How To Remove Your Personal Information From Google

Have you ever diligently taken the time to look up your name on the internet to see what data is available on you there?

Depending on how much of your information you have posted online, you may find various types of information if you do.

However, there is a way to get information about yourself that you believe is sensitive and could put you in danger deleted off the internet.

With an emphasis on extremely private content that, if made public, could directly harm individuals, Google Search includes a set of regulations that allow users to ask for the removal of specific content from Search.

Here is how to remove personal information on google:

1. Go to the google help platform on: https://support.google.com/

2. Key in the issue you have, which in this case is ‘to remove your personal information on Google’

3. Select ‘Request to remove your personal information on Google’

4. Fill in the online form to submit a removal request.

5. On the form you will answer a series of questions about the type of personal information showing up in search results, URLs of the websites displaying the information, search terms used to turn up those results in Google searches and even screenshots of the websites and search results.

According to Google, the personally identifiable information (PII) you can request for removal on google includes:

1. Confidential government identification (ID) numbers

2. Bank account numbers

3. Credit card numbers

4. Images of handwritten signatures

5. Images of ID docs

6. Highly personal, restricted, and official records, like medical records

7. Personal contact info (physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses)

8. Confidential login credentials

Note: Google may not remove your personal data from its search results if the information is newsworthy – for instance, if it appears in a relevant news article – or if it’s included on a government website or another official source. Also, if the information is hosted on another website you…