Step
Action
What to Do
1. Locate all sources
Find every place the image appears
Search Google Images with name variations and do a reverse image search to collect URLs.
2. Delete from accounts you control
Remove images you posted yourself
Clean up social media and personal websites or blogs.
3. Request removal from the site owner
Ask the webmaster or host to take it down
Use the site’s contact page or WHOIS info; send a polite removal email with the image URL.
4. Submit a Google removal request
File with Google if the image meets policy
Use Google’s removal request form for explicit, PII, minors, or pay-to-remove content.
5. Remove outdated images
Clear deleted images still showing in search
Use Google’s Outdated Content tool to de-index images that no longer exist online.