Google right to be forgotten request: sample text
Google's forms leave a short box for your reasons; explaining in a few sentences, with evidence, why the result no longer serves the public interest decides the outcome.
Sample text
The URL below reports [event] from [year], when I was [role / a private individual].
- The information is now outdated: [the case was dismissed / I was acquitted / the company was closed] on [date] (document attached).
- I am a private individual with no public role.
- The page shows my full name next to [allegation], which no longer reflects the facts and causes ongoing harm to my work and family life.
I ask that this URL is no longer shown for searches of my name.Attach
- Court decision, discontinuance or acquittal, with an English summary
- ID if you are filing for yourself
- A screenshot of the page
After a refusal
Reapply with new evidence, or complain to your data protection authority in the EU or UK. More in our right to be forgotten guide.
General information, not legal advice. In real cases we work alongside lawyers who specialise in digital rights.
Frequently asked questions
Who can use the right to be forgotten form?
People in the EU, EEA, UK and some other countries; elsewhere, Google's personal information and legal removal forms apply.