Chrome 'Ask anything' box

Ozei · Friday at 3:28 PM

Does anyone know how to get rid of Chrome's intensely annoying 'Ask anything' box. It's too big and is always obscuring whatever it is you're trying to read.

I've tried a few methods but none of them worked. :headbang:

See what I mean.

Ozei · Friday at 3:33 PM

PS. Some folk suggest using the uBlock Origin add-in but it seems they've removed the element zapper (which would have worked).

gramps · Friday at 4:59 PM

Can't you ask 'the box'?

:coat:

Bodian · Friday at 5:02 PM

Ozei · Friday at 5:10 PM

gramps said:
Can't you ask 'the box'?

How droll

Ozei · Friday at 5:15 PM

Bodian said:
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I've done that before, with my mobile phone (chucked it across the room)

hunnymonster · Friday at 5:43 PM

Try this go to chrome://flags/ and DISABLE the following:

lens-overlay-optimization-filter
(removes the annoying "Ask Google" button from the search bar)

lens-overlay-non-blocking-privacy-notice
(removes AI suggestions after right-clicking to search with Google lens)

omnibox-contextual-suggestions
(removes "Ask Google About this Page" when the search bar is selected)

omnibox-contextual-search-on-focus-suggestions

Ozei · Friday at 6:08 PM

Yes, that works for the search bar etc., but it doesn't get rid of the enormous 'Ask anything' box.

hunnymonster · Friday at 7:11 PM

There will inevitably be a flag for it. My info may well be applicable to an older version of Chrome. Sigh

Eucris · Friday at 7:27 PM

Ozei said:
Does anyone know how to get rid of Chrome's intensely annoying 'Ask anything' box. It's too big and is always obscuring whatever it is you're trying to read.

I've tried a few methods but none of them worked.
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See what I mean.

It is only displayed with the AI responses and it disappears when you scroll down the screen, so I don't understand what your problem is.

Ozei · 2026-07-05T15:59:13+0100

.... it disappears when you scroll down the screen ....

No it doesn't - it just stays there and hides whatever is underneath.

Page scrolls down or up underneath the box, which never moves.

Ozei · 2026-07-05T16:09:18+0100

Chrome Version 150.0.7871.47 (Official Build) (64-bit).

Windows 11 v25H2.

Ozei · 2026-07-05T16:19:32+0100

hunnymonster said:
There will inevitably be a flag for it. My info may well be applicable to an older version of Chrome. Sigh

I tried a more complicated flags routine and it didn't work. I had a 2.5hr 'conversation' with AI and went through at least 30 different AI suggestions, none of which worked. I gave up in the end but I kept a copy of the AI chat and it's 27 pages long (Word A4).