Remove search results from Google: how we got four approved in a day

Published 5 October 2026 Checked 5 October 2026

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Even after you’ve removed yourself from a people-search site, Google can keep showing the result with your address for a while. And not every site removes you. Then you can ask Google to stop showing the result. This works for pages that show your home address, phone number or email address.

When we tried it in October 2026, we asked Google to remove four results about one of us, from Ratsit, MrKoll, Eniro and Hitta. All four were approved the same day.

How to ask Google to remove a search result

You need to be signed in to a Google account.

1. Search for your name on Google, ideally with your town or address. Kolla själv builds a search that only shows results from the sites you’re listed on.
2. Click the three dots ⋮ next to a result that shows your address or phone number. This opens the “About this result” panel.
3. Choose “Remove result”, then “It shows my personal info and I don’t want it there”, then “Contact Info”.
4. Enter your name and contact details exactly as they appear in the result, for example street address and town. Google checks them against the page.
5. Send the request, and do the same for the next result.

You only need to give one kind of contact detail per result, and one request per page is enough. Google emails a confirmation within a few hours, and again once the request has been reviewed.

Follow your requests in Results about you

In Google’s Results about you tool you can see whether a request is in progress, approved or declined. You can also let Google look for results with your contact details and tell you when new ones appear. If you change your mind, you can withdraw a request there.

If you’re under 18, or don’t want to sign in, use Google’s longer form instead.

What Google won’t remove

• Government sites, schools and newspapers. Google considers those pages to be of public value. Our requests about the people-search sites were approved, though, even though those sites hold publishing certificates.
• Details you control yourself, for example on your own blog or social media. Remove them there.
• The page on the site. Google stops showing the result, but the details are still on the site. Usually the page disappears from Google entirely. If it also shows other people’s contact details, such as neighbours’, Google may hide it only when someone searches for your name.

When the site has already removed you

If you’ve removed yourself from a site, Google can still show the old result for a while, with your address in the text under the link. Ask Google to refresh the result with its tool for outdated content. That also needs a Google account.

The right to be forgotten

In the EU, you can also ask Google to remove results for your name under the GDPR, if the information is outdated, irrelevant or excessive. It has its own form, and Google weighs your privacy against the public interest. This route suits results that aren’t about contact details.

Bing

Bing has its own EU removal form. Remove yourself on the sites first, or the results can come back.

Remove yourself from the sites too

Google only hides the result. Read how to remove yourself from Ratsit, MrKoll, Hitta and the others, or check where you’re listed straight away.

A simplified explanation, not legal advice.

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