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You’ve probably noticed that Google search looks a lot different than it used to. Type in almost any query these days and you’ll get a wall of AI-generated text before an actual link. This is Google AI Overview, and while Google doesn’t offer a real off switch, there are some solid solutions that let you disable Google AI Overview on both desktop and Android.<\/p>\n
Why bother turning it off? AI overview pulls information from across the web and summarizes it for you, in whatever way seems convenient. The problem is that this is not always true. A Recent analysis by AI startup Oumi<\/a> Found that even when running on Google’s latest Gemini model, AI Overview gets things wrong about 9-10% of the time. At Google’s scale, this adds up to billions of bad answers every day. This may not matter much for casual low-risk queries, but if you’re researching something important, relying on that summary without clicking on actual sources is a risk.<\/p>\n The most reliable method on desktop is to change your default search engine to a custom URL that tells Google to always show traditional web results. The key is a URL parameter called udm=14<\/strong>Which forces Google into its “web” filter mode and removes AI observations entirely.<\/p>\n Here’s how to set it up in Chrome:<\/p>\n Every search you make from the address bar will now automatically skip the AI \u200b\u200boverview.<\/p>\n There’s also a faster one-off method if you don’t want to change settings. After running any Google search, look for the Web tab in the filter bar just below the search box. Clicking it removes the AI \u200b\u200boverview of that search. It’s not permanent, but it works instantly with no setup required.<\/p>\nHow to Disable Google AI Overview on Desktop<\/h2>\n
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