Remove your phone number from Google and the web

What to do right now

• Do not argue in the comments. Every reply pushes the post up and brings more people to it.
• Copy the links (URLs) of every post, page and Google result that shows your number, and take dated screenshots.
• Do not answer unknown callers who ask for codes or money. A posted number is often used for SIM-swap and OTP scams: never share a one-time PIN.
• Tell your bank or e-wallet if your number is linked to your account and was posted together with your name.

Where your number appears

In the Philippines, a mobile number rarely leaks alone. It is usually copied from a screenshot, a selling post or a lending app list, then shared with your name and photo.

• Facebook posts, groups and comments, including buy-and-sell groups and community pages: see how we remove Facebook posts about you
• Call-out and “scammer” pages that publish names, photos and numbers
• Lending app collectors who post or text your number to your contacts
• Directory and people-search websites, old classified ads and forum threads
• Google search results and Google Images that show screenshots containing your number

Removal at the source

Removing the post itself is the real fix: once the page is gone, Google drops it too. Meta’s Community Standards on privacy violations prohibit sharing the personal phone number of a private person, except in narrow cases such as finding a missing person. We report each post under that rule, or under bullying and harassment when the post also insults or threatens you.

For websites, we contact the owner with a removal request based on the Data Privacy Act (RA 10173), which lets you ask that your personal data be blocked or erased when it is processed without your consent. When the owner does not answer, we write to the hosting provider.

Google’s personal information removal request

Google has a policy to remove results that show your personal contact information, including your phone number, from Google Search. You can file the request through Google’s online form, or through the “Results about you” tool in the countries where Google offers it. Google reviews each URL: it may keep a result that has news value or public interest, for example a number that belongs to a business.

We file one request per URL, with the exact place where the number appears, and add the context Google looks at: a threat, a harassment campaign, or a post that combines your number with your address or ID. Keep in mind that Google only removes the result from its search: the page stays online until the site removes it, which is why we work on both at once.

Numbers in “scammer” posts

Many numbers end up online because someone claims the owner is a scammer. Your GCash or Maya account is often your mobile number, so the same post can expose your wallet too. Even when there is a real dispute behind it, publishing a private number is not the lawful way to settle it.

We ask the platform to remove the post or the personal data in it. If the accusation is false and you are an online seller, our page on scam accusations against online sellers covers the business side. If a lending app posted your number, see how we remove lending app shaming posts.

How we remove your phone number

1. Free assessment. Send us the links on Messenger or through the form. We tell you what can be removed and the price before you pay.
2. Source reports. We report each post or page under the platform’s privacy rules, or write to the website and its host.
3. Google request. We file Google’s removal request for every result that still shows your number.
4. Follow-up. We check every link until it is decided and file again on another ground when needed.

If your address or name was posted too, see how we remove your home address from Google and remove your name from Google. All cases are part of our service to remove personal information. Packs and monitoring options are on our content removal prices page.

Honest limits

• Calls and texts you already receive cannot be stopped by removing posts. Block the numbers and report scam texts to your network.
• Private chats (Messenger, Viber, private groups) cannot be cleaned from the outside.
• Copies already saved by other people stay on their phones. Removing public posts stops new people from finding your number.