Tired of AI in Google Search? Here's How To Remove AI Overviews and Knowledge Cards

Google Search offers a Web filter mode that removes AI Overviews, Knowledge cards, hotel listings, flight panels, and other content injected by Google from search results. This leaves only the traditional list of ten blue links.

The mode has been available for several years and can be enabled by adding the URL parameter &udm=14 to a search query. Manually adding the parameter to each search is cumbersome. However, Chrome users can set the Web mode as their default search engine, which applies it automatically to every search.

How Set Web Mode as Default in Chrome on Desktop

1. Paste chrome://settings/searchEngines into the address bar.
2. Click Add next to Site Search.
3. In the dialog box, enter the following:
   • Name: Google Web Mode,
   • Shortcut: @web,
   • URL with %s in place of query: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14.
4. Locate Google Web Mode in the search engines list, click the three-dot menu next to it, and select Make default.

Google Search will now run all queries through Web mode by default.

How To Do It for Android

1. Open TenBlueLinks.org in Chrome for Android.
2. Open a new tab and perform any Google search.
3. In the search results, tap the three-dot menu and go to Settings.
4. Under Search engine, Google Web should now appear at the bottom.
5. Select it to set it as the default search engine.

TenBlueLinks.org uses an XML configuration that registers the Web mode search engine with the &udm=14 parameter. The site does not see search queries or participate in the search process. The same approach works in Chrome for iOS.

What Google Search Web Mode Changes and What It Doesn’t

Web mode does not enhance search quality, ranking, or freshness. It simply filters out the extra Google-built content that appears above or alongside organic results.

Users searching for things like hotels, flights, or product comparisons will see standard websites in the results instead of Google's integrated tools.

The udm=14 parameter is among several URL parameters that affect how Google Search displays results. While documentation for the others exists, the Web mode parameter offers the most noticeable difference for users who prefer a results page without AI summaries or feature panels.

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