Pinterest is one of the best social media sites, it can be used for research and DIY craft ideas. However, Pinterest is making it hard to find the right Google search result that you are looking for, as Pinterest dominates the Google search. The best way to solve this problem is by using a chrome extension. In this article, I’ll show you how to exclude Pinterest from Google Search on desktop and mobile.
1. Exclude Pinterest from Google Search Using Unpinterested Chrome Extension
I’m sure most of you use Desktop for your daily work research be it for your school or office. However, if you’re someone like me, who heats the Pinterest results in google search you should use the chrome extension to exclude Pinterest from Google Search.
Step 1: Head over to chrome.google.com/webstore by typing it in the browser’s address bar. Once you do that, the browser will open the Chrome extensions page.
Step 2: Search for Unpinterested extension and Click on Add to Chrome.
It done now you can search whatever you want and the best part is Pinterest will not come in the search result, so you can get the best results for your research also you won’t get distracted. This Chrome extension inserts a search operator (-site:pinterest.*) to remove any kind of search result from the Pinterest domain.
Also Read: How to Download Videos from Pinterest
2. Exclude Pinterest from Google Search Using Use the Search Operator
If you don’t like installing a third-party Chrome extension for privacy reasons is how you can exclude Pinterest from Google search manually by using the advanced search operator.
Step 1: Head over to google.com and type what you want to search.
Step 2: Now add -site:pinterest.* at the end of our search query and hit enter.
Example: Red Shoes – Red Shoes -site:pinterest.*
Now this search operator will filter out any search result from the Pinterest domain and remove it, this is one of the easiest methods to exclude Pinterest from Google search without installing any third-party plugins also this method works on mobile.
Exclude Pinterest from Google Search
I hope I have helped you with this article in refining your search result on Google and excluding Pinterest, do share this article with your friends and family members, if you have any further queries do let me know via Twitter at Devenderkg, and keep reading gizmoxo.com.