How to Remove a Deepfake From Google Search
Stop a deepfake from showing up when people search your name. A step-by-step guide to Google’s removal request for non-consensual fake explicit images, plus the “Results about you” tool and what removal does and does not do.
To remove a deepfake from Google Search, use Google’s removal request: on the image, click the three dots, choose “Remove result,” then select that it shows a fake or non-consensual sexual image of you. You can submit several at once and track them in “Results about you.” This stops it appearing in search, though you still need to remove it from the host site too.
What removing from Google does, and does not, do
This is the most important thing to understand first. Removing a result from Google Search means it stops showing up when someone searches, which is often where the real-world harm happens (employers, friends, family searching your name). But the content still lives on the original website until you get it taken down there. So treat Google removal as one essential layer, not the whole job.
Step-by-step: the Google removal request
- Find the result in Google Images or Search. Search for it the way others would, often your name plus terms that surface the content.
- Open the three-dot menu on the image or result and choose “Remove result.”
- Select the reason that it shows a sexual or explicit image of you that is fake or shared without your consent.
- Submit multiple images together. Google’s tool lets you select and report several results in a single form, so you do not have to file one by one.
- Track and follow up in the “Results about you” hub, where you can see the status of every request and get email updates.
You can start from Google’s official help page for removing explicit images: support.google.com/websearch?p=Removesexualimage.
When you submit a request, you can opt in to safeguards that proactively filter out similar explicit results in future searches, so new copies are less likely to resurface in your results.
Use “Results about you” to stay ahead
Google’s “Results about you” hub does double duty: it helps you find results that contain your personal information and request their removal, and it lets you set alerts so you are notified if new results about you appear. For deepfake victims, that early warning is valuable, because copies can resurface weeks later.
Don’t stop at Google
Because Google removal does not delete the content itself, pair it with these steps:
- ✓ Report it to the platform hosting it, see our platform reporting guide.
- ✓ For intimate images, register it with StopNCII or Take It Down so partner sites remove copies.
- ✓ Preserve evidence first, see find and preserve copies.
Other search engines have their own processes too; Bing and others offer similar removal forms for non-consensual or synthetic explicit imagery. Submitting to Google first covers the largest share of searches.