When you use “Results about you,” you can find out if your personal contact info, like your home address, phone number, or email address shows up in search results.
Important: Some of these features are currently rolling out for users who are over the age of 18 in certain markets. To request removal of a result that shows contact info for a person under the age of 18, use the detailed removal request form.
Find your personal contact info in Google Search results
Step 1: Find results about you
- Go to “Results about you” page.
- In the Google app:
- Log in to the Google app.
- To open the menu, click your Google Account avatar.
- From the menu, select Results about you.
- From mobile web or desktop:
- Log in to your Google account.
- To open the menu, click your Google Account avatar.
- From the menu, select Manage your Google Account Data & privacy.
- In the “History settings,” select My Activity Other activity.
- Scroll down to the “Results about you” section, and select “Manage results about you.”
- In the Google app:
- Select Get started or Settings.
- Enter your name and the contact info that you want to find in search results.
- Google uses this information to check for search results that show this info.
Tip: You can also enter these types of contact info in the form:- Nickname
- Maiden name
- Multiple personal phone numbers
- Multiple addresses
- Multiple email address
- Google uses this information to check for search results that show this info.
- Set up notifications.
- You can choose to receive email notifications if Google finds results with your contact info. You can also receive push notifications through the Google app.
- If you have notifications on, you’ll receive a notification to let you know if the results match your info. After that, you’ll receive a new notification when new results are found that match your contact info.
Step 2: Review results about you
If you have notifications on, you'll get a notification within a few hours to let you know if any search results matched your name and personal contact info. You can also check directly from the “Results about you” page.
To view your results, from the “Results about you” page, go to the “Results to review” tab.
When you select a result, you can learn more about it, like the website it's from, or the contact info it contains.
Step 3: Request removal of results about you
If you see a result that you’d rather keep private, you can request to remove it from search results.
To remove more than one result, select the checkbox next to each result Request to remove.
To remove a single result, select the result to expand Request to remove.
If you don’t want to start a removal request, you can also choose "Mark as reviewed."
Google considers some results valuable to the public. These can include government or educational websites, online newspapers, or business websites. If your result is from a website like this, you won't find a "Remove result" option.
To confirm your removal request and for status updates when your request has been reviewed, you’ll get an email. You can check the status of your requests anytime from "Results about you" under "Removal requests."
Remove results when you use Google Search
Step 1: Report URLs on Google Search
- On desktop or mobile, log in with your Google Account.
- You’ll get an update on the status of your requests through the email address associated with your account.
- If you want to request removal of a result for someone else, or if you don’t want to log in, you can use the detailed removal request form instead.
- On Google Search, search for your name.
- To find results that show your personal contact info, you can search for your name and your home city, or your name and your home address.
- To reach “About this result” panel, click More .
- Select Remove result It shows my personal contact info.
- Go through the reporting flow.
- Submit your request.
- After you submit your request, select I'm done.
Tip: Make sure to enter your name and the personal contact info shown on the result page exactly as they appear on the result. For example, if the result shows:
- Your nickname: Enter your nickname in the form.
- An old home address: Enter the old home address in the form.
- More than one type of contact info: You only need to include one type of contact info in your request form. This includes your phone number and your home address.
- More than one type of contact info: You don't need to submit multiple removal requests for the same URL.
Step 2: Check for email confirmation
Within the next few hours, you’ll receive an email confirmation that your request was submitted.
Step 3: Monitor the status of your requests
In the “Results about you” page, you can check if your request is:
- In progress
- Approved
- Denied
- Undone
After you select on a specific request, you can check details like the:
- Link to the page you flagged
- Submission day and time
- Request ID
- Contact info you flagged on the page
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
FAQ
What does Google do with the data you provide in your removal requests?
When you submit removal requests, you must provide the contact info that you want to be removed. Google uses this info to make sure it matches the info that appears on a result’s web page.
What happens to URLs after they’re approved for removal?
- The URL won’t appear for any search query. This is what happens most of the time.
- The URL won’t appear for search queries that contain your name.
- This is called query-based removal. This happens when the info on the page that violates the policy is accompanied by content that’s considered valuable to the public or has contact info that belongs to other individuals or businesses.
What happens if my request is denied?
If your request is denied, you’ll receive an email notification. On the “Results about you” page, you’ll find the reason why your request wasn’t approved.
What type of requests does Google approve through "Results about you"?
Google may approve requests to remove results with your personal contact info, which includes your:
- Phone number
- Home address
- Email address
To preserve access to info that’s valuable to the public, Google sometimes denies requests. For example, Google won’t remove results for web pages that are owned by:
- Educational or government institutions
- Newspapers
These websites contain info that’s valuable to the public.
If you’re comfortable, you can contact the website owner to request that they remove your personal contact info from the source web page. This removes the info from the web at its source, which in turn removes it from Google Search results. Learn how to contact a website’s owner.What other types of info can I remove from Google Search?
What if I have a legal removal request?
What happens if I change my mind about removing a result?
Tip: This doesn’t guarantee that the page will reappear for you or others in search results. If someone else requests removal of the same URL and Google approves their request, Google won’t be able to show the URL in search results again even if you undo your own removal request.
What do I do if my personal contact info is behind a paywall?
If you find your personal contact info in a search result that leads to a web page with a paywall, you can still request to remove it.