How do I remove my photos from Google Images?

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Google Images shows pictures hosted on other websites, and Google says it cannot remove those images from the web, only from its results, so the first move is usually to get the hosting site to delete the picture (its contact page, or a Whois lookup to find the owner). If you took the photo, you own the copyright and can file a copyright removal with Google at support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905. It must contain your contact details, a description of the copyrighted work, the specific URLs, a statement that the use is unauthorized, a statement under penalty of perjury that you own or represent the copyright, and your signature, mirroring 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). If the picture exposes your home address, phone number, email, ID, signature or medical or financial records, use Google's "Results about you" tool instead, which removes such results and can alert you to new ones. Nude, sexual or deepfake images of you have their own removal form. Once the source site removes a picture, Google's outdated-content tool refreshes the stale result. Removing a result from Google does not remove it from the site or from other search engines, so send the site a notice too. Build the request at https://takeitdown.agentexchange.work/request/dmca (free; you send it, the deadline is tracked).

How do I remove my photos from Google Images?

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