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    Remove leaked content from Google Search

    Delisting hides a leak from search even when the host won't remove the page. Two paths: copyright and the faster non-consensual imagery removal.

    Pick the right form

    For your own paid/copyrighted content, use Google's copyright (DMCA) removal. If the content is intimate and was shared without your consent, use Google's dedicated removal for non-consensual explicit imagery — it's faster, global, and doesn't require proving copyright.

    Copyright (DMCA) removal

    • Go to Google's Legal Help → 'Remove content from Google' → Web Search → Copyright.
    • Choose 'I'm the copyright owner' and list each infringing URL (up to 1,000 per request).
    • Paste the good-faith + accuracy statements and sign electronically.

    Non-consensual imagery removal

    • Search Google Help for 'remove non-consensual explicit personal images'.
    • Complete the form with the URLs and a short description.
    • This removes the results globally, not just on your local Google domain.

    After delisting

    Delisting removes the search result, not the page itself — always pair it with a takedown to the host. Use Google's 'Refresh Outdated Content' tool to speed up cache removal once the page is gone.

    Work through it as a checklist

    6 steps

    Copyright (DMCA) removal

    Non-consensual imagery removal

    Your ticks are saved in this browser, on this device, and openDMCA never sees them. Seeing the same checklist ticked on your phone and your laptop needs an account, because a browser cannot sync to a device it does not know about. What an account costs.

    Automate all of this

    Skip the manual work — openDMCA detects leaks, files the notices, requests search delisting, and keeps re-checking for reuploads.