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How to remove stolen product photos from Google search results

This asks Google to drop search results that link to a page with your stolen photos. The page on Amazon, Etsy, Shopee, or a standalone site stays up until you file there too. Use the web-search form, the image-search form, or both.

What to expect

Google states an average of about 6 hours for Search webform requests (varies). Removed results may link to a Lumen public copy. The host page stays up until you file there too.

What to prepare

  1. Original image file (or a working public page for the original).
  2. Infringing page URLs, one per line (page-level URLs; homepage-only lists get rejected).
  3. Discovery date.
  4. Side-by-side comparison (optional but useful if the copy was altered).

If you already use ProvenPix (optional)

Paste the public verify page into “where an authorized copy can be seen”; copy complaint-list URLs one per line.

Which page to open (Google account required)

Open the Google web-search complaint form Open the Google image-search complaint form Open the Google complaint status page

Fields

  1. First name / family name
  2. Company (optional)
  3. Copyright owner you represent
  4. Country or region
  5. Email
  6. What the original work is
  7. Where an authorized copy of the original can be seen (full public URL. verify page works)
  8. Infringing page URLs, one per line

Three closing statements (good-faith belief; accuracy under penalty of perjury; understanding a copy may go to Lumen). Type a signature that matches your name. Wording on Google's form wins if it differs slightly.

Common failure modes

  • Expecting Google to take down the marketplace listing itself.
  • Homepage-only URLs or mashed one-line lists; dead original URL.
  • Filing only Images or only Web when it appears in both.
  • Ignoring counter-notice restore timing in Google's email.

How ProvenPix helps

  • Authorized-copy URL: public verify page (UTC upload time on it).
  • Infringing URLs one-per-line from Add to complaint list.
  • Image-based monitoring to see whether to file web, images, or both (third-party indexes; can miss).
Add to complaint listProtect a photo

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What to check after you send it

  • Confirmation email + reference number; Dashboard per URL.
  • Still file on the host marketplace so the page itself can come down.