Remove a link or image from Google search

What we remove from Google

• Search results (links) to pages that show your personal data, false claims or private content
• Images in Google Images: photos of you, your ID, your house, your family, or screenshots of posts
• Outdated snippets: titles and descriptions that still show text the website already deleted
• Results for your name that link to doxxing, “scammer” call-outs or shaming posts
• Pages with intimate images shared without consent, and their copies
• Results that point to illegal content, through Google’s legal removal process

Related removal services

If the problem is everything that comes up when people search your name, start with how we remove your name from Google. For phone numbers, addresses and IDs, see how we remove personal information; for press coverage, how we remove a news article; for private photos and videos, how we remove intimate images.

De-indexing vs removal at the source

Google does not host the pages it lists. When Google removes a result, the page itself stays online: anyone with the link, or another search engine, can still find it. That is de-indexing. When the website deletes the page, it is gone everywhere, and Google drops it on its own. That is removal at the source.

We always try the source first: the platform, the website owner or its host. We use Google as the second step, or as the main route when a website ignores every request. In many cases we do both, so the content is removed and the old result does not linger in search.

Google removal routes we use

Google has several separate processes, each with its own rules. Picking the wrong one is the most common reason a request is refused.

• Personal information (Results about you): phone numbers, home and email addresses, ID numbers, bank and card details, images of ID documents and signatures, and doxxing content with threats or calls to harass.
• Non-consensual explicit images: intimate images shared without consent, including fake or AI-made ones. Google also tries to filter copies.
• Refresh Outdated Content tool: for pages that were deleted or changed but still show the old title, snippet or image in results.
• Report Content for Legal Reasons: defamation, privacy and other legal claims. Google reviews the claim and often limits removal to the country where the content appears unlawful.
• Removal at the source, then Google: when no Google policy applies, we get the page changed or deleted first, then ask Google to update the result.

Google removal routes compared

Which Google route fits which result, what it changes, and its limit. Google decides each request; we try removal at the source first whenever possible.

Removing images from Google Images

An image in Google Images comes from a web page. If the page is removed or the image file deleted, the image result disappears after a refresh request. If the page stays, Google can still remove the image when it shows personal information, an ID document or intimate content shared without consent. We report each image URL and the page that hosts it, because Google treats them separately.

How to remove Google search results

1. Free assessment. Send us the links or search terms on Messenger or through the form. We check each result and tell you which route applies and the price, before you pay.
2. At the source. Where possible we report the page to the platform or ask the website owner or host to remove it.
3. Google request. We file the matching Google request for each URL and image, with the evidence Google asks for.
4. Follow-up. We track every request, answer Google’s questions, re-file with a better ground when a request is refused, and report back on each link.

Our first action is within 48 hours of your order, faster with the larger packs. Google decides each request; many are answered within days, legal requests can take longer.

Why Google removal requests get rejected

• Wrong form: a defamation complaint sent through the personal information form, or the reverse.
• Page still unchanged: the Refresh Outdated Content tool only works once the website has deleted or changed the content.
• Public interest: Google keeps information about public figures, professional conduct or official records.
• Missing evidence: no screenshots, no proof the data is yours, or no explanation of why a statement is false.
• Only part of the copies reported: the same content on another URL stays in results.

When a request of yours was already refused, send it to us: we often find a different route, a missing document, or a way to remove the page at the source.

Our expertise

We work with Google’s published content policies and with Philippine law: the Data Privacy Act (RA 10173) for personal data, the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act (RA 9995) for intimate images, and the Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175) for online libel. We cite them in our requests to websites. We are not a law firm and do not give legal advice. NetClearer has handled online removals since March 2021 for more than 2,000 clients.

What we cannot remove, and what we do instead

• Results on other search engines follow their own rules. Removal at the source fixes all of them at once.
• Legitimate news and public records usually stay. We work on outdated details and copies instead.
• Google decides. We cannot force a removal; we file the strongest request and re-file when a better ground exists.
• Positive “push down” content is not what we do: we remove or de-index, we do not publish pages to bury results.