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How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google’s Search Results


Maybe you don’t want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here’s how to make them vanish.

Finding personal details in a Google search, like a home address or phone number, can be quite frightening, but you can take action to protect your privacy. Although getting results scrubbed from Google Search won’t remove web pages from the internet, it will divert one of the biggest drivers of traffic. The next question asks whether the request pertains to doxxing, which Google defines as “contact information being shared with malicious, threatening, or harassing intent.”

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