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I use the widget and it's freeing to do silly searches without having them tied to my Google account.

The problem is that you can't remove the Google equivalent on a Pixel phone, so it's really wasted screen space and feel like anti-competitive. Until someone in the EU commission notices it and regulates it I guess...



You can remove the Google search bar from a Pixel phone or any other Android phone by replacing the launcher.

I recommend Neo Launcher, which is free and open source: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher




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