How to Turn Off AI Mode in Google Search (Desktop and Mobile, 2026)

AI Mode is the dedicated Gemini-powered search experience inside Google. It can take over the search results page, replace the standard ten blue links with an AI summary, and add follow-up prompts that loop you back into AI Mode. If you would rather see the classic search experience, here is how to turn it off across every device.

The Short Answer

AI Mode is controlled at the Google account level through Search Labs. Sign in to labs.google.com, find AI Mode, and toggle it off. That setting follows you across devices. If AI Mode no longer appears in Search Labs, it has been promoted out of the experimental program and integrated into default Google Search. In that case the only path is to use a content blocker or search-cleaning extension to hide the AI Mode tab and related elements.

Turn Off AI Mode on Desktop

1. Sign in to your Google account at google.com.
2. Go to labs.google.com in the same browser.
3. Find AI Mode in the list of experiments.
4. Click the toggle to turn it off, or click Leave to opt out completely.
5. Reload google.com. The AI Mode tab next to All, Images, Videos should be gone.

If AI Mode is missing from the Labs page, you are either not opted in (in which case there is nothing to disable), or Google has rolled the feature out of Labs and into the default experience. To confirm, search for any topic and look at the tabs above the results.

Turn Off AI Mode on Mobile

On the Google app for iOS or Android:
1. Open the Google app.
2. Tap your profile picture in the top right.
3. Tap Search Labs.
4. Find AI Mode and toggle it off.
5. Tap your profile and sign out, then sign back in to refresh the session.

On Chrome for iPhone:
1. Open Chrome.
2. Tap the three-dot menu in the bottom right.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap Sync and Google services.
5. Find Search assistance or Gemini and turn it off.

On Chrome for Android:
1. Open Chrome.
2. Type chrome://flags in the address bar.
3. Search for AI Mode.
4. Set to Disabled.
5. Tap Relaunch.

This disables the omnibox entry point. To remove the AI Mode tab on Google search results, also disable AI Mode in Search Labs as described above. For all Chrome AI Mode entry points (omnibox, context menu, and search bar), see our Chrome AI Mode guide. For broader phone-level cleanup, see the iPhone and Android guides.

Turn Off AI Summary on Google

The AI summary at the top of search results is a separate feature called AI Overview, not AI Mode. To disable AI Overview specifically:

1. Go to labs.google.com.
2. Find AI Overviews and toggle it off.

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Turn Off Keep Exploring with AI Mode

Keep Exploring with AI Mode is the prompt at the bottom of search results that suggests continuing the search inside AI Mode. It appears when AI Mode is enabled on your account. Disabling AI Mode in Search Labs removes the prompt automatically. If the prompt persists, AI Mode is part of the default experience for you and a search-cleaning extension is the practical fix.

Turn Off AI Mode on Reddit, Recipe Sites, and Other Verticals

Google has been adding AI Mode to specific result types: forum threads, recipes, products, and how-to content. There is no per-vertical toggle. The AI Mode tab follows your account-level setting. Disabling AI Mode in Search Labs removes it from all verticals at once.

If AI Mode Returns After Disabling

A few users report that AI Mode re-enables itself after a Google update or after signing into a new Chrome profile.

1. Open labs.google.com on every account you use, not just your primary.
2. Disable AI Mode on each one.
3. Sign out of all Google accounts in your browser.
4. Clear cookies for google.com.
5. Sign back in with only the account where AI Mode is disabled.
6. Refresh google.com.

If the feature still returns, it has been promoted out of Labs and is now default. At that point the toggle no longer exists, and the only path is to hide the elements with a search-cleaning extension.

What About Google AI Overview Reddit Discussions

A common Reddit thread shows users disabling AI Overview by appending -ai or udm=14 to their search URL. The udm=14 parameter forces Google to return the classic ten blue links without AI features.

To make this permanent without typing it every time, set google.com/search?udm=14 as your default search engine in Chrome:
1. Open Chrome Settings.
2. Click Search engine.
3. Click Manage search engines.
4. Click Add.
5. Enter Google Web (or any name), with the URL https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14.
6. Set it as default.

This bypasses AI Overview, AI Mode, and the experimental result formats entirely. The trade-off is that you also lose the standard knowledge panels, image results, and video carousels. Some users prefer this minimal experience. Others find it too stripped down and use Search Cleaner instead, which removes only what you choose to remove.

Key Takeaways

AI Mode in Google Search is controlled by your Google account, not by your browser. Disable it at labs.google.com to remove it across all devices signed in to that account. If Google has graduated AI Mode out of Labs for you, the toggle no longer exists, and the practical fixes are either a udm=14 search shortcut or a search-cleaning extension that hides AI Mode and related elements with granular control.