How to make a Simple No Google AI Overviews Ext in Firefox

In this post,I am going to talk about

What is Google AI Overviews?
How to Remove it?

- How to Build it?

What is Google AI Overviews?

The AI Generative contexts in Google Searches are the contexts based on Gemini AI(Google's AI).

which shows the main information, what you are searching for. Even if it is incorrect or not.

There are many real world examples that proves this artical. An whole website is based on these examples.

searchengineland.com/google-ai-overview-fails-442575

How to Remove it?

There are 3-ways to remove it.

Install an "No Google Overviews" extension.
Change the default Search Engine
Don't use Google Search Engine

Install an "No Google Overviews" extension.

Here, Also there are many more option but I recommend these:

S.No.	Ext Name	Description	Add-on Link	Repo Link
1	NO-GOOGLE-AI-OVERVIEW	Simple, open-source, and plug-and-play.	INSTALL	GITHUB
2	AI Overview Hider for Google	Hides the AI Overview section in Google search results (desktop and mobile) to restore a traditional results list.	INSTALL	GITHUB
3	Hide Google AI Overviews	Removes AI-generated summary overviews from Google search results, leaving only the normal results.	INSTALL	GITHUB
4	Remove Google AI Overview	Eliminates all Google AI overview blocks (including those in “People Also Ask” sections), giving a clean search page.	INSTALL	GITHUB
5	No google Ai search	Disables Google’s new AI-based search (SGE) by automatically appending `udm=14` to all queries, effectively reverting to classic results.	INSTALL	GITHUB
6	Straight to the web	Forces Google searches into the “Web” mode, which turns off AI suggestions, widgets, and recommendations for a pure result list.	INSTALL	GITHUB
7	AiFilter	Automatically filters out AI-generated overview blocks from Google search results by adding the `-ai` flag to each query (user toggleable).	INSTALL	GITHUB

Note: Some of these Extensions works same , but some of them are more Advances or Equipped with more features.

Change the default Search Engine

OS/Platform	FIREFOX [Compatibility]	CHROME [Compatibility]
Android	✅	❌
IOS	✅	❌
Windows	❌	✅
Mac	❌	✅
Linux	❌	✅

For Firefox - IOS :

Go to "settings"
Go to "Search"
Click on "Add Search"
Paste this :

  https://google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s

Click on "Save"

For Firefox - Android :

Go to "settings"
Go to "Default search engine"
Click on "Add Search"
Paste this :

  https://google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s

Click on "Save"

For Chrome - Windows/Mac/Linux :

Tutorial Video : vimeo.com/1086556313

Don't use Google Search Engine

Alternatives for Google Search Engine, Best one is DuckDuckGo and the official extention is also availble.

How to Build it?

Let's Start !

Create manifest.json
Add name, description, and version.

{
  "name": "No Google's AI Overview",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "Simple Example to Remove AI Overviews from Google Searches"
}

chrome_settings_overrides — Gives the extension permission to override browser settings (like the default search engine, etc.), which normally aren't accessible to users.

{
  …
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {}
}

It has some parameters that we use to change the search engine and make it default.

{
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "is_default": true,
      "name": "NO-OVERVIEWS",
      "search_url": "https://google.com/search?udm=14&q={searchTerms}",
      "suggest_url": "https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q={searchTerms}",
      "keyword": "@google"
    }
  }
}

is_default: Sets this search engine as the default.
name: Name of the custom search engine.
search_url: The URL used for search queries.
- {searchTerms}: This placeholder is replaced with the actual search query by the browser.
suggest_url: URL used for search suggestions.
Note: The response from this URL must be in JSON format.
- {searchTerms}: This placeholder is replaced with the actual search query.
keyword: Custom keyword for triggering the search engine, or @google to override.
Done!

Full code:

{
  "name": "No Google's AI Overview",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "Simple Example to Remove AI Overviews from Google Search Results",
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "is_default": true,
      "name": "NO-OVERVIEWS",
      "search_url": "https://google.com/search?udm=14&q={searchTerms}",
      "suggest_url": "https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q={searchTerms}",
      "keyword": "@google"
    }
  }
}

Try it : GET IT ON FIREFOX ADD-ONS
Doubts or Repo : [NO-GOOGLE-AI-OVERVIEW(https://github.com/junaidcodingmaster/NO-GOOGLE-AI-OVERVIEW)

Logic

Basically, I am using google search parameters(or params).

udm - User Data Management

Detailed article on udm 's : Every Google &udm=? in the world

Author : Junaid

Junaid @junaid_dev