# Search Console flags child-property overrides of its AI opt-out control

Published: 2026-10-06T12:47:40.791Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-generative-ai-control-add-42236.html)
Source date: 2026-10-06
Entities: search-console, google

Google's Search generative AI control documentation in Search Console now tells site owners that a top-level domain property will show a notification when one of its child properties overrides the parent's AI control setting, per Search Engine Roundtable. The control, which removes a site from AI Overviews, AI Mode and Discover's generative features, rolled out to all sites globally on August 31; this update adds visibility for owners managing a domain's subdomains or subfolders as separate properties, where a child's setting could previously diverge from the parent's without any flag.

Why it matters: Multi-property sites can now see in Search Console when a subdomain or subfolder has quietly opted back into AI Overviews after the parent domain opted out — previously that divergence had no visible flag.

## What this answers

**Does Search Console flag it when a subdomain or subfolder property overrides the main domain's AI Overviews opt-out setting?**

Yes — Google's Search generative AI control documentation now says owners of a top-level domain property see a notification on that page when one of their child properties overrides the parent's setting, per Search Engine Roundtable (Oct. 6, 2026).


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