\"]",
+  "iframe[title*=\"consent\" i]",
+  "iframe[title*=\"privacy manager\" i]",
+  "#onetrust-consent-sdk",
+  "#onetrust-banner-sdk",
+  "#didomi-host",
+  "#qc-cmp2-container",
+  ".qc-cmp2-container",
+  "#CybotCookiebotDialog",
+  ".iubenda-cs-container",
+  "#cmpwrapper",
+  "[id^=\"cmpbox\"]",
+  ".fc-consent-root",
+  ".fc-dialog-container",
+  "[aria-modal=\"true\"][id*=\"consent\" i]",
+  "[aria-modal=\"true\"][id*=\"cookie\" i]",
+  "[role=\"dialog\"][aria-label*=\"cookie\" i]",
+  "[role=\"dialog\"][aria-label*=\"consent\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"cookie-banner\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"cookie-banner\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"cookie-consent\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"cookie-consent\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"cookie-notice\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"cookie-notice\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"cookie-popup\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"cookie-popup\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"adblock\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"adblock\" i]",
+  "[id*=\"ad-block\" i]",
+  "[class*=\"ad-block\" i]"
+];
+
+const COMMON_ANNOYANCE_ROOT_CLASSES = [
+  "sp-message-open",
+  "didomi-popup-open",
+  "qc-cmp-ui-showing",
+  "ot-sdk-show-settings",
+  "iubenda-cs-visible"
+];
+
+const COMMON_ANNOYANCE_CSS = `
+${COMMON_ANNOYANCE_SELECTORS.join(",\n")} {
+  display: none !important;
+  visibility: hidden !important;
+  pointer-events: none !important;
+}
+
+html.sp-message-open,
+body.sp-message-open,
+html.didomi-popup-open,
+body.didomi-popup-open,
+html.qc-cmp-ui-showing,
+body.qc-cmp-ui-showing,
+html.iubenda-cs-visible,
+body.iubenda-cs-visible {
+  overflow: auto !important;
+  position: static !important;
+}
+`;
+
 export { DEFAULT_USER_AGENT, defaultArchivePath };
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1176,9 +1238,10 @@ async function setupRequestBlocking(page, sourceHostname) {
 }
 
 async function injectCosmeticFilters(page, hostname) {
-  if (!privacyFiltersAvailable || filterRules.cosmeticRules.length === 0) return;
-
-  const lines = getCosmeticCssForHostname(filterRules, hostname);
+  const lines = [COMMON_ANNOYANCE_CSS];
+  if (privacyFiltersAvailable && filterRules.cosmeticRules.length > 0) {
+    lines.push(...getCosmeticCssForHostname(filterRules, hostname));
+  }
   if (lines.length > 0) {
     try {
       await page.addStyleTag({ content: lines.join("\n") });
@@ -1188,6 +1251,42 @@ async function injectCosmeticFilters(page, hostname) {
   }
 }
 
+async function removeCommonAnnoyances(page) {
+  try {
+    await page.evaluate(({ selectors, rootClasses }) => {
+      for (const selector of selectors) {
+        try {
+          document.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach((element) => element.remove());
+        } catch {
+          // Ignore selectors unsupported by the current browser.
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const root of [document.documentElement, document.body].filter(Boolean)) {
+        root.classList.remove(...rootClasses);
+        root.removeAttribute("data-previous-scroll-y");
+
+        const overflow = root.style.overflow || "";
+        const position = root.style.position || "";
+        if (/hidden|clip/i.test(overflow)) {
+          root.style.removeProperty("overflow");
+        }
+        if (/fixed/i.test(position)) {
+          root.style.removeProperty("position");
+          root.style.removeProperty("top");
+          root.style.removeProperty("left");
+          root.style.removeProperty("right");
+        }
+      }
+    }, {
+      selectors: COMMON_ANNOYANCE_SELECTORS,
+      rootClasses: COMMON_ANNOYANCE_ROOT_CLASSES
+    });
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore cleanup failures; the archive is still useful.
+  }
+}
+
 const GM_MOCK = `
 if (typeof GM === "undefined") {
   window.GM = {
@@ -1320,6 +1419,7 @@ export async function renderPage(sourceUrl, options = {}) {
     await page.waitForTimeout(userscriptDelay);
 
     await waitForNetworkIdle(page);
+    await removeCommonAnnoyances(page);
     await snapshotLoadedResourceUrls(page);
     await snapshotRuntimeStyles(page);
 
diff --git a/test/archiver.test.mjs b/test/archiver.test.mjs
index 90ddd74..7c3d059 100644
--- a/test/archiver.test.mjs
+++ b/test/archiver.test.mjs
@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@ test("applies cosmetic filters with domain exceptions and skips unsupported proc
   assert.match(getCosmeticCssForHostname(rules, "foo.com").join("\n"), /\.adguard/);
 });
 
+test("renderPage removes common cookie consent overlays before snapshot", async () => {
+  const html = `<!doctype html>
+    <html class="js sp-message-open" style="overflow: hidden;">
+      <body class="didomi-popup-open" style="overflow: hidden;">
+        <main>Article text</main>
+        <div id="sp_message_container_123" role="dialog" aria-modal="true">
+          <iframe id="sp_message_iframe_123" title="SP Consent Message" srcdoc="<p>Cookies on FT Sites</p>"></iframe>
+        </div>
+      </body>
+    </html>`;
+
+  const rendered = await renderPage(`data:text/html,${encodeURIComponent(html)}`, {
+    userscriptDelay: 0
+  });
+
+  assert.match(rendered, /Article text/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(rendered, /sp_message_container_123/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(rendered, /sp_message_iframe_123/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(rendered, /<html[^>]*class="[^"]*sp-message-open/i);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(rendered, /<body[^>]*class="[^"]*didomi-popup-open/i);
+});
+
 test("renderPage serializes CSSOM-inserted style rules", async () => {
   const html = `<!doctype html>
     <html>