Pinterest is a social mood board that lets users post media from all over the web to virtual boards. These boards can be shared with other users or the web at large.

How to Remove Information from Pinterest

If you find your personal information exposed on a Pinterest board one of two things has happened: either you’ve accidentally published the sensitive information yourself or someone else has published information about you on their pin board. In the first case simply log into your Pinterest account and delete the exposed content. Google will re-index the page in a few weeks and it will be as if your information had never been exposed. The second case it a little trickier. If the exposed information is illegal to publish because it violates a court order a copyright or a state or federal statute you can use Google’s content removal tools to request that the offending content be taken down. If the exposed information does not violate the law your only option is to contact the owner of the Pinterest account and ask nicely that it be removed.

Pinterest Privacy Policy, TOS and Removal

View the Pinterest Privacy Policy here.

In some cases, a websites Terms of Service spells out ways to get your info off the site. This is sometimes referred to as a TOS removal. You can view Pinterest’s TOS to see if it will help you get your info off Pinterest.

Pinterest Opt Out

For instructions to opt out of Pinterest visit .