In this guide, we will show you various methods through which you can turn off AI Overview in Google Search results. Nowadays, when you perform a search in Google, you might have seen the results appearing as a small snippet at the top. These are AI-curated results that the crawler has picked up from numerous sources. While it does make your job easier, however, there are quite s few glaring issues with it.
First off, the information provided is usually outdated and/or inaccurate and even these data aren’t properly attributed to the original site, thereby resulting in the loss of website traffic from which this information has been picked. Moreover, most of these results are either from Quora or Reddit, which are written by generic users without any verification from the site owners, and hence the answers might not be technically correct.
To rectify all these issues, the fix is relatively simple- you just need to turn off AI Overview in Google Search. However, the Silicon Valley giant is aggressively pushing AI in its search results and hence it has given no option as such to disable this functionality. So what else can be done? Well, there exist numerous handy workarounds using which you can get rid of this feature. And in this guide, we will make you aware of just that. So without any further ado, let’s get started.
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How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google Search
Given below are numerous methods through which you can get this job done. It is recommended that you go through each of them and then try out the one that is in sync with your requirements.
Use the Web Tab
Benefit: Easiest of the three methods. Drawback: Requires you to manually go to the Web tab every time.
Do the desired Google search and head over to the Web tab. You’ll see all the organic results without any AI interventions.
Using Extensions
Benefit: Easiest to execute Drawback: Not many might be a fan of installing a third-party add-on.
You just need to download and install “Bye Bye, Google AI” or “Hide Google AI Overview” from the Chrome Web Store. Then launch it and it will hide the AI overview from the Google Search results.
Via Chrome’s Search Engine Settings
Benefit: No need to install any third-party extension. Drawback: Requires the most time and effort among all three methods.
- Launch Chrome and head over to
chrome://settings/searchEngines
- Then hit the “Add” button next to “Site search”.
- Now type in the following information:
Name: Google (Web) Shortcut: google.com URL: {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s - Then click “Add” to save this new search engine.
- Now hit the overflow icon next to this “Google (Web)”.
- Finally, select “Make default” and try doing a search.
On Smartphone Browsers
Benefit: Supported across every web browser Drawback: Ditching Chrome for Firefox might not be everyone's cup of tea
- Head over to tenbluelinks.org on the browser.
- Then open a new tab and perform any search.
- Now tap on the overflow icon and select Settings > Search engine.
- Finally, select Google Web from the list.
On Smartphone [Firefox]
- Open Firefox and head to Settings > Search.
- Then type Manage alternative search engines.
- Select Add search engine and fill in the below data:
Name: Google (Web) Search string URL: google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s
- Finally hit Save and set “Google (Web)” as your default search engine.
That’s it. These are the various methods through which you can disable the AI Overview in Google Search. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
