Can you permanently turn off Google AI Overviews?

Google has no official permanent setting to disable AI Overviews everywhere. The reliable method is to load Google's Web results view (udm=14), which has no AI Overview. VanishAI does this automatically on every search.

Does the udm=14 trick still work?

Yes. udm=14 is Google's own parameter for Web-only results, so it is stable and does not break when Google changes its page layout, unlike CSS-hiding extensions.

Is VanishAI free and private?

Yes. VanishAI is free, runs entirely in your browser, collects no data, and never reads your page content. It only adjusts the Google search URL locally.

How to Turn Off Google AI Overviews

Google now pushes an AI Overview to the top of most searches, burying the real links under a slow, space-hogging summary box. There is no simple official switch to turn it off, but there is a fast, reliable way to skip it on every search. Here it is.

4 min read Updated June 2026 Free to use

Why there is no simple off switch

Google does not offer a setting that permanently disables AI Overviews for everyone. Some people try browser settings, Search Labs toggles, or region tricks, but those are inconsistent and change often. The dependable approach is to tell Google to show you Web results only, a view that simply has no AI Overview.

The reliable method: Web results (udm=14)

Google has a built-in "Web" filter that returns classic ten-blue-links results with no AI Overview, no featured snippets clutter, just pages. Its URL parameter is udm=14. Add it to any Google search and the AI Overview is gone.

Why this beats "AI blocker" extensions: most of those hide the AI box with CSS that breaks every time Google changes its layout. udm=14 is Google's own parameter, so it keeps working through redesigns and never needs to read your page.

Do it automatically in 3 steps

Typing &udm=14 by hand on every search is tedious. A tiny free extension does it for you:

Install VanishAI Add the free VanishAI extension to Chrome or Firefox. No account, no setup.
Search Google normally VanishAI adds the Web results filter to every search automatically, before the page loads, so the AI Overview never appears.
Toggle anytime Want the AI Overview back for a search? Open the popup and flip it off. Images, Videos, and Maps searches are never touched.

Manual options (if you prefer no extension)

Bookmark a Web-results search: append &udm=14 to a Google search URL and bookmark it.
Add a custom search engine: in your browser settings, add a search engine with the URL https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 and make it default. Every address-bar search then skips the AI Overview.

These work, but you have to set them up per device and they do not cover links you click from other sites. An extension handles every case automatically.

Frequently asked questions

Can you permanently turn off AI Overviews?

There is no official global setting. Loading Google's Web results view (udm=14) is the reliable way to skip them on every search, which is what VanishAI automates.

Will this break Google search?

No. udm=14 is Google's own Web filter. Results load normally, in fact faster, since the generative summary is skipped.

Is it free and private?

VanishAI is free, runs entirely in your browser, collects no data, and never reads page content.

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