What are Google AI Overviews and where are they available?
Google's AI Overviews are Gemini AI-powered summaries that appear at the top of search results to give you quick answers so you no longer need to click through to individual sites (including the publishers and news sites that Google is scraping) to learn more.
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AI Overviews launched in the US in May 2024 after being unveiled at Google I/O earlier that month. According to Google, they're now available in more than 200 countries and territories and in more than 40 languages.
Can I disable or turn off Google's AI summaries in Search?
No. There is no official way to turn off Google's AI Overviews feature, but you can hide or avoid the AI-generated summaries using one of the four methods described above. These are the only known workarounds as of July 2025.
What's the difference between Google's Web tab and Web Guide mode?
Google's Web tab, which is typically hidden under the More menu in Google Search (after All, Videos, News, Books, etc.), is pure, classic search results. You get 10 or so blue links and no AI summaries.
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Web Guide, however, is a new Search Labs experiment. It uses Gemini AI to group links by topic into categories. AI snippets are still there, but they have been moved further down below a couple of blue links.
Can I use a search engine other than Google to avoid AI?
Yes. Dogpile and Metacrawler are a couple of Google Search alternatives that don't serve up AI summaries over classic links.
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DuckDuckGo is another option, though it does have an AI assist feature that tries to summarize results for you. You can easily disable it when these summaries pop up to get a pure search experience.
Which method should I try to remove AI from Google?
Honestly, I just search with "-AI" at the end of all my queries. It's quick and easy and works on both mobile and desktop.
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