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I found a trick to cleanly disable the Google AI overview: add "&tbs=1" to the search URL. The old search widgets like the dictionary box and featured snippets will be brought back as well. It's just like how Google used to work before all the hype around AI happened.

ading.dev

@ading.dev

I believe this works because the `&tbs=` parameter is intended to be used for time-based search filters. If we set the filter to something that's either invalid or captures all possible search results, Google will hide the AI overview but also show the original search contents in full.

17/5/26, 2:20 pm0 reposts2 likes

ading.dev

@ading.dev

17 May

To make this easier, you can change the default search engine in your browser to the following: www.google.com/search?q=%s&... Alternatively, you can install the following userscript I wrote: greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5...

doctorwib

@doctorwib.bsky.social

24 May

Only problem with editing the search engine, at least with Chrome, is that it seems to reset after a bit. I ended up getting an extension to do the job