Search with Google Lens in Chrome - Computer (2025)

You can search anything you find with Google Lens in Chrome. For example, you can select an image of a shirt on a page to know where to buy it or take a photo of an animal to identify it.

Search with Google Lens

Important: Set Google as your default search engine.

To search on a page with Google Lens:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to a website.
3. At the top right, select More Search with Google Lens.
4. 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 .

Additional ways to search with Google Lens:

• From the address bar:
  1. Select the address bar.
  2. On the right, select Google Lens .
• From an image:
  1. Right-click the image.
  2. 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:
  1. Right-click in the address bar.
  2. 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 accessed 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.

Related resources

• Search the web in Chrome
• Manage Chrome side panel
• Set default search engine and site search shortcuts