This is important to know in case any of your personal (NOT professional) information gets posted publicly.
That means if your cell phone number that you don't want clients or anyone you don't know to have comes up in a Google search for your name, you can request this to be removed.
You can use this request feature if personal information has been shared (on a website you don't control or in a news story to harm you, for example) against your wishes.
If you don't have a Google account, use this form to request information be removed from a Google search result.
If you do have a Google account, follow these steps.
1. Go to Google.com and search for your name
2. Find the search result that includes personal information (email, phone number, or home address) you don't want to appear in this search result
3. Next to the link of every Google search result, you'll see three vertical dots, like this:
Tap the three dots to request that Google remove information from a search result.
4. Tap the three dots to reveal menu options
5. Tap Remove result
6. Tap It shows my personal contact info
7. Fill out the information (be sure to use the exact information shown on the search request) and submit your request.
8. Click I'm done
You'll receive an email confirmation that your request was submitted within a few hours.
Requesting this be removed does not guarantee it, but it's helpful to try and remove any personal information you don't want online.
1 comment:
Remember the good old days when almost everyone's address and phone number was listed in the phone book.
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