Google Results About You: A Guide for Executive Teams

What Google Results about you does

Google Results about you helps you find personal information in Search and request removal of eligible results. For executives, founders, and public figures, that can be useful when a home address or personal phone number is exposed. It does not delete the information from the website publishing it.

Google describes monitoring and alerts that help users identify new results. Treat the tool as one part of an executive privacy process: review what appears, choose the appropriate reporting route, and separately address the source page.

Personal contact details and professional information

Start by distinguishing private information about the executive from ordinary business contact information. Google’s Results about you guidance directs requests about professional information published with intent to harm to its detailed removal form. Do not assume the dashboard can remove a company’s public address or its general contact page.

Google’s broader private information policy also covers certain sensitive identifiers and doxxing. It describes doxxing reports involving personal information with threats or calls to harass, or substantial aggregated personal information without a legitimate purpose. Whether a particular page meets the policy needs assessment.

In a business incident, separate exposure of an executive’s private details from criticism of the company. Save the relevant URLs and context before deciding which route to use. Our doxxing laws guide explains the separate legal background.

If your team controls the page or account publishing the information, remove it there first. Google requires that you do not control the information yourself for this removal route.

How to get started with monitoring

Google’s setup instructions explain how to enter the information you want monitored:

1. Open Results about you or select it from your account menu in the Google app.
2. Choose Get started and enter your personal contact information.
3. Confirm the details and review the options offered in your account. Google also describes support for certain government ID numbers; do not assume every option is available everywhere.
4. Review notifications when Google finds matching results and decide which ones require action.

Before entering sensitive information, read Google’s current guidance and use its official pages. Keep the executive in control of their account. An assistant can help organize evidence and next steps without asking for login credentials.

Google currently describes some features as rolling out to users over 18 in certain markets. Check availability in the account rather than relying on an old country list.

Requesting removal for an executive

For your own information, the tool lets you review matches and request removal. For an executive you represent, follow Google’s detailed removal form instead: its help page warns that using your own Results about you account for someone else may lead to denial.

The private information request guidance permits requests by the affected person or a representative and asks for specific page URLs. Prepare a clear record:

• The page URL, the exposed information, and whose information it is.
• Why the page meets the relevant policy, including any harmful context.
• Who is responsible for the request and who will receive follow-up questions.

Keep the working record restricted to the people handling the case. Use Google’s requested submission fields for sensitive details, rather than circulating them through a wider communications team.

What approval changes, and what it leaves online

Google explains that Search removal can be full or partial. A result may be excluded generally or only from searches involving the person’s name or identifier. Approval is not a promise that the information becomes inaccessible.

The source page can remain reachable through direct links, other search engines, or social media. Google’s guidance on removal outside Search explains that the website owner controls the hosted content. For a people-search listing, use the relevant official opt-out route in our data broker opt-out directory.

Record the outcome separately for the source and for Search. If Google approves a request, do not report to the executive that the underlying page has been deleted unless that has also been checked.

When another route is needed

The page has already changed

If the publisher has removed the information but Google still shows an old result or description, Google’s outdated content refresh guidance describes a separate request. This addresses a stale search result, rather than making the original publisher change its page.

The concern is legal delisting

Results about you is a product and policy route. Legal requests require separate grounds and review. Google’s Legal Help Center asks for the specific content and legal reason. Our right to be forgotten guide covers that distinct subject.

The information has public value

Google’s private information policy takes public interest into account, including newsworthy material. A request is not automatically eligible because an executive would prefer a result to disappear. For a wider search problem, read how to remove negative content from Google.

A practical workflow for an executive team

Assign one person to coordinate evidence and follow-up. Maintain a short register of the URL, the chosen route, the request reference, and the next action. Keep routine status reporting separate from the sensitive information itself.

When a request is declined, review the reason before deciding whether there is relevant new information or a different pathway. Avoid sending the same unsupported request repeatedly. Review new exposure as it arises; an earlier removal does not settle what happens on other URLs.

Media Removal helps companies and executive teams assess exposure and available content removal pathways. We do not decide Google’s response or promise that a publisher will remove a page. See our executive reputation management service, or request a quote for your company’s situation.

Frequently asked questions

Does Results about you delete information from the internet?

No. It concerns Google Search results. The website publishing the information may remain online and accessible elsewhere. Removal from the source requires a separate approach to the publisher or platform.

Can an assistant manage this from their own Google account?

Google directs requests about someone else to its detailed removal form. Do not assume an assistant’s Results about you dashboard can be used for an executive; Google warns such requests may be denied.

Does the tool cover government ID numbers?

Google describes support for certain government ID numbers as well as contact information. Availability can vary, so check the options offered in the affected person’s account and the current official instructions.

Can this remove criticism or news about my company?

An unwanted result is not automatically eligible. Identify the specific private information or other policy grounds. Google considers public interest, and legal requests have a separate process.

Is Results about you the same as the right to be forgotten?

No. Results about you provides a monitoring and policy request route. The right to be forgotten concerns legal delisting under applicable data protection rules. The appropriate grounds depend on the situation.

Sources

• Google Search Help, Find and remove personal info in Google Search results
• Google Search Help, Remove my private info from Google Search
• Google, Results about you and government ID numbers (February 10, 2026)
• Google, Results about you redesign and outdated content (February 26, 2025)
• Google Search Help, Content removal options outside Google Search
• Google Search Help, Refresh outdated content
• Google Legal Help, Report Content for Legal Reasons
• Google Legal Help, Right to be Forgotten Overview