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How to request your event be removed from Google search results

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Updated by Antwonne D.

Category: During & After Your Event

Here's how you do it:

  1. Send your request to Google.
  2. Provide Google with your event URL.
  3. Wait for Google to analyze the URL.
  4. Track your request’s status.

If you published an event as “public” then later changed it to “private”, your event may still show up in Google search results. To remove it, you’ll need to file a request with Google to clear your page from its searchable index.

NOTE: Before submitting your request, make sure that your event has already been set to eblink{private=>https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articleredirect?anum=5274} or eblink{unpublished=>https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articleredirect?anum=3480}.

1. Send your request to Google.

Navigate to Google’s eblink{Remove outdated content=>https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals} page.

2. Provide Google with your event URL.

The field to enter your event URL is located at the bottom of the Remove Outdated Content section.
The field to enter your event URL is located at the bottom of the Remove Outdated Content section.

Enter your event URL in field at the bottom of your screen, then click Request Removal.

TIP: You can find your event URL at the bottom of the Manage page.

3. Wait for Google to analyze the URL.

Click Request Removal in the bottom left corner of the pop up.
Click Request Removal in the bottom left corner of the pop up.

Once this process is complete, you’ll see a pop-up confirming that “This content is no longer live on the website.” Click Request Removal.

4. Track your request’s status.

On the main page, your request will appear with a status of Pending.
On the main page, your request will appear with a status of Pending.

You’ll see a message confirming that your request is being processed and your event URL listed under “Removal requests” with a status of “Pending”. To track the status, return to the main page.

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