Appending a simple "-AI" modifier to your search query is hands-down the quickest, easiest way to break the AI?summary algorithm and get a list of standard blue links.

How to search with the '-AI' modifier

1. Open your desktop or mobile browser and head to google.com. You could also use the Google app.
2. In the search bar, type your search term (e.g., "how to turn off ACR on TV") plus -AI at the end. So it should read "how to turn off ACR on TV -AI".
3. Press Enter.
4. Enjoy classic search results, with no AI Overviews in sight.

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You might still see a featured snippet with this search method. Those have been around for years, but unlike AI Overviews, they include a prominent link to the source and usually show just a small excerpt of the information you're looking for, encouraging you to click through to learn more. AI Overviews, on the other hand, often summarize the entire answer, leaving little reason to for you to investigate further.

Google Search recently began offering a new Web Guide mode -- a Search Labs experiment you can opt in to or enable. It still uses AI to organize your search results, but it pushes AI Overviews down the page. So, at the top, you'll now see those beloved classic links, with generated summaries appearing further below. 

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This is just a test and may never roll out beyond Search Labs, but it's worth enabling to see if you like the experience. It's the best of both worlds: you get AI-powered organization and summaries without giving up the familiar list of links when you just want straightforward search results.

How to enable and use Web Guide

1. Sign into your Google account, go to Search Labs, and select the Web Guide experiment.
2. Click the "Try the new AI?organized web results" toggle on Web Guide to enable the experience.
3. Perform any search on desktop. 
4. You'll then see the Web Guide experience under the Web tab alongside All, Images, Videos, etc. 

Currently, Web Guide is only available to desktop users.

Did you know Google's Web tab, which is typically hidden under the More menu in Google Search, gives you the classic search experience with no AI Overviews? You need to click over to it to see it, though, and that's tedious.

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But, if you're a Chrome power user wanting to skip AI Overviews every time straight from the address bar, there is a neat hack you can try. By creating a custom Site search shortcut, you can force your browser to automatically run searches in the Web tab, so you don't have to switch over to it with every single query. 

How to create a Site search shortcut

Tip: Don't enable Web Guide mode if you want to try this option, as Web Guide changes Google Search's Web tab to show AI summaries below classic blue links.

1. Open Chrome.
2. Go to Chrome in the menu bar and then Settings? > Search engine?>Manage search engines and site search.
3. Under Site search, click Add.
4. Fill in:
   - Name: Google (Web)
   - Shortcut: https://www.google.com/
   - URL: {google:baseURL}search?udm=14&q=%s

5. Click Add. Then, next to your new custom Site search, click the three-dot menu and select Make default. 

Now, every address?bar query will use the Web filter by default -- and AI Overviews will be a thing of the past. Firefox and Edge have equivalent "Manage Search Engines" panels where you can add the same URL pattern on desktop. Firefox even lets you do it on mobile.

Last but not least, you can try a browser extension.

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There are a few out there that will hide AI Overviews. Avram Piltch from Tom's Hardware, for example, built one for Chrome that simply removes the AI panel from view -- you still get the response, you just don't see it.

How to download and use an extension to hide AI Overviews

1. Go to the Chrome Web Store.
2. Search for "Hide AI Overviews" or "Bye Bye, Google AI."
3. Click Add to Chrome and confirm.
4. Reload any Google Search page -- you'll no longer see the AI summary panel.

Microsoft Edge also has extensions that will hide AI Overviews, but like Chrome, they only work on desktop.