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How to Remove Your Name, Phone Number, and Address from the Google Phonebook
Many people are uncomfortable when they find out that anyone online can just type their ten digit phone number into any Google search box and find their name and address.
While all of this information is publicly available through libraries and phonebooks, the way that Google has automated their white pages and reverse phone directory is considered to be an invasion of privacy to some internet users.
For example, if you type in the following phone number (blurred for privacy reasons), Google tells you the owner’s name, address, and even offers to give you a map with directions to their home.
How to Remove Your Name from Google’s Phonebook
First, try typing in your phone number to make sure that your name is listed in Google’s massive phone directory.
Next, all you have to do is head on over to Google’s Phonebook Removal Request Page (opens in new window).
You will see the following form:
After entering in your information exactly as it appears in Google’s phonebook, click on the Submit Form button.
You should then be transferred to a confirmation page similar to this one:
No Turning Back
After going through this process, you will never be able to add your phone number again to Google’s search database. On their removal page, they say that once it is deleted, the deletion is permanent.
Is This the Best Way?
While this method does remove your name and number from Google’s phone book, your name and phone number will still be available in other online directories.
If you are really concerned about your phone number being visible online, you need to contact your phone company and make your phone number unlisted and unpublished.
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16 Responses to “How to Remove Your Name, Phone Number, and Address from the Google Phonebook”
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please remove my name and information offgoole please i really would like foryou to do that for me
Hi Reany. Unfortunately, that is something that you have to do yourself. Here’s the address: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/pbremoval.html
If you need any help, I would be glad to assist you. Let me know what I can do.
Thanks for the comment!
I would like my name removed from the google map and google earth. I filled the form out and sent it to you today. Will this request remove my name from the craigs list postings/google map? Thank you , kevin
Hi Kevin,
The form was sent to Google and will remove you from the Google White Pages, including your address that is associated from Google Maps.
This will not remove your name from Craigslist postings, but your name shouldn’t be there unless someone is explicitly putting your name in the Craigslist postings.
Good luck!
Would you please removed my name and site web on google enging.
Hi Olivier,
That is something that you need to do. You can do that by going to the following address:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/pbremoval.html
Good luck!
I don’t know why everyone thinks that this is such a big deal. If you have an unlisted number, then you won’t be on the Google results.
My parents number has always been listed in the phonebook and it is on Google. If someone really wants to track you down, they will find you. Its not like taking your name off Google will make you invisible.
there are private investigators that can find anyone anywhere. You can find sites online that do this. I don’t think that having your name on or off Google really makes a difference at all.
Please, could you remove my name, Address, phone number. If private investigators, find, so be it, but please, remove my information for now. More so my address! PLEASE!
Thank you…
I really don’t think I even have a website
But please, my Address and my name…please!!!
Hi Esmine,
I wrote you an email showing you where to go to get it removed. Let me know if it works out. Thanks for visiting!
Would you please removed my name and adress including street views I am in a legal divorce and terrorist threats were Involved ? site web on google engine all that is not appropiate if u would please remove the access for search and Images?
I have the detailes including adress and whatever else is needed too promote this as a Priorty..
Hi TomBravo – I sent you an email detailing how you can remove yourself from Google’s phonebook.
As to the terrorist threats, I can’t stop those, but hopefully no new terrorists will be calling since your phone number will soon be out of Google’s Whitepages.
Unfortunately, you can’t remove your house from Google Streetview since the images that Streetview has archived are easily accessible to any human by simply walking down your street. However, if you live on a private road, you may have a good case against Google.
Good luck with everything. We are sorry about the divorce.
So leme get this straight no matter what when her side of the family press’s a single click they can basically Profile a Bird’s Eye view regardles ? I thouight I could just hide It I dont mind they preserving the right too know where I reside now but Do They really have too see pic’s ? I just want too hide the photo details please Do So ASAP! and I Thank you very Kindly, Tom
@TomBravo
Unfortunately, there are many sites that have indexed satellite images, as well as “bird’s eye view” images of every piece of land in the United States. Since it is all publicly viewable, it probably would be hard to get it all removed.
You can try contacting Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth, but I’m not sure if they will do anything. Good luck though, and let us know if anything does come of it, that would be fabulous!
This is interesting — Google has been forced to remove a lot of images of streetview in the United Kingdom. So, if TomBravo is from there, maybe he could get them all removed.
Here is a link to the article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-street-view-forced-to-remove-images-1651311.html