Ten Blue Links

A Chrome extension that removes AI Overviews, ads, and clutter from Google Search. No settings, no toggles — just the ten blue links.

Built by And/or Labs Inc.

What it hides

• AI Overviews and AI Mode entry points
• Sponsored results, shopping ads, and inline ad blocks
• People Also Ask
• Discussions and forums
• Knowledge panel and right sidebar
• "Things to know" widgets
• Popular products, Deals on X, In stores nearby, Local Results
• Article thumbnails next to organic results (favicons remain)
• People also search for
• The shopping refinement chip bar and left "Refine results" panel

What it keeps

• Organic search results
• Search filter tabs (All, Images, Videos, Maps, News, Shopping)
• Pagination
• The query box

How it works

The extension uses a structural rule rather than a list of section names: any section without an organic search result is treated as noise. When Google ships a new widget, it gets hidden automatically — no update required.

Total surface area: ~180 lines (manifest.json + hide.css + content.js). Pure CSS and DOM manipulation. No background script. No network requests. No storage. No permissions beyond www.google.com.

Install

From the Chrome Web Store

Coming soon.

Unpacked (development)

git clone https://github.com/eclecticv/ten-blue-links.git

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Toggle Developer mode (top right)
3. Click Load unpacked and select the cloned folder
4. Search anything on Google

Maintenance

Google rotates obfuscated class names every 4–12 weeks. When a noise widget reappears:

1. Open the SERP where it's leaking
2. Inspect the element to find the section's heading text or wrapper class
3. The structural rule in content.js usually catches new sections automatically. If it doesn't, add the heading text to the relevant scan or the wrapper class to hide.css.

The two canary queries used during development:

• google.com/search?q=how+to+buy+shoes — informational (AI Overview, PAA, Discussions, Videos)
• google.com/search?q=best+bikes+2026 — commercial (chip bar, sidebar, Popular products, Deals, Local Results)

Privacy

Privacy Policy — short version: the extension does not collect, store, transmit, or share any data.

License

MIT