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Policy requirements for removal requests

After you submit a request, Google will review it to make sure it meets policy requirements for removal. Requests
must meet the following policy requirements:
The contact info displayed on the result has to be your personal info. To request to remove professional info
that’s been posted with the intent to harm you, use the detailed removal request form.
You don’t control the info yourself. This means contact info that you can remove from the internet yourself, like
info on a social media page or a personal blog that you own.
As Google Search seeks to provide users with useful info, it won’t remove info that’s valuable to the public. For
example, Google won’t remove results for web pages that are owned by:
Educational or government institutions
Newspapers

Google takes a few days to process removal requests for personal information from search results, but the exact
timeline can vary. Once you submit a request, their team reviews it to ensure it meets their guidelines, and they
notify you of the outcome via email. In some cases, the changes might appear sooner—updates can sometimes
reflect in search results within a matter of minutes for outdated content removal.

Removing this information from Google Search doesn’t mean it’s gone from the internet.
To remove it from the source webpage, you can:
See if the source website has its own process for removing personal info.
You can contact the website owner and ask them to remove your info from the page. Here's how.

It's a good idea to check back regularly and continue to update the Results about you form in Google. Also, be
aware that this tool may not be able to find and remove every instance of personal information. Doxxers often
gather personal information from public records, online databases, and social media platforms. Details like home
addresses, phone numbers, and even work history can be pieced together from what people share online, so be
careful with what you say and share on the world wide web.

DeleteMe offers comprehensive opt-out guides to help you remove your personal information from various data
broker websites. These guides provide step-by-step instructions to ensure your data is thoroughly removed from
these platforms. It can take hours to go through each website and remove the personal information for just one
person – let alone your entire family. You can find the guides here.

If you're looking to remove yourself from the internet entirely, DeleteMe also provides a detailed guide on how to
do so. This includes steps like deleting or deactivating social media accounts, removing personal information from
websites, and opting out from data brokers. You can find this guide here.