How to remove AI Mode from the Chrome new tab page

Updated 12 October 2026

Recent versions of Chrome put Google’s AI Mode in the address bar and in the search box on the new tab page. Chrome has no simple on/off switch for it in Settings, and recent versions removed the chrome://flags toggles that older guides point to. These three ways still work.

1. Turn it off with Google’s own policy

Chrome has an official policy for this, AIModeSettings. Google’s documentation describes it as controlling “AI Mode integrations in the address bar and the New Tab page search box”, where the value 1 means “Do not allow AI Mode integrations”. On Windows:

1. Press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies. Create a key named Google if it isn’t there, and inside it a key named Chrome.
3. Inside Chrome, create a DWORD (32-bit) Value named AIModeSettings and set it to 1.
4. Open chrome://policy and click Reload policies to check it took.

Two things to know: editing the registry needs administrator rights, and any policy makes Chrome show “Managed by your organization” in its menu. That’s expected. On a Mac or Linux the policy has the same name; Google’s policy page has the details.

2. Use a different default search engine

Google’s documentation notes that AI Mode needs Google as your default search engine. Open chrome://settings/search and choose another engine, and the AI Mode entry points go away. The trade-off is that your searches go to that engine.

3. Replace the new tab page

An extension that replaces the new tab removes Chrome’s search box from new tabs, AI Mode button included. Stackboard puts a board of your own bookmarks there, and your address bar still searches as usual. The address bar keeps its own AI Mode entry unless you also use option 1 or 2.

Which to choose