How to Remove Your Address from Google Search Results

Your home address showing up on Google is not Google's fault, usually. Google indexes pages from data broker sites like Spokeo, WhitePages, and TruePeopleSearch. Those sites are the actual source. To get your address off Google, you need to remove it from the sites Google is pulling it from, and then ask Google to drop the cached result. Here is how to do both.

Last updated March 18, 2026

> What to do

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    Find which sites are publishing your address

    Google your full name plus your city. The results from people search sites are the ones exposing your address. Make a list of every site that shows it. There are usually between 10 and 50 of them. A people search on EXPOSE does this automatically and shows you exactly which brokers have your data.

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    Submit opt-out requests to each data broker

    Every major data broker is legally required to honor removal requests. Go to each site's opt-out page, find your listing, and submit a removal. Most require an email address for verification. Some make you wait 24 to 72 hours before the listing disappears.

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    Use Google's removal request tool for urgent cases

    Google lets you request removal of pages that show your personal info including home address, phone number, and email. This does not delete the data from the source site, but it removes the result from Google while you work on the opt-outs.

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    Remove your address from Google Maps

    If your name is associated with your address on Google Maps (common with home businesses or old listings), open Google Maps, find the listing, click "Suggest an edit," and select "Remove this place." Google typically processes these within a few days.

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    Set up monitoring to catch re-listings

    Data brokers re-scrape public records regularly. Your address will reappear on many of these sites within 3 to 6 months. Monthly monitoring with EXPOSE alerts you when your data shows up again so you can re-submit removal requests before Google re-indexes the pages.

> Why your address keeps showing up on Google

Data brokers build profiles from public records like property deeds, voter registrations, and court filings. These are all public by law. The brokers scrape them, build a profile page for you, and Google indexes that page. Even after you opt out, the broker re-scrapes the same public records a few months later and your profile comes back. This is why one-time removal does not work. You need ongoing monitoring, or you need to address the upstream sources like using a trust for property ownership or a PO Box for voter registration.

> SCAN_NOW

See which sites are publishing your address

Search your name to find every data broker, public record, and people search site listing your home address right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take Google to remove a result?▼
Google's removal request tool usually processes requests within a few days. But the fastest path is removing the data from the source site first. Once the page returns a 404, Google drops it from search results during its next crawl, typically within 1 to 4 weeks.
Can I remove my address from Google permanently?▼
Not permanently in one shot. Data brokers re-list your address every few months by re-scraping public records. You need to either opt out repeatedly, use a removal service, or set up monitoring to catch new listings as they appear.
Does removing my address from Google also remove it from Bing and other search engines?▼
No. Each search engine has its own removal process. Bing has a content removal tool as well. But the real fix is removing the data from the source sites. Once the broker page is gone, all search engines will eventually drop it.
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