How to remove your address and phone number from Google search results

What Results about you does

• Checks Google Search for results that show your name with your home address, phone number or email address.
• Lets you ask Google to remove a result from its search results.
• Can tell you, by email or in the Google app, when new results with your info show up.
• Shows where each request stands: in progress, approved, denied or undone.

What it does not do

• It does not delete anything from the website itself. Google says the info still exists on the source page, whether your request is approved or denied.
• Google says it won't remove results from government or school websites, or from newspapers, because that info is valuable to the public.
• Sometimes an approved result is hidden only from searches that include your name.
• Google says some of these features are still rolling out, for people over 18 in certain markets.
• For a result about someone under 18, Google says to use its detailed removal request form instead. Its help page links it.

How to use Results about you

1. 1

   Open Results about you. In the Google app, tap your profile picture, then Results about you. On a phone browser or a computer, go to: myactivity.google.com/results-about-you (opens in a new tab)

2. 2

   Select Get started or Settings. Enter your name and the home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses you want Google to look for.

3. 3

   Turn on notifications if you want an email or an alert in the Google app when Google finds results with your info.

4. 4

   Open the To review tab. Select a result to see the website it's from and the info it shows.

5. 5

   To ask Google to remove a result, select it and choose Request to remove. Google emails you to confirm the request, and again when it's reviewed.

6. 6

   Found a result yourself? On Google Search, open the result's More menu, select Remove result, then It shows my personal info, and follow the steps.

7. 7

   Check each request under Removal requests on the Results about you page.

8. 8

   Google's own help page has every step and rule, and the form for someone under 18: support.google.com/websearch/answer/12719076 (opens in a new tab)

How long does it take?

For a request made from Google Search, Google says the confirmation email arrives within a few hours. After a request is approved there may be a delay before the result leaves search, so check again a few hours later.

Does it remove my info from people-search sites?

No. Google says removing a result from Search doesn't remove the info from the internet: it stays on the website. To take it off a people-search site, use that site's own opt-out.

What if Google says no?

Google emails you, and the Results about you page shows the reason. To ask for someone else, Google says to use its detailed removal request form, because a request for someone else from your own account may be denied.