How to turn off AI Overviews in Google search
There is no off switch, but there is a reliable workaround, and you can make it permanent in about a minute.
If you want to turn off AI Overviews in Google, the short answer is that Google doesn't offer a switch. The useful answer is that Google's own Web filter removes them, and you can make your browser use that filter for every search. Here is how, plus what it does and doesn't change.
1. Use the Web filter for one search
Search as normal, then look at the row of filters under the search box (All, Images, News and so on). Choose Web; on some layouts it sits under More. The page reloads as a plain list of links: no AI Overview, and fewer boxes and panels in general.
Behind the scenes, the Web filter adds udm=14 to the search address. You can add it yourself:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ceramic+classes&udm=142. Make it the default in Chrome or Edge
Add a custom search engine that always includes udm=14, then make it your default.
Chrome:
- Open Settings, then Search engine, then Manage search engines and site search.
- Next to Site search, choose Add.
- Name it "Google Web", give it a shortcut such as
gw, and use this URL:https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 - Save it, open its menu (three dots) and choose Make default.
Edge: open Settings, then Privacy, search, and services, then Address bar and search, then Manage search engines, and add the same URL. Then select it as the search engine used in the address bar.
Other browsers that allow custom search engines work the same way: the key is the %s placeholder followed by &udm=14.
3. Or use a search engine that asks first
- DuckDuckGo lets you change how often AI-assisted answers appear, including turning them off, in its search settings.
- Kagi, a paid engine, shows its Quick Answer automatically only when a query ends with a question mark, and the automatic trigger can be switched off.
Settings and features change often, so check the current options in each engine's settings page. The steps for DuckDuckGo, Brave, Kagi and Bing are in how to turn off AI answers in search engines.
What this does and doesn't change
The Web filter removes Google's own AI features from the results page. It doesn't change which websites appear in the list. Many of those links now lead to sites generated by AI app builders or to mass-produced pages, and udm=14 treats them like any other result.
That second problem needs a different tool:
- Search operators like
-site:lovable.appremove specific builder domains. See how to hide AI-generated sites from search results. - Kitsuvo, our no-AI web browser, filters likely AI-built results out of Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo searches and holds vibe-coded links behind a short notice. Combined with
udm=14, you get plain links with fewer AI-made pages among them.
For the difference between "no AI features" and "no AI sites", see what is a no-AI web browser?
Questions people ask
Can you permanently turn off AI Overviews in Google?
Not with a Google setting. You can get the same effect by making a custom search engine with udm=14 your browser's default, which loads Google's Web results without AI Overviews every time.
What does udm=14 do?
It is the parameter behind Google's Web filter. Adding &udm=14 to a Google search address shows a plain list of web links without AI Overviews and most other panels.
Does udm=14 remove AI-generated websites?
No. It only removes Google's own AI features from the results page. Websites made with AI still appear in the list. To filter those, use search operators, blocklists or a browser like Kitsuvo.