At the I/O 2022 conference in May this year, Google announced a new tool to simplify the process of deleting search results containing your contacts and other personally identifiable information (PII), and it is now in use. Today, open the Google app on Android, click on the profile avatar in the upper right corner, and you will see a new "About Your Results" menu item.
dots it will bring users to a page explaining how they ask Google to delete search results that contain phone numbers, home addresses, emails, or other PIIs.
If you find something while browsing, click the three dot menu that appears in the upper right corner of each result. The existing "About this result" panel opens and a new "Delete result" option appears at the bottom of your screen.
After following this process, you can monitor progress from the results about you to delete. In addition to "all requests", you have filters such as "Progressive" and "Approved". This page also allows you to make a new request, including a step "Why do you want to delete this result?"
Its options include:
It shows my personal contact information
It shows my contact as intent to hurt me
It shows other personal information
It contains illegal information
It is outdated
As early as the I/O conference, Google said it will be launched in the next few months. It has now appeared in front of the first users tonight, with reports from Europe and the United States, but this has not been widely promoted yet. Google explains to this:
It is worth noting that when we receive a deletion request, we evaluate everything on the web page to make sure we do not limit other widely useful information, such as in news articles. Of course, deleting contact information from Google search doesn't remove it from the internet, which is why you might want to contact the hosting site directly, if you're willing to do so.
You can also directly remove the deletion request from this page. This page comprehensively details Google's policy on personal information deletion:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9673730
