Remember to click 'done' to save your changes. Click the 'x' icon to remove the thumbnail. But, if you are dealing with sensitive images, it makes sense to double check all the other search engines and social media sites. First, open a new tab and click the 'edit thumbnails' link. Tap the account you want to make the changes to and.

In my case, they were just thumbnails, so it doesn’t matter much. To turn off sync on your Android device, go to Settings > Accounts or Users & accounts. In my case, it took them 24 hours to remove all images that I submitted for removal.Įven though you have removed images from Google search, it might still appear on the source website. It might take a day or two for Google to take any action on your images, so be patient. Repeat the same steps for all the pictures you want to remove from Google search. Once done, click Yes next to the images has been updated/removed from the source and click on Next. Remember, you always have a choice of filling DMCA complain, if they don’t comply with your request. To make it more effective you can talk about how the image was uploaded without your consent and how uncomfortable it makes you.

Next, you’ll see the message “We think the image or web page you’re trying to remove hasn’t been removed by the site owner,” From here you have two optionsĤ.1 If the images you want to remove are hosted on your own websites, simply update the alt text (in my case, I removed my name from the video title, description, and tags)Ĥ.2 If the images are uploaded to third-party websites, simply ask the webmaster to take down the images or update the alt text.

How to remove google thumbnails