Remove your photos from the internet

Pictures of you sit in more places than you'd think — on people-search listings, in reverse image search, and in Google and Bing image results. Delist finds where your photos appear, files removals at the source, and keeps watching for new ones.

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Where pictures of you actually live

When people search "remove pictures of me online," they usually picture one culprit — a face-search engine. Those matter, but they're one surface of three, and the plainest version of the problem is broader than any single named site.

Your photo is exposed in three different ways, and each one comes down through a different door:

  • People-search listings. Broker sites pull a headshot from a public social profile and staple it to your name, address, and relatives in one searchable record.
  • Face-search engines. Upload one photo of you and they return others from across the open web, matched by face geometry rather than by name. No name needed — a single picture is the key.
  • Search-engine image results. Google and Bing index photos hosted elsewhere, so a picture on a broker page also shows up when someone searches your name in images.

Framing this only around face-search engines misses two-thirds of it. Removal means working every door, not just the one people have heard of.

Three surfaces, three removals

Each surface hosts your photo differently, so each needs its own kind of removal. Here's how we work all three.

People-search listings

Removed at the source

When a broker publishes your photo next to your record, opting out of that listing usually takes the image down with the text. This is the same work as broader data removal — the picture is just one field in the record.

How data removal works →

Face-search engines

Opt out and monitor

The specialized engines that match a face to a name run their own opt-out processes — friction-heavy, and some ask for ID. We file the opt-outs and watch for your photos to resurface, then re-file.

Face-search removal guide →

Search-engine image results

Delist the result

Remove the photo at its source and the image result drops off after the next crawl. For a faster delist, a removal request for the specific image URL hides it from Google and Bing while the source removal takes hold.

Google removal request →

Delete your photos from search results — the two-step version

A search engine only shows your photo because some other site is hosting it. So the durable fix and the fast fix are different moves, and you want both.

The fast move is a removal request to Google or Bing that names the exact image URL. That hides the picture from search within days, which is what most people mean by "delete my photos from search results." The durable move is removing the photo at its source — the broker listing or page publishing it — because if the source stays live, the engine re-indexes the image on its next pass. Do only the first and it creeps back; do both and it stays down.

Reverse image search removal works the same way in reverse. An opt-out clears a photo from one engine's index, but it can't stop a fresh picture of you from being crawled later. That's why the removal isn't one-and-done — it's a standing job.

What we can do, and what no one can

Once a photo is public it can be copied, reposted, and re-indexed by anyone, so no service can honestly promise your picture is gone from the whole internet. Anyone who claims that is selling you a guarantee they don't control.

What we do control is every consent-based channel: the people-search listings that publish your photo, the face-search engines that index it, and the search results that surface it. We file removals across all three, follow up when a site stalls, and keep checking as your photos resurface. The work is persistent because the exposure is.

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove pictures of me from the internet?
Start by finding where they are. Most photos of you online sit in two places: attached to your listings on people-search sites, and indexed by face-search engines that match a face to a name. A free exposure scan shows the people-search side; from there, removal means opting out at each source so the picture comes down with the record. No single button clears the whole internet, so the work is finding each place your photo lives and filing a removal there.
How do I delete my photos from Google and Bing image search results?
A search engine shows a photo because another site hosts it. Remove the photo at that source — the people-search listing or page publishing it — and the image result drops off once the engine re-crawls. For a faster delist, file a removal request with Google or Bing for the specific image URL, which hides it from results while the source removal takes hold. Source removal is the durable fix; the search-engine request is the quick one.
Can I remove my photo from reverse image search and face-search engines?
Yes, to a point. Face-search engines run opt-out processes, though most ask you to upload a photo to prove which face is yours — the same biometric you're trying to protect. An opt-out clears that service's index, but it doesn't stop a new photo of you from being crawled later, so monitoring matters. Our face-search removal guide walks through the named services step by step.
Does removing my personal data also remove my photos?
Often, yes. When a people-search site publishes a photo alongside your name and address, opting out of that listing usually takes the photo down with the rest of the record. Face-search engines are separate — they index images by face, not by listing — so those need their own opt-outs, which we handle on the paid plan.

See where your photos show up

The free scan covers your exposure on the major people-search sites, including the photos attached to your listings. Face-search engine checks are included with the paid plan.

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