Naqeeb1 Posted Monday at 13:18 Posted Monday at 13:18 Hi guys, Does anyone know if it’s possible to disable Google Lens from the Google Search bar? It appears that some students are using it to assist with cheating. I’ve tried disabling it through the Google Admin Console, but the setting doesn’t seem to be taking effect. Has anyone managed to disable it successfully, or know of another way to restrict it?
6Foot2 Posted Monday at 18:53 Posted Monday at 18:53 Is this Reddit thread any use? Link: Disabling Google Lens chrome extension 'LensOverlayEnabled' with GPO : r/activedirectory * I can't check or simulate this, as I no longer have access to a network.
mjhardisty Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Does your firewall support URL rewriting? If so, if you rewrite Google URLs and append &udm=14 to the end it should remove the AI elements from the searches. Sophos or another firewall might be able to do this. You can try it by going to http://google.com/?&udm=14 and then any resultant search adding &utm=14 to the end and refreshing. Otherwise, I did some work on Chrome policies so I've included those below. You should be able to target these in Edge too and muck about in GPO too. Google AI Disabled. Under Devices > Chrome > Settings > Users & Browsers. URLs Blocked: google.com/search?udm=50 lens.google.com Omnisearch Provider settings: Name: Google Keyword: Google Search URL: https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&udm=14&safe=active&ssui=on Icon URL: https://www.google.com/favicon.ico The following settings have been changed to be disabled: https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#LensCameraAssistedSearchEnabled https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#LensRegionSearchEnabled https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#LensOnGalleryEnabled https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#LensOverlaySettings https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#LensDesktopNTPSearchEnabled https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#AIModeSettings https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#GenAiDefaultSettings https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ShowAiIntroScreenEnabled https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#GenAIPhotoEditingSettings This will stop the majority of AI requests, but users can still get around by navigating directly to search engine pages. If this isn’t sufficient, there is also an extension to rewrite any Google URL with &udm=14 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-udm14/ackpmepblmioeoofggbipphdaooogjga?pli=1
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