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How to Hide Google AI Overviews in Chrome

Install AIBlock, enable protection, and hide supported AI Overviews while keeping ordinary search results. Follow the steps below, then explore the optional guardrails.

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Chrome Web Store: 1.1.2. 1.1.2 release notes: Search restoration, Gemini cleanup, and Onboarding reliability; no new permissions. Earlier 1.1.1 fixes.

Quick start

How to hide Google AI Overviews in Chrome.

Installing the extension is only the first step: protection starts off until you choose to enable it.

1. Install and enable

Choose Add to Chrome on this page and confirm installation in Chrome. Open AIBlock from the Extensions menu, then turn on Enable protection.

2. Check Search Protection

Open Settings from the popup. Keep Search Protection and Hide Google AI Overview enabled. The AI Mode control is separate; leave it off if you only want Overview cleanup.

3. Check Google Search

Return to a Google results page and reload it. Supported AI Overview surfaces should be hidden while ordinary results remain usable. Not every query displays an AI Overview, so its absence alone does not prove a match.

Want the original Google interface back? Turn off Enable protection and reload the page. Your individual feature choices remain saved. See the illustrated Search Protection example.

Can you turn off Google AI Overviews completely?

Google's Web filter and AIBlock offer different ways to avoid seeing AI Overviews. Neither is an account-wide off switch: Google describes AI Overviews as a core Search feature, not a feature you can disable globally. See Google's explanation of AI Overviews and the Web filter.

Google Web filter or AIBlock: choose the behavior you need
Method	What changes	Scope and limits
Google Web filter	Choose Web on a results page to see text links without AI Overviews in that results view.	Changes the selected results view, not your account. It does not make AIBlock necessary for that view.
AIBlock in Chrome	Enable Search Protection and Hide Google AI Overview to hide supported Overview surfaces while ordinary results stay usable.	Applies in the Chrome profile where AIBlock is installed and enabled. It does not change other browsers/devices or prevent Google from generating AI responses.

Use the Web filter for a text-links view without installing an extension, or AIBlock for local hiding on supported results pages while protection is enabled. AI Mode has its own control. If an Overview remains visible, check the Search Protection troubleshooting answer.

Four guardrails, each under your control.

01 · Search

Search Protection

Hides supported Google AI Overview and AI Mode surfaces while ordinary results stay available.

Watch it work → 02 · Choice

AI Pause

Adds a short, skippable pause before supported AI tools.

Watch it work → 03 · Reminder

AI Site Warning

Shows a calm reminder when AI Pause is off.

Watch it work → 04 · Google

Google AI Cleanup

Hides selected AI entry points and verified recommendation or upgrade surfaces.

Watch it work →

01 · Search Protection

Keep ordinary Google results visible.

Supported AI Overview and AI Mode surfaces are hidden locally; availability varies by query, account, region, and Google UI.

Each illustrated round lasts about 10 seconds, starts when scrolled into view, and loops three times while visible. Replay restarts it.

Illustrated walkthrough

google.com/search?q=how+does+photosynthesis+work

1 Before2 AIBlock acts3 ResultReady

Supported AI shortcut surfaces are hidden.Normal results, tabs, and useful widgets stay available.

02 · AI Pause

Put one decision before the shortcut.

AI Pause appears before supported AI tools and lets the user choose Continue.

Illustrated walkthrough

supported-ai.example

1 Open tool2 Pause3 ContinueReady

The pause is local and skippable.AI Pause does not read or rewrite prompts.

03 · AI Site Warning

Keep a reminder without blocking the tool.

When AI Pause is off, AI Site Warning reminds users to verify facts and sources, avoid private information, and keep important work in their own words.

Illustrated walkthrough

supported-ai.example/chat

1 Open tool2 Reminder3 DismissReady

AI Pause takes priority when both are enabled.The reminder can be dismissed without leaving the tool.

04 · Google AI Cleanup

Reduce selected Google AI prompts.

Google AI Cleanup has separate controls for Gemini, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drive. It targets selected entry points and verified recommendation or upgrade surfaces, not core editing or chat.

In 1.1.1, Gemini cleanup uses verified interface markers, not plan-name searches through your chat. Unrecognized prompts can remain visible.

Illustrated walkthrough

docs.google.com

1 Google UI2 Clean up3 Core staysReady

Each supported Google product has its own setting.Coverage can change when Google changes its interface.

Settings

Choose the guardrails that fit.

The master switch and individual controls keep every protection optional.

Master protection

Turning the master on enables all protections. Turning it off keeps your individual choices saved. In 1.1.1, deselecting every feature leaves the master unchanged; no guardrail runs until a feature is enabled.

Search controls

Control supported AI Overview and AI Mode cleanup separately.

Google product controls

Choose cleanup individually for Gemini, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drive.

Reminder priority

AI Pause takes priority; AI Site Warning acts as the lighter fallback.

Privacy

Browser guardrails, not an AI intermediary.

AIBlock applies supported interface checks in the browser and does not provide an account or backend.

Local page checks

Enabled guardrails inspect only supported interface elements and text needed to apply them.

No AIBlock account

Core protection works without creating an account or sending prompts to AIBlock.

Local settings only

Settings and non-query status counts stay in Chrome; browsing history is not collected.

Read the full privacy details

FAQ

Common questions.

Does AIBlock block all AI?

No. AIBlock applies four focused browser guardrails to supported surfaces. It is not a network-wide blocker, chatbot, or AI detector.

AI Overviews are still visible. What should I check?

Check that Chrome has enabled the extension, then check Enable protection, Search Protection, and Hide Google AI Overview. Reload the results page. If the issue remains, send your Chrome and AIBlock versions, the visible surface, and a redacted screenshot through AIBlock Support. Do not include private search terms or account information.

Does this turn off Google AI on my account or phone?

No. AIBlock hides supported surfaces in the Chrome browser where it is installed and enabled. It does not change your Google account settings or affect other browsers and devices.

Why can a supported AI surface remain visible?

Availability and interface markup can vary by query, account, region, language, and product updates. Report reproducible cases through AIBlock Support.

Does Google AI Cleanup read or change prompts and documents?

Workspace cleanup targets interface metadata, not document contents. Gemini cleanup in 1.1.0 also checks visible link and button text, which can include conversation text. Version 1.1.1 uses verified interface markers and protects chat and input regions. Cleanup does not transmit or retain inspected text. See Privacy for version details.

Can the features be controlled separately?

Yes. AIBlock exposes separate settings for its guardrails and supported Google products.