Google removes AI Overviews with search tricks and browser filters
Google’s AI Overviews now appear in most searches, replacing traditional results with AI-generated summaries. While there’s no official way to disable them, users can bypass them by tweaking search queries or switching to alternative search methods. One method involves adding -AI to a search query, which disrupts Google’s algorithm and removes the AI-generated overlay. Another option is to use…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Find accurate search results with Google Search
The `-AI` modifier tricks Google’s algorithm into ignoring AI Overviews.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Find accurate search results
- Bypass AI-generated summaries
- Improve organic search visibility
How to set it up · From the article
- Type your search query in Google Search
- Add `-AI` at the end of the query
- Press Enter to see traditional search results
Watch out Works only for individual searches, not as a permanent setting
Key points from the news
- Adding `-AI` to a search query removes AI Overviews by altering Google’s algorithm
- Switching to the **Web filter** in Google Search shows only traditional web links
- Brave browser’s **AI suggestions blocker** disables AI Overviews when Google is set as default
Don't Want to See Google's AI Overviews? You Can't Turn Them Off, But You Can Do This
pcmag.com · 28 October 2026
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