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title: "Can Grok search the public web without mixing in X posts?"  
description: "Can Grok search the public web without mixing in X posts?"  
author: "Anna Weber"  
published: 2026-10-23  
updated: 2026-10-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162904/can-grok-search-the-public-web-without-mixing-in-x-posts  
category: "Grok Search"  
tags: ["grok", "Web search", "X"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can Grok search the public web without mixing in X posts?

When I ask Grok to look something up, I’m not always sure whether the results are coming from the wider web, posts on X, or a mix of both. For research where I want regular websites rather than social posts, is there a way to make that source preference explicit?

I’d also like to know whether Grok makes the [source types](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22864/different-source-types-of-uiimagepickercontroller-to-pick-images) clear in its answer, or if I need to check each citation myself.


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