A very annoying new “feature” added by Chrome in recent versions is adding search results to their new side-panel companion, including overriding the default behavior of the right-click contextual “Search Google for” on text selection. As far as I’m aware you’re currently only able to disable it using flags, here’s how to do it:
- Type chrome://flags/ in your Chrome browser URL bar and press enter
- Search & Disable all of the following flags (different flags appear in different versions of Chrome):
- Set Side search to Disabled
- Set Search web in side panel to Disabled
- Set CSC to Disabled
- Relaunch Chrome
I’m not sure what the CSC flag does exactly, it’s left without a description in the flag list, however in some versions of Chrome it overrides the other two flags so it must be set to disabled as well. I was directed to it in this Chromium issue thread, I believe it’s short for “Chrome Search Companion”.