Watch: Joshua Albanese on how to remove personal information from Google

In this short, Joshua Albanese, founder of The Reputation.org, answers "How to remove personal information from Google": the Results about you tool, the people search sites, and why listings come back. Delivered with AI-assisted narration. Every answer is written and verified by our reputation team.

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Video Transcript

How to remove personal information from Google. Straight answer. Use Google's Results about you tool to request removal yourself, or have a removal team handle it. Google's personal information policy covers your address, phone, email, ID numbers, and bank details. Open your Google Account, search Results about you, and add your name and contact details. That form is the easy part. Three things decide whether your info stays gone, and there's a faster way through all three. One. That request only removes the result from Google. The page still lives on the website that posted it. Two. Those websites are often people search sites, like Spokeo, BeenVerified, and Whitepages. Each one has its own opt out page and its own email check. And there are dozens of them, not three. Three. They pull from public records, so listings come back. You check again every few months. Some results won't come off this way. Google says government and news sites usually stay. That's why TheReputation.org exists. We work the opt outs across the people search sites, file with Google, and watch for listings that come back. If your address or phone number shows up under your name, comment "REMOVAL." We'll see what can come down and handle the opt outs for you.

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