How to Get Classic Old Interface Back in Google Search Pages?
UPDATE: This article was posted 3 years ago when Google changed Google Search interface and people were trying to find ways to get the old interface back.
Now Google has changed the Google Search interface again. They have moved all the tabs such as Images, Maps, YouTube, News, Gmail, Play Store, etc from top menubar to a grid like interface which can be accessed using a button given at the top-right side of Google Search page.
The old trick to get classic interface in Google Search no longer works so we have updated this tutorial to share a new working trick.
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Recently Google introduced a new look to its search engine. Personally I like the new look but there are many people who don’t like the new interface and they are asking for ways to get the old interface back.
If you also don’t like the new look and want the classic old look back, you can use following method:
New Interface of Google Search:
Old Interface of Google Search:
To access old interface of Google Search, you just need to open following link in your web browser:
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Once you open the above mentioned link, you’ll get the old Google Search page instead of the new one.
If you want, you can bookmark the link by pressing “CTRL+D” keys in your browser window so that you can access it quickly whenever you want. You can also set it as your browser homepage.
Thanks to our readers “rkkdjb” and “Lucas” for sharing the trick…
And I thank you for posting the link to old search interface. The new one is no improvement, for me anyway.
How do I make the classic google be the default view? When I use the link provided, it only works on that page. Any google link you then click on takes me to the new google.
I’d really like to know why they feel the need to hide everything. Before, maps, news, images, etc were but 1 click away. Now I have to click something else to open a new window to then be able to access everything that used to be right there on the main page.
In this day of large monitors, it seems really silly to not put the links on the main page.
Note to programmers: Accomplishing the same thing with fewer clicks is always the better way to go,
Also, why did they remove the “google home” link that always used to be at the bottom of all searches?
Thanks a lot!
Shortcuts like “images,maps,play…translate…” are most helpful and irreplaceable.
i dont like this ugly look that your so called smart guys did to the old google home page so they really need to leave things alone and put it back
I’m searching for a method to revert back to the ~2000 interface. There’s any way to do that?
how do you get the new Google interface. Mine changed and not sure why.
That little section at the top right corner where you’d have (
+kim, gmail, images) etc, has completely disappeared, I’ve tried changing the settings, restarting pc, and almost everything I can can think of. I think its a part of the new interface, except that part just went missing all of a sudden from last night. Please Help :'(
The google classic search result is not open on my mobile ! I don’t know but how to get the classic interface of google !
Am really confused. I am stuck with the old interface of google every time I open it.
I tried with many browsers, but still I couldn’t get the new interface !
I want to revert back to the new interface.
Please provide me with your assistance.
Hey VG how r u man ?
OK i wanted to ask we do get the old interface with this but if i search anything in the address bar directly, the new interface comes through….
any solution to get the old interface while searching directly from address bar.
^^ Because when you use addressbar or searchbox of your web browser, it loads the built-in URL of google search. You can only get old UI when you manually launch the above mentioned URL. You can add a bookmark of it for easy access.
@VG
thank for the response.
actually i found the solution in makeuseof
we can use an addon UAControl and block google’s User Agent
and then the default look is automatically given…be it if you type the address or just search directly in your address bar.
see here : s29.postimg.org/kqpfy77sn/Capture.png
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uacontrol/
^^ Indeed. Add-ons are always there to help users. 😉
Could someone please help me find a way to do this for firefox
This method will no longer work. Now, we have no choice but to permanently suffer with the new google homepage look.
Posting in March 2016: I still have the old classic look with the map apps etc along the top instead of under the grid. I like it because you can do things with half the number of clicks. I am trying to find how to get it on my new computer which does not run Snow Leopard.
BTW, Snow Leopard is still faster than the latest Mac OS. Go figure.
Hey! This no longer works anymore 🙁 PLS FIX!!!
ABSOLUTE GENIUS…THANKS. THE IRRITATING 8 SEARCH BOXES ARE FINALLY GONE.
THANKS
copied the link for the classic google. dragged copy to desktop. dropped down and found “new” and clicked shortcut. checked it all out and valla threw away my old shortcut and am using the new one now so no one can obviously the irritating 8 boxes to see where i’ve been recently unless they go into history that i delete regularly !!!
BTW…you might want to make this process a little clearer. it worked perfectly
As of 26/02/2017, it seems like IE8 still retains the old Google search with the tabs at the top. Even the search results uses the old layout too – a nice bit of nostalgia while I was setting up a friend’s computer today.
Too bad IE8 is the sux, although I reckon it’s still better than Edge.
I forgot to mention, if you click the links on the black bar, you’ll return to the new google, so always use the sidebar links instead, if you want to stick with the old google.
I would like to get back the old google classic +
plz help me to get the google old classic version back please
thank you . very much appreciated. Life is complicated we can keep some the simple as simple.
The method provided no longer functions. Please update this guide with a new one.
These links do not work the way they are supposed to. PLEASE FIX!!!!!!!!
Those links are for the old google entry search page, but after you search, you see the edit box always appearing at the top of the screen. I want the old version that appears as a square box (not rounded) and you have to scroll to the top of the page to see it.
Is it also using the old Maps interface again if I change to the old interface of Search?
Changes I don’t mind but in Maps there is almost no difference between the color of houses and streets a few updates ago.
it just takes me to the last web of google/the new search google face but it has the same logo
I posted that in 2020
It doesn’t work