Use the Google App to Request Removal of Search Results With Personal Info

pcmag.com:

Spot something on the web about yourself that you don't want broadcast to the entire internet? Google will now let you use its app to request that it remove the content from its search results.

Earlier this year, Google rolled out the ability for people to request—via the web—that Google remove their phone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses from the company's search results. At its I/O developer conference in May, Google said the feature would be rolling out to mobile soon, and it's now showing up on some Android phones, 9to5Google reports(Opens in a new window).

If the option has rolled out to your device, find it in the overflow menu at the top right of individual results. Go ahead, search for your name. We'll wait. If you spot something suspicious, tap the three dots and choose "Remove result." You can monitor the progress of a request.

Other things Google considers to be personal identifiable information (PII) include: confidential government identification numbers (Social Security number); bank account numbers; credit card numbers; images of handwritten signatures; images of ID docs; highly personal, restricted, and official records (of the medical sort); and confidential login credentials. Professional contact information may be considered for removal in the context of doxxing.

Not every removal request will be granted. For each submission, Google evaluates the web page in question, "to ensure that we're not limiting the availability of other information that is broadly useful," like in news articles. And keep in mind that pulling contact info from Google Search doesn't scrub it from the rest of the internet.

Those who have not yet received the mobile update can instead fill out a digital form(Opens