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Google Results About You: How to Find and Remove Your Info (2026)

Use Google Results About You to find and request removal of your phone, address, email, and government ID from Search—then remove the source page too.

Google results about youPublished May 28, 2026Updated October 5, 2026By Leak Check Me

Google's Results About You tool is free, lives at myactivity.google.com/results-about-you, and can monitor Google Search for personal information you provide. On February 10, 2026, Google expanded the tool so it can also find and accept removal requests for government-issued ID numbers such as a driver's license, passport, or Social Security number.

It is also a thermometer, not a cure. Here is how to set it up, what it actually does, and what it leaves untouched.

One-sentence answer: Google's Results About You scans Google Search for pages containing your personal information and lets you request those pages be removed from search results — but it does not delete the underlying pages and does not touch Bing, DuckDuckGo, or any data broker.

Trying to remove your info from Spokeo itself? Google's tool only hides the search result; the Spokeo profile stays live. To delete it at the source, follow our free Spokeo opt-out guide, then come back and clear the Google result. The same applies to Whitepages, TruePeopleSearch and FastPeopleSearch.

See the Google-removal and source-cleanup hub if you want the short workflow, or use the five-question Removal Route Check to choose Google, source-site, both, or review-first paths. You can also run the free exposure scan to identify candidate public people-search and broker links before deciding what to remove. A scan is an inventory, not confirmation that every candidate match belongs to you.

Prefer a walkthrough? Read the transcript-first tutorials for Google’s Results About You and source-page removal. The Google hub remains the canonical starting point for the two-path workflow.

What Results About You removes in 2026

Google's current help documentation says Results About You can monitor for and help request removal of results containing your home address, phone number, email address, Social Security number, passport number, or driver's license number. You can add name variants and multiple contact details, turn on notifications, review matches, and follow each request in the dashboard.

Google reviews requests against its removal policies. A request can be denied when a result is considered valuable to the public, including some pages from government or educational institutions and newspapers. The feature is also still rolling out for adults in certain markets. If the tool is unavailable, the same Google Search removal help flow covers additional private information and a detailed request form.

Most importantly, approval removes a result from Google Search; it does not erase the information from the page that published it. Google's Results About You help page recommends contacting the website owner when you want the source page changed or removed.

TL;DR

Free Google tool at myactivity.google.com/results-about-you.
You add your name, contact details, and supported government ID numbers; Google scans Search and can alert you when matches appear.
Review each match and request removal when Google's policy allows it; some results do not offer a removal option.
It only changes Google Search. The source page and other search engines need separate checks.
It does not file opt-outs with data brokers — which is where the real supply is coming from.

What the tool actually does

Sign in to your Google account at myactivity.google.com/results-about-you and add the personal information you want Google to monitor:

Home addresses
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Supported government ID numbers
Your name, including relevant variants

Google regularly checks Search for results that match the details you supplied. When it finds a match, it shows up in your dashboard. You can click "Request to remove" and follow the request status. Approved removals stop the page from appearing in Google Search.

According to Google's public help documentation, Results About You covers personal contact info and supported government ID numbers. Google's broader private-information removal flow also covers categories such as financial credentials, confidential login credentials, private medical records, and pictures of a signature or ID.

Why it is a real upgrade over the old process

Before this tool existed, removing personal info from Google Search meant filling out separate forms for each result — a slow, repetitive task with confusing eligibility rules. Results About You consolidates the workflow into a dashboard, monitors continuously rather than one-shot, and is free.

If another search engine shows the information, check that service's current help and removal route separately. A Google decision does not establish what another engine shows.

So as a free first move, set it up. Five minutes.

The four things it does not do

This is where the marketing copy and the reality diverge.

1. It does not delete the underlying page

Google can stop showing a Spokeo profile page in its search results. It cannot remove the page from Spokeo. The data is still live on the source, still indexed by other engines, still retrievable by anyone who knows to look on Spokeo directly. From Google's own removal policies: "If the content is removed from the source page, Google will eventually no longer show it in our search results."

Check the source page separately. If it still displays the information, Google's decision has not changed what that publisher makes available to direct visitors.

2. It only covers Google Search

A Google delisting does not automatically remove a result from another search engine, a direct link, or the source website. If your goal is to make the information unavailable at its origin, contact the publisher or complete the source site's opt-out process too.

3. It does not establish what other services have stored

Removing a Google result does not tell you whether another search engine, an AI service, or another publisher has stored or indexed the same information. Do not infer that a particular person's address is in a model's training data from a public search result.

If another service still exposes it, inspect that service's current privacy-request process and track the outcome separately.

4. Availability varies by market

Google says some Results About You features are still rolling out to users over 18 in certain markets. If the dashboard is unavailable, use Google's detailed removal request form. Legal removal rights and processes can also vary by location.

How to set it up in 5 minutes

Go to myactivity.google.com/results-about-you and sign in.
Add the personal info you want monitored — your full name, current and recent addresses, phone numbers, emails. Use variants you actually appear under (maiden name, middle initial, etc.).
Set up the available notifications so you can review new matches.
Review the "To review" tab and any notifications Google sends.
For each eligible match, click "Request to remove" and follow its status in the dashboard. Google notes there can be a delay between approval and disappearance from Search.

What Google's tool misses that you need to fix yourself

Here is a fictional example to distinguish the two jobs. The name, address and URL below are invented; this is not a screenshot or a real person's result:

Spokeo — Jane Doe, age 38, 123 Maple St, Springfield IL
spokeo.com/Jane-Doe/Illinois/Springfield/p123456789

An eligible result can be submitted to Google for review. The source profile may still be live (here is how to request removal from Spokeo). Other sites can hold separate copies; check each actual result instead of assuming one request covers every broker. If the result is from Radaris, use the Radaris status guide rather than following old active opt-out instructions.

Requesting removal at the source addresses what that publisher displays. It does not establish that copies held by other services are gone. The FTC explains that people-search information can reappear; it does not give a universal refresh cycle for every broker.

Which request fits what you see?

Your information is still on the source page: use that site's privacy or opt-out route. For Google visibility, also review whether the result is eligible for Results About You.
The source page has changed or disappeared, but Google shows an old description: follow Google's Refresh outdated content instructions.
You already submitted a request: save its status and check the source page and Google result separately. A submitted or approved request is different from a change you have observed.

For a broader inventory of free first-step tools — Google's Results About You is one of them, but there are nine more worth running — see our list of 10 free tools to check what's online about you.

What you can do today

Set up Results About You. Five minutes, free, real value.
For a people-search page that still contains your information, use the source site's opt-out route as well. Recheck both the source and search result after the response.
Set a recurring recheck. Source pages and broker profiles can change or reappear, so a one-time search is not continuing protection.
Bookmark the Google removal help center for the current eligibility rules and links to other removal categories.
Decide whether to handle this yourself or use a service. Compare actual coverage, authorization, proof, recheck cadence, cancellation, and deletion handling before paying.

Keep a record of what changed

Save the affected URL, the request date, the response and a later check of what is actually visible. The opt-out proof log helps keep submitted requests separate from observed removals. If a profile returns, compare it with the earlier record and follow the site's current process.