"Make the Gemini button go away By default, a large Gemini button appears in the top-right area of the browser window, constantly trying to lure you into using Google's chatbot. To hide it, right click on the button and select Unpin. Unfortunately, this doesn't kill the keyboard shortcut (Alt + G on some platforms), which invokes Gemini, but there's another way to make that happen. If you want to do more than just hide Gemini, navigate to chrome://settings/ai/gemini. If you unpinned Gemini, you'll see that "Show Gemini at the top of the browser" has been set to off. If not, toggle it off. Now, turn all the other switches off, including "Show Gemini in system tray and turn on keyboard shortcut" and "Page content sharing," which sends content from your tabs to Gemini."
"Google would really, really like you to use AI mode instead of its regular search. This type of search is a chatbot that returns direct answers instead of giving you a list of web resources. Perhaps it's the future of all search, but if so, it's a bleak future where publishers and content creators have their work hoovered up and plagiarized by a bot that may or may not give correct information and only occasionally cites sources. To encourage you to use AI mode, Google has put an "AI mode" button on the right side of the Omnibox (what Chrome calls its address bar). So, when you enter a search query in the box, you can click this button to forgo regular search and send your question directly to AI mode. You can also use it by hitting Tab + Enter after entering your query."
Most desktop browsers include numerous built-in AI features, and users are not forced to use them. Chrome displays a large Gemini button in the top-right that can be hidden by right-clicking and selecting Unpin. The Alt+G keyboard shortcut may still invoke Gemini unless its keyboard shortcut setting is turned off. The chrome://settings/ai/gemini page allows toggling off "Show Gemini at the top of the browser," "Show Gemini in system tray and turn on keyboard shortcut," and "Page content sharing," which sends tab content to Gemini. Google also places an "AI mode" button in the Omnibox to return direct answers and supports Tab+Enter to invoke it.
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