In Google, Bing, and other search services, remove a page from their cache so that your data is no longer retrievable

If you have information posted to a page that was indexed by a web search service (for example, Google), and you want to remove that data from the service's search results:

  1. Remove the page file from its current directory. This should cause a browser to return a standard 404 error message when directed to that page. Note that merely removing the content will not clear the cache of the search engines.
  2. Initiate a request with the search service to clear your URL from the cache. For Google, use the Webpage Removal Request Tool. For Bing, see How can I get a page on my site out of the Bing index?
  3. Use a robots.txt file to prevent future indexing. See Web search robots.

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