# Google: how to turn off "See Results Closer to You?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 3, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784 "2024-04-03T17:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/1 "2024-04-03T17:55:56Z")
I get this popup nowadays whenever I Google something: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/6/8/680ec4c45a4ab4257821879f1ea49230d2ce8f77.jpeg) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/6/8/680ec4c45a4ab4257821879f1ea49230d2ce8f77.jpeg) I’ve prowled through Settings and can’t find any obvious way to turn that off. I don’t have Location Services activated and don’t wish to. Laptop computer, MacOS. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/2 "2024-04-03T18:16:03Z")
Apparently you can’t turn it off. [https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/249117892/disable-nag-for-precise-location?hl=en](https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/249117892/disable-nag-for-precise-location?hl=en) > [@](#): > > There’s no way to disable this messaging. As much as it may annoy users, Google is entitled to promote product features within their own products in whatever way they choose. > > However, thank you for sharing the feedback. The “Precise location” pop-up is working as intended. This is meant to show up only with search queries where it can be useful. For more details, you can check out this [blog](https://www.fastcompany.com/91009492/google-see-results-closer-to-you-search-popup-disable). > > Last edited Mar 22, 2024 I liked this response in the comment section: > [@](#): > > Sure glad Google got volunteers to be condescending to their user base instead of doing it themselves. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/3 "2024-04-03T19:01:57Z")
Hmm. Seems like a good project for an innovative extension developer. ---
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/4 "2024-04-03T20:14:57Z")
I use a windows desktop so I’ve never seen that particular popup but for the ones that I have seen that annoyed the heck outta me, I’ve used the Ublock Origin adblocker/malware blocker extension to remove them successfully. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/5 "2024-04-03T22:28:53Z")
Dunno why Google would be harassing Mac users but not Windows users. I’m also on a Desktop (well, a laptop, but not a cellphone at any rate) and I also have uBlock origin assigned. Is there any particular advanced setting that you’d use to turn that bloody alert off? I don’t think it technically took the form of a popup ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/6 "2024-04-03T22:35:06Z")
I use Brave on MS-Windows with uBlock. I get these regularly and they are truly annoying. I searched (via DDG\*) for a method to block them and found none. Attempts to block via Braves Shield and uBlock have proven unsuccessful. The problem is they seem to know when I am too busy trying to find something fast to mess around with Inspect (cf. the other that thread) to figure out how to block them manually. - I find using DuckDuckGo to find ways to get around Google annoyances works better. ---
**Author:** ![saip09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@saip09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saip09)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-how-to-turn-off-see-results-closer-to-you/999784/7 "2025-11-01T10:10:00Z")
This solution works for disabling this pop-up! Watch this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYwaO\_NgL4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYwaO_NgL4) and read its pinned comment.