Search engine opt-out guide

How to Remove Content or Personal Information From Google

Google does not host most of the content it shows, but it will remove certain results: contact details through Results about you, doxxing and non-consensual explicit images under its policies, and outdated pages through the Refresh Outdated Content tool.

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Quick facts

Help pageGoogle Results about you
CostFree
VerificationGoogle account
Account neededYes, for Results about you
Processing timeReports are usually reviewed within days
Last reviewedOctober 2026

Step by step

How to get content removed from Google

Use Results about youSign in to your Google account and use Results about you to find and request removal of results showing your phone number, home address, or email.
Report policy violationsUse Google’s personal information removal request for doxxing, financial or ID numbers, non-consensual explicit images, and results from sites with exploitative removal practices.
Refresh outdated resultsIf a page has already been deleted or changed, submit the URL to the Refresh Outdated Content tool.
Use legal removal for court ordersFor content a court has found unlawful, such as defamation, submit Google’s legal removal request with the order.
Remove the source tooSearch removal leaves the page online. Ask the website to remove it as well.

What Google shows about you

Search results that mention your name
Images in Google Images
Cached snippets of pages that changed

After you opt out

Search your name on the platform and in Google to confirm the content is gone.
If Google still shows a removed Google page, use Google’s Refresh Outdated Content tool.
Keep screenshots and report confirmation numbers in case you need to appeal.
Tighten your privacy settings so less of your information is public going forward.

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