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  1. gene1wood revised this gist Jul 21, 2025. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    * Under Search Shortcuts click `Add`
    * Search enging name : `Google without AI`
    * Engine URL : `https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=entpr&udm=14&q=%s`
    * Alias (if there is an alias field present) : `gnai`
    * Alias (if there is an alias field present) : `gnai` or whatever alias you'd like here. This is not required
    * Click `Add Engine`
    * At the top of the Settings page under Default Search Engine, select in the drop-down `Google without AI`
    * Test this by doing a Firefox search in the URL bar or search bar for something. At the top of the search results page, instead of `All` you'll see it has selected `Web` so that it only shows web results.
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    * Under Search Shortcuts click `Add`
    * Search enging name : `Google without AI`
    * Engine URL : `https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=entpr&udm=14&q=%s`
    * Alias : `gnai`
    * Alias (if there is an alias field present) : `gnai`
    * Click `Add Engine`
    * At the top of the Settings page under Default Search Engine, select in the drop-down `Google without AI`
    * Test this by doing a Firefox search in the URL bar or search bar for something. At the top of the search results page, instead of `All` you'll see it has selected `Web` so that it only shows web results.
  3. gene1wood created this gist Mar 26, 2025.
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    * In Firefox, open a tab to `about:config`
    * Enter `browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh` and click the `+` sign on the right
    * This will now show the value for the Boolean as `true` which is correct
    * Be setting this to `true` you enable the option to add a custom search engine to Firefox
    * Go to Settings or navigate to `about:preferences#search`
    * Under Search Shortcuts click `Add`
    * Search enging name : `Google without AI`
    * Engine URL : `https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=entpr&udm=14&q=%s`
    * Alias : `gnai`
    * Click `Add Engine`
    * At the top of the Settings page under Default Search Engine, select in the drop-down `Google without AI`
    * Test this by doing a Firefox search in the URL bar or search bar for something. At the top of the search results page, instead of `All` you'll see it has selected `Web` so that it only shows web results.

    This adds a new custom search engine that uses Google but adds the `udm=14` query parameter to only return web results, not AI Overviews.