How to Turn Off Google AI Overview in Search

May. 18, 2024

Easiest Way to Turn Off Google AI Overviews

A developer named Zach Barnes (GitHub) has developed a simple Chrome extension that blocks AI-generated summaries on Google. Here is how to install and set it up in your browser.

Avram Piltch of the Tom’s Hardware has developed an extension called Bye Bye, Google AI to block AI Overviews on Google Search results. Here is how you can install it on Chrome and Edge.

Tom’s Hardware hasshareda nifty trick that makes sure you only see web results in Google Search instead of AI Overview on top. While the below instructions are for Chrome, it should work on otherWindows browsersas well. You’ll need to find the Search Engine page under the browser’s Settings page.

The Chrome browser on Android and iOS does not allow you to add a new entry for a search engine. Edge, Opera, and Brave don’t allow you to add a new search engine either. But well, Firefox does, so you will have to switch browsers to make this happen.

Google on itssupport pagesays that you can disable AI Overviews, but itwill not disableallAI Overviewsin Search. At least, it will disable some of the AI-generated results on the Search page. Here are the steps to follow.

Apart from that, if you encounter AI Overviews, click on the “More” tab andchoose “Web”. Now, you will find only Google Search results without the AI Overview. Yep, the company has added this new feature to take us back in time to the good ol’ days of the blue links.

So this is how you say bye bye to Google AI on the search page. The search giant has made it much harder to remove AI-generated answers from Google Search. I think Google should offer an easy-to-disable toggle to users who wish to remove AI-generated answers from search results. So, what do you think about Google’s decision to bring AI to search? Let us know in the comments below.

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