Blocking Googles AI answers in search results with uBlock Origin
If you have uBlock Origin installed as an extension in your browser there is a way to hide/block Googles AI answers.
- Click the uBlock Origin icon
- Click the button with the 3 wheels in the lower right
- Go to "My filters"
- Copy and paste the following into the field below:
google.com##.hdzaWe - Make sure the checkbox next to "Activate own filters" is set
- Hit "Apply changes" on top
Of course this only works until Google changes the name of the element, but if that happens there is usually a thread in https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/ with the new filter.
Or alternatively just put a swear word somewhere into your Google search query. Then the AI is also absent. 😂
Instead of: programname error-message
Google for: programname fucking error-message
😆
The udm=14 parameter
And the "cheat code" for AI free search with Google also still exists. Just add the udm=14 parameter.
https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/ has all the details and https://tenbluelinks.org shows you how to achieve that for various browsers.
Enjoy!