My AC compressor is shot and clutch is burnt up. Is there any way to bypass that

take the ac puly and belt off rap old belt around rest of pulys and measure it go get that size belt and put on excluding the ac basicly saying to just bypass the ac with a shorter belt they will tell u they dont have shorter belt at parts store so measure n just get that lenth put it bak on n same direction as old belt itl work unless ac is the idler puly wich i highly dought