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How to Remove an embarrassing image from Google


How to Remove an embarrassing image from Google

Suppose you do something stupid, like getting an embarrassing picture taken of yourself at a party. Suppose that the picture gets posted to a website, and that it comes up at the top of the images page when your name is googled on google images--
How do you get rid of the picture?

1. Contact the website to have the webmaster remove the image.

If clicking the embarrassing picture gets you to a website, Google will not remove the picture. First, you have to get the website that hosts the picture to remove it. Fortunately, this is usually not too difficult. The webmaster of the site will often remove the picture if asked nicely. Hosting companies are sensitive to bad publicity, especially if there is even a hint of libel, and many picture-hosting sites have a link to request removal of the image.

After the host removes the image, it could still show up on the google search. After removal, clicking on the image gets you a “not available” message, or “access denied.” How do you get rid of the initial image in Google? It takes an extra step.

The old link to the image still displays at the top of the “access denied” message. You need to copy this bad address [Ctrl-C] to get rid of the google thumbnail image.

A sample image address might look like this;



2. Remove a deleted image from search results.
After an image is removed from a website, it may still appear in search results for a little while.
To remove these images from search results, follow these steps:
  1. Search on images.google.com for the image you want to find.
  2. Select the image link by right clicking on the image thumbnail and choosing  Copy link address.
    Note: Different browsers may have different names for copying link location.
  3. Go to the Remove outdated content page.
    Note: This is in “Google Console. Clicking the link takes you right to it--or
    the address is https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals?pli=1
  4. In the "Enter URL of outdated content" box, paste the URL.
  5. Click Request removal.
    • If you see the message "We think the image or web page you're trying to remove hasn't been removed by the site owner," follow the steps on the screen to give us more information.
    • If you see the message "This content is gone," click Request removal.
Google verifies that the image link is gone, then a removal request is put in with Google, marked 'Pending.'

The embarrassing image will hopefully disappear from Google searches within a day or two.

Acknowledgement:  Google help provided most of the information needed for these notes.  Thanks Google!

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