How to disable Google AMP in iOS and Android device?

By Nilakshi Pathak

| Published: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 17:59 [IST]

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) was started by Google to reduce the loading time of websites when you are browsing on your smartphones. It boosts uploading time by eliminating elements that create lagging issues while browsing. The AMP websites open instantly, and you save your time as you don’t have to wait for the page to load! Another pro is that it saves a lot of mobile data.

How to disable Google AMP in iOS and Android device?

However, it has its cons like the opportunity in website analytics and advertisements are reduced, it messes with the initially created URL, functionalities are broken, and the iPhone users will find it difficult to use the 'Find on Page’ feature.

It is believed that concept of AMP is not proper and therefore we present you ways by which you can disable AMP in Google Search. If you have high-speed internet, there is no point of appreciating AMP.

How to Disable AMP in Android Smartphones?

You can quickly get rid of AMP in Android smartphones by replacing Google search with Encrypted Google search. The next time when you want to search something on Google, open ‘encrypted.google.com' on your browser. You can do your regular search here to view the websites in their original form.

However, it will be a pain to open the encrypted Google search again and again. It is therefore advised that you set it as your default home page to save time.

How to Disable AMP in iPhone?

You can use the DuckDuckGo to get the original link while browsing on your iPhone. If you are a Safari user follow the steps given below to add the feature to your browser.

Step 1: Open DuckDuckGo.com in your browser.

Step 2: Select "Add DuckDuckGo'.

Step 3: Open the ‘Settings' of your iPhone, tap on ‘Safari' and then click on ‘Search Engine' and then select ‘DuckDuckGo.' This step will make DuckDuckGo the default search engine

If you want to do a Google search, just use the prefix ‘!g' before hitting the search tab and you are good to go!

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Wrap Up

The method explained for disabling AMP in Android smartphone can also be used by iPhone users if they use Google Chrome instead of Safari as their browser. Users having high internet connection shouldn't be using AMP in Google.