{"id":15683,"date":"2023-12-29T14:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netreputation.com\/?p=15683"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T00:00:56","slug":"steps-to-remove-personal-information-from-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netreputation.com\/steps-to-remove-personal-information-from-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Steps To Remove Personal Information From Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, we’ll discuss how to remove personal information from Google Search results in an effort to protect and rebuild your personal or business reputation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are times when you want your personally identifiable information to be public online. For example, if you’re a consultant and want potential clients to get in touch with you, you’ll want your name, phone number and email address to be discoverable.<\/p>\n

Other times, though, you want to protect that information. And even if you’re comfortable having your personal contact info on some sites, there may be certain web pages that you don’t want to appear on.<\/p>\n

Google makes it possible to find, review and request removal of your personal contact information<\/a>. Let’s go over your options.<\/p>\n

Should You Remove Your Personal Information From Google?<\/h2>\n

While there are good reasons to have your personal information available for some purposes and on some websites, in general, most people don’t want their full name, home address and work address, phone number, and personal email address out there for anybody to find.<\/p>\n

Having so much personally identifiable info online can create safety issues, both in person and on the internet. When someone can use Google Search to look for your name and then have several details show up in seconds, it can feel threatening. Even if nothing negative comes of it, you’ll still likely want to remove that data so that it’s not so readily available on the internet.<\/p>\n

Here’s another consideration: That personal information may be on more than just public record websites, like contact directories. If your name, phone number, physical address, etc. show up on a site with explicit content, that could affect things like your ability to get a job, meet a partner online or make a good impression with your business.<\/p>\n

In general, it’s smart to know where your personal contact info is online so that you can opt to remove information about you if it’s either unnecessary or harmful.<\/p>\n

Finding Your Personal Info in Results About You<\/h2>\n

The Google search engine has a Results About You\u00a0<\/strong>feature that lets you input your personal contact information and then set up alerts in cases it shows up in results. Here’s how to get that set up and submit removal requests.<\/p>\n

Signing Up for Results About You<\/h3>\n

Go to the Results About You<\/b><\/a> page and click the Get Started <\/b>button.<\/p>\n

\"Take<\/p>\n

Next, you\u2019ll see a window that explains how Results About You <\/b>works. It says that once you add your personally identifiable information and sign up for notifications, you\u2019ll be alerted to any search results that include that info.<\/p>\n

\"Results<\/p>\n

The next window explains that if you are alerted to your personally identifiable information in Google Search results, you can put in a removal request.<\/p>\n

\"Results<\/p>\n

In the next window, you\u2019ll enter your personally identifiable information, including:<\/p>\n