Disable Google +1 functionality

Question

How do I disable Google +1 functionality from appearing in my searches?

I want to remove "+1" icon from Google Search results, is there way to do so?

Answer 1

1. Download Adblock Plus
2. Add filter ##button.esw

Goodbye Google PlusOne icons.

Answer 2

Steps to Enable/ Disable Google +1 Button

1. Goto Google +1 button page
2. Click on Try now button
3. Now you have turned on the google +1 button.
4. If you want to leave or turn off google +1 then goto Page
5. Click on Leave button

Source

Answer 3

For Firefox users: Print and follow these steps to turn off/disable/remove Google +1 Buttons from search results with or without AdBlock or AdBlock Plus and without having to create a Google profile:

1. Go to Firefox Profiles folder on your hard drive.

   To locate your Firefox Profiles in Windows XP, Vista, 7:

   1. press: Windows Key+ R
   2. Type in:

      %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

   3. Click OK

   or from the Taskbar:

   1. Click: START → RUN
   2. Type in:
      %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
   3. Click OK

   The Profiles Folder will open. There will probably be only one folder in the Profiles folder.

2. Open the folder with the ".default" extension name.

3. Look for a folder named Chrome in the .default folder. If Chrome folder does not exist, you need to create it. (If the Chrome folder exists, skip to #4).

   To create the Chrome folder:

   1. Right-click inside the .default folder
   2. Select NEW FOLDER
   3. Type in: Chrome

4. Open the Chrome folder and create a text file named userContent.css. (The contents of this file tells Firefox not to display +1 Buttons on web pages.)

   To create a text file named userContent.css:

   1. Right-click inside the Chrome folder
   2. Select NEW → TEXT DOCUMENT
   3. Type in: userContent.css

   Windows will bring up "Rename" warning dialogue box that says:

   If you change a file name extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?
   Yes No

   1. Select YES

5. Open userContent.css. (It will open in Notepad with a box titled: userContent.css - Notepad).

6. Paste the following into Notepad:

   .esw { display:none!important; } /* Hides the +1 Button completely */ 
   

   Be sure to include the period (.) before "esw" in the above.

7. Save the Notepad file and Close it: Select FILE → SAVE → FILE → CLOSE (or select X on folder title bar to Close)

8. Close remaining open folders.

9. If Firefox Browser is not closed, close it.

Re-open Firefox Browser. Navigate to Google's search page and perform a search. Google +1 Buttons will be gone from all future search results.

Answer 4

To leave the Google +1 experiment, do the following:

• Go to http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html
• In the +1 button section, it should say "This is your selected experiment"
• Click the 'Leave' button