If you have used Google to search within the past year, you’ve likely noticed that the first thing that appears is an AI overview.
It takes up a lot of screen space, and its summaries are not always correct.
There are a few ways you can hide the AI summary. In this post, we’ll go over two methods you can try.
The first is to add -ai after your search term. If you were searching for “what is the first sign of spring” type in “what is the first sign of spring -ai” (without the quotation marks).
The second method is a little bit more complex, but you only have to do it once as an initial setup. This method is only available when using the Google Chrome browser on a desktop or laptop computer.
Open Chrome and click the three lines in the top right corner. Next, click on Settings. From there, click on Search Engine in the left menu. For the next step, click manage search engine and site search. Scroll down to Site Search and then click Add. In the Name and Shortcut fields, choose whichever custom name you’d like. In the URL field, type in: https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s and then click save. To make it your default search engine, click on the three dots next to the new entry and click on make default.
To search using this new search setting, click into the address bar. Next, type in your search term and then hit the enter key.
Currently, the ability to add a custom search URL is only available in the desktop version of the Chrome browser.
Do you have another method to hide the AI summary? Have you experienced incorrect AI summaries? Let us know in the comments!