How to Turn off Google's New Side Bar

As mentioned, Google has a new side bar.

Some people hate it. Some people think Google’s new side bar looks a lot like Bing’s. I think so. I think it’s silly. Their previous look was fine. I liked the more zen and simple design.

The logo changed too, but no one really noticed or cared since the left bar was the real deal killer for many searchers. Many are threatening to switch to Bing. (Who doesn’t use more than one search engine, anyway?)

So here’s the quick way on how to get the side bar off of Google.

Popular answer number one:

Use Firefox.

Download Greece Monkey. Greece Monkey can be found here.

Use this script on it:

function AddStyle(Style) {
var style = document.createElement(‘style’

);
style.type = “text/css”;
style.innerHTML = Style;
document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(style);
};

AddStyle(“#leftnav {display:none}”);
AddStyle(“#center_col {margin-left:0}”);

Answer No. 2

This is the No-Coding Answer.

Go to Tools.
Click on Options.
Click on Privacy.
Click on Remove Individual Cookies.
Search for PREF.
Delete the google.com PREF.
Refresh, repeat deleting the cookie if you need to.

This should work. Let me know if you have a few extra tips on getting rid of the Bing-like side bar.

I hear not all countries are getting the side bar, either, and sometimes not all states are getting it. Let me know if you happen to get it or you don’t. Maybe you don’t have the updated cookie, preferences or whatever.

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Thanks for reading.