You can search anything on a page with Google Lens in Chrome. For example, you can select an image of a shirt and find where to buy it or select an image of an animal to find out what it is.
Search with Google Lens
Important:
- Set Google as your default search engine.
- To use Google Lens, you need to agree to the processing of page data by Google Lens. When you use Google Lens for the first time, you’ll receive a prompt. To allow permission, select Continue.
To search on a page with Google Lens:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to a website.
- At the top right, select More Search with Google Lens.
- On a webpage, click, highlight text, or select and drag anywhere on the page.
- After selection, to ask follow up questions about the text or image, in the side panel, enter additional search terms or keywords.
- You may find AI Overviews in your Google Search results. Learn about AI Overviews.
- To close the side panel, you can:
- Select anywhere in the live page area.
- Press Esc.
- In the side panel, select Close .
- After selection, to ask follow up questions about the text or image, in the side panel, enter additional search terms or keywords.
Additional ways to search with Google Lens:
- From the address bar:
- Select the address bar.
- On the right, select Google Lens .
- From an image:
- Right-click the image.
- Select Search with Google Lens.
- Or, right-click anywhere outside an image. From the menu, you can select Search with Google Lens.
Tips:
- Search results display in the side panel. To open a result in a new tab, select the search result.
- To manage Search with Google Lens in the address bar:
- Right-click in the address bar.
- Select Always show Google Lens shortcut.
- You can pin Search with Google Lens in the toolbar. Learn how to pin and unpin a specific side panel.
How your page data is processed by Google Lens
To use Google Lens for the first time, you’ll need to agree to the processing of page data.
- To help select objects on the page, a screenshot of the page and page data will be sent to Google. The screenshot and page data won’t be stored or viewed by any human.
- When you select part of the page, the selection is sent to Google Search. To manage or delete your Search activity, go to My Google Activity.