Google does not host the page that exposes your home address — but it is the reason anyone finds it. Removing a URL from search results is a separate, faster action than removing the underlying page, and Google runs three distinct mechanisms for it. Use the right one and results disappear in days.
1. Results about you (fastest, US and select regions)
Google's 'Results about you' tool monitors search for your phone number, home address, and email address and lets you request removal of matching results in a few clicks. Enable monitoring first so new exposures generate an alert instead of a surprise.
2. Personal-information removal policy
- Explicit personal contact info: home address, phone, email — removable when it appears with doxxing intent or on people-search sites.
- Confidential government IDs: national ID, passport, tax numbers.
- Bank account and credit card numbers.
- Handwritten signatures, personal medical records, and non-consensual explicit imagery.
- Login credentials found in leaked data.
3. Outdated content tool
If the source page has already been deleted or edited but Google still shows the old snippet, the Refresh Outdated Content tool forces a re-crawl and drops the stale result. This only works after the page itself has actually changed — so remove at the source first, then refresh.
Don't forget Bing and the source site
Search de-indexing does not delete the data. The page still exists, still gets scraped by other brokers, and still surfaces on Bing, DuckDuckGo (Bing-powered), and specialist people-search engines. Always pair a de-index request with an opt-out at the source broker, then submit the same removal to Bing's Content Removal Tool.
Track what came back
De-indexed URLs can return when a broker republishes the profile at a new URL. MyTrace.fyi records every removal you submit, links directly to Google's and Bing's removal forms from each finding, and re-scans so you can see instantly whether a result reappeared.