# Removing Inaccurate Info from Google Search

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-inaccurate-info-from-google-search/122060>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-inaccurate-info-from-google-search/122060 "2002-08-02T19:16:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bmerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@bmerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmerton)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-inaccurate-info-from-google-search/122060/1 "2002-08-02T19:16:00Z")

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I have recently asked a message board host to remove an inaccurate statement of fact about a company that I am involved with. The message board host verified that the information was not true and promptly removed the page.

The way that I found the message was by typing the company name into a Google Search. Even though the web page doesn’t exist, a Google search will still show the name of the site and the preview panel containing the inaccurate information about the company.

Does anyone know how I can remove this from Google? How long will it be there for?

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-inaccurate-info-from-google-search/122060/2 "2002-08-02T19:26:48Z")

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Definitely one to search for in Google 😉

[Here’s](http://www.google.com/remove.html) Google’s answer to this.