How to Get Deepfake Porn Removed
A calm, step-by-step guide to removing non-consensual deepfake porn of yourself: free hashing tools (StopNCII and Take It Down), platform reporting, Google removal, and your 48-hour legal right. No shame, free options first.
To get deepfake porn of you removed, act in this order: save evidence of the content, register the image with a free hashing tool (StopNCII for adults, Take It Down if you were under 18), report it to the platform hosting it, and file a Google removal request. In the US, the TAKE IT DOWN Act requires covered platforms to remove it within 48 hours of your report. Every step below is free.
This was done to you, and it is not your fault. Free, confidential help is available right now: in the US, the CCRI Image Abuse Helpline; in the UK, the Revenge Porn Helpline. You can keep reading and reach out at the same time.
First, take a breath and protect the evidence
Before anything gets deleted, preserve proof that the content exists. This protects you if you later report to police or take legal action, and it does not slow down removal.
- ✓ Copy the exact web address (URL) of every place you have found it.
- ✓ Take screenshots that show the URL, the date, and the account that posted it.
- ✓ Save an archived copy of the page using the Wayback Machine or archive.today.
- ✓ Do not message or threaten whoever posted it, and do not re-share the content yourself.
Our guide on finding and preserving copies walks through this in detail, including how to search for other copies you have not seen yet.
Step 1: Register the image with a free hashing tool
This is often the single most powerful move, and it is free and private. A hashing tool turns your image into a unique digital fingerprint (a “hash”) on your own device. The image itself never leaves your phone or computer. Partner platforms then scan for that fingerprint and remove matching copies, so you are not left hunting down every upload alone.
StopNCII.org creates the hash on your device and shares only the fingerprint with partner platforms, which include Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, Reddit, Bumble and others. They look for matches and remove content that breaks their intimate-image-abuse rules. You get a case number to track and withdraw your case.
If the image shows you as a minor, or the source photo was taken when you were under 18, use NCMEC’s Take It Down service instead. It works the same private, on-device way and is built for these cases. It directs adults to StopNCII.
Hashing has limits worth knowing: it only covers participating platforms, and platforms act under their own policies. It will not scrub the entire internet. But it catches a large share of copies automatically, which is exactly what you need when you are overwhelmed.
Step 2: Report it directly to the platform
Alongside hashing, report the content where it is posted. Every major platform has a route for non-consensual or synthetic intimate imagery. Reporting both ways, by hash and directly, gives you the best odds.
See our platform-by-platform reporting guide for the exact steps on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube and Reddit. If it is on an adult site, use that site’s content-removal or non-consensual-content form, and rely on StopNCII to catch copies elsewhere.
Step 3: Remove it from Google Search
Even after a platform takes the content down, it can still appear in Google results. Google has a dedicated process to remove non-consensual fake explicit imagery from Search, and you can submit several images at once and track them. This stops the content from surfacing when someone searches your name.
Follow our step-by-step on removing a deepfake from Google Search.
Step 4: Use your legal rights
Signed into law on May 19, 2025, the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act makes it illegal to publish non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, of both adults and minors. Covered platforms must remove reported content within 48 hours and make reasonable efforts to remove copies. It is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. Citing it in your report can speed things up.
Most US states also have their own deepfake or intimate-image laws, some criminal, some letting you sue. In the UK, sharing or threatening to share intimate images, including deepfakes, is a criminal offence under the Online Safety Act 2023. Learn what applies to you in are deepfakes illegal? and can you sue for a deepfake?
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What to avoid right now
- Don’t contact the person who posted it. It rarely helps and can escalate the situation or harm your case.
- Don’t pay a “100% removal” company in a panic. No one can guarantee a full internet scrub. Try the free routes above first, and read our honest look at removal services and costs.
- Don’t delete your evidence. Even after content is removed, keep your screenshots and URLs.
- Don’t go through it alone. The helplines above exist for exactly this, and they are free and confidential.