Removal policies

Information we may remove

• National identification numbers like U.S. Social Security Number, Argentine Single Tax Identification Number, Brazil Cadastro de pessoas Físicas, Korea Resident Registration Number, China Resident Identity Card, etc.
• Bank account numbers
• Credit card numbers
• Images of signatures
• Nude or sexually explicit images that were uploaded or shared without your consent
• Confidential, personal medical records of private people

Information we usually don’t remove

• Date of birth
• Addresses
• Telephone numbers

To decide if a piece of personal information creates significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud, or other specific harms, we ask:

• Is it a government-issued identification number?
• Is it confidential, or is it publicly available information?
• Can it be used for common financial transactions?
• Can it be used to obtain more information about an individual that would result in financial harm or identity theft?
• Is it a personally identifiable nude or sexually explicit photo or video shared without consent?

We apply this policy on a case-by-case basis. If we believe that a removal request is being used to try and remove other, non-personal information from search results, we will deny the request.

Note: We usually don’t remove information that can be found on official government websites because the information is publicly available.

• To request to have personal information removed from Google Search results, use the remove information from Google page.
• If you have information you’d like removed for legal reasons, use the legal removals page instead.