Grounding search feature Gemini 2.5 pro

How do I disable the citation urls in the grounding google search feature for google Gemini 2.5 pro in your ai studio website when they output a response? It seems really annoying, and i just want


like the actual response instead of bulky URL’s taking up more than 3 quarters of the space

I’ve attached an example

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@Olivefilms ,

welcome to the forum ,

have you tried asking this in your prompt. you can ask to “avoid giving references or citations” in the prompt and that will help .

Let me know if that works

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I’m encountering the same issue. This only happens when the AI responds in a plain text format.