Restore Image Search in Chrome

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I do a lot of historic research about my birth city, so I am often delving into old articles and images, sometimes needing to perform image searches but a right-click in the Google Chrome browser. Of late, I noted that this functionality had been replaced by Google Lens – a product whose purpose is unfathomable to many people, including myself. You do this fairly unproductive search in Lens and sometimes it senses your frustration and deigns to let you continue the search in Google Image Search.

How to Disable Google Lens in Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. In the address bar, type “chrome://flags” and press Enter.
3. A long list of options is shown. Press Ctrl+F and search for “Lens”.
4. You are taken to the option “Search your screen with Google Lens”.
5. Change the setting from “Default” to “Disabled”. (You might hears wails coming from the ‘plex)
6. At the bottom of the Chrome screen, click “Relaunch”
7. Bob’s your uncle.

Now I have my Chrome browser as I like it.