We sometimes remove content when violations of the Google Maps user-generated content policy ('content policy') are identified. The content policy also applies to behaviours that may not be directly linked to content. If your content or behaviour is identified as a policy violation, your content may be removed.
What happens when your content or edit is removed or rejected for policy violations?
You may be informed when content is removed or rejected for a policy violation. In most cases, we’ll also tell you:
- What content was removed or rejected
- Why it was removed or rejected
- What you can do next
If removed or rejected for a policy violation, your content may still be available in your Google Maps profile, but may be marked as 'Not posted', 'Private', 'Not Accepted' or similar. In some cases, your content or edits may be deleted entirely due to legal requirements or the severity of the violation.
If you think that we made a mistake, you may be able to edit and repost your content or appeal the content removal or rejection.
Multiple or severe violations may result in feature access restrictions. If you think that we made a mistake, you might be able to appeal the feature access restriction in certain cases.
What you can do next
We want to help you keep contributing to Google Maps, so remember to do the following:
- Make sure that your content follows our policies. Learn about our content policies.
- After reviewing our policies, you can edit and repost your content. If you think we made a mistake, you might be able to appeal the decision. Learn more about the appeals process.
Content removed and rejected for other reasons
We also may remove content or edits for non-policy violating reasons including if:
- The submitted edit is unverifiable.
- The content has quality issues.
- The content is posted to a place with posting restrictions.
- The business or place is ineligible to be on Maps.
- The content violates applicable law.