How to remove box from new Google Maps embeds?

Question

Google appear to have changed how their iFrames work. There is now an infobox at the top left that tries to display the place name. The problem is that here in Ireland it\'s

Answer 1

mid 2017,, you can use built in Google api control flag disableDefaultUI

use it like this:

function initMap() {
  var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    zoom: 4,
    center: {lat: -33, lng: 151},
    disableDefaultUI: true
  });
}

ref: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/controls#DisablingDefaults