What we remove · Images and cached copies
Remove images and cached pages from Google
The page came down and the result stayed. This is the category that finishes the job, and the one most often left half-done by someone else.
What this covers
The links in this category.
Google Images results, cached copies, AMP versions, and the mirrors and syndication copies that survive a successful takedown of the original.
Why it can be removed
The argument that works.
Once the source is gone or altered, the index entry is a technical problem rather than a legal one: a removal request for outdated content, a refresh request for the cache, and an image-specific request for the thumbnail. If we removed the original, these are ours to clear within the same fee. Where the picture is yours — one you took, or paid a photographer to take — there is a legal route as well, because a copyright notice reaches the host and the image result directly, and it is usually answered in days rather than weeks.
What we will not take money for
If the underlying page is still live and unchanged, de-indexing the copy achieves nothing, and we would rather address the source first or tell you there is no route. The exception is your own copyright: a notice about a photograph you own reaches the page itself, not just the copy of it.
Typical route
In this order, until the link goes.
The assessment confirms the sequence for your link and names it in the engagement letter. The removal window for this category starts at 21 days.
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1. De-indexing and cache removal
Once the source is down or altered, we secure removal of the Google index entry, cached copies and image results, then verify across regions.
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2. DMCA takedown
Where the material is yours — your photograph, your writing — a copyright notice to the host, the platform or the search engine. Often the fastest route of all, and the one most sites answer within days.
Typical timeline: One to three weeks.
By platform
The specific ones we are asked about most.
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Remove a photograph from Google Images
An image result outlives the page it came from, and it is the one people forget to check after everything else has gone.
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Remove a cached page from Google
The page is down, the result is still there, and the snippet still says what it always said. That gap is a technical problem with a specific fix.
Questions
About this category.
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Most clients submit the link and pay in one sitting; assessment follows within 48 hours and the fee is refunded if the link cannot be removed. If you would rather ask first, the assessment is free and takes the same 48 hours.
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