現在網際網路上有許多五花八門的內容。有時候，網路上可能會出現一些不該發布的內容，例如您在一氣之下發布網誌文章，事後卻後悔不已，又或是不小心洩露的機密資料等。在大多數情況下，只要刪除或限制存取這類內容，過一段時間後，這些內容就不會再出現在搜尋結果中。不過，如果您急需移除 Google 已建立索引的垃圾內容，無法等待內容自然消失，可以使用我們的網址移除工具，只要符合特定條件 (稍後會討論)，就可以加速將內容從 Google 搜尋結果中移除。
如果還有疑問，請密切注意我們發布的系列其他文章，瞭解如何從 Google 搜尋結果中移除內容。如果您等不及，我們的說明論壇提供了大量關於網址移除和個案疑難排解的說明文章，歡迎閱讀。如果您在閱讀過其他人的經歷後仍有疑問，可以提問。請注意，在大部分情況下，如果您沒有提供相關網站或網址資訊，我們很難針對特定移除要求給予相關的建議。建議使用網址縮短程序服務來分享網址，這樣可以避免系統將您在意的網址當做文章的一部分並編入索引中。有些網址縮短程序服務可以在您的問題解決之後，讓您在稍後停用捷徑。
[null,null,[],[[["\u003cp\u003eGoogle's URL removal tool can expedite the removal of unwanted content from search results if specific criteria are met.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eContent removal requires indicating consent through methods like robots.txt, noindex meta tag, or returning a 404/410 status code.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eDirectory or site removal necessitates disallowing it in the robots.txt file and verification of site ownership in Google Webmaster Tools.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eVerified site owners can cancel removal requests and reinstate content through Google Webmaster Tools.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis blog post is part of a series further explaining content removal from Google search results, including cached content and third-party content.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["To remove content from Google search results, owners must indicate it's okay to remove it by blocking it via `robots.txt`, `noindex` meta tag, or `404`/`410` status code. Use the URL removal tool to expedite removal if these criteria are met. Removing an entire directory/site requires blocking via `robots.txt`. Verified site owners can cancel removal requests in Webmaster Tools. Consult the help forum for more support, using a URL shortening service if sharing the URL.\n"],null,["# URL removal explained, Part I: URLs and directories\n\n| It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore).\n\nTuesday, March 30, 2010\n\n\nThere's\n[a lot of content on the Internet these days](https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big).\nAt some point, something may turn up online that you would rather not have out there---anything\nfrom an inflammatory blog post you regret publishing, to confidential data that accidentally got\nexposed. In most cases, deleting or restricting access to this content will cause it to naturally\ndrop out of search results after a while. However, if you urgently need to remove unwanted\ncontent that has gotten indexed by Google and you can't wait for it to naturally disappear, you\ncan use our URL removal tool to expedite the removal of content from our search results as long\nas it meets certain [criteria](/search/docs/crawling-indexing)\n(which we'll discuss below).\n\n\nWe've got a series of blog posts lined up for you explaining how to successfully remove various\ntypes of content, and common mistakes to avoid. In this first post, I'm going to cover a few basic\nscenarios: removing a single URL, removing an entire directory or site, and reincluding removed\ncontent. I also strongly recommend our previous post on\n[managing what information is available about you online](/search/blog/2009/10/managing-your-reputation-through-search).\n\nRemoving a single URL\n---------------------\n\n\nIn general, in order for your removal requests to be successful, the owner of the URL(s) in\nquestion---whether that's you, or someone else---must have indicated that it's okay to\nremove that content. For an individual URL, this can be indicated in any of three ways:\n\n- block the page from crawling via a [robots.txt file](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro)\n- block the page from indexing via a [`noindex` `meta` tag](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/block-indexing)\n- indicate that the page no longer exists by returning a [`404` or `410` status code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes)\n\nBefore submitting a removal request, you can check whether the URL is correctly blocked:\n\n- **robots.txt:** You can check whether the URL is correctly disallowed using either the [Fetch as Googlebot](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=158587) or [Test robots.txt](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=156449) features in Webmaster Tools.\n- **`noindex` `meta` tag:** You can use Fetch as Googlebot to make sure the `meta` tag appears somewhere between the `\u003chead\u003e` and `\u003c/head\u003e` tags. If you want to check a page you can't verify in Webmaster Tools, you can open the URL in a browser, go to *View \\\u003e Page source* , and make sure you see the `meta` tag between the `\u003chead\u003e` and `\u003c/head\u003e` tags.\n- **`404` and `410` status code:** You can use Fetch as Googlebot, or tools like [Live HTTP Headers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829) or [web-sniffer.net](https://web-sniffer.net/) to verify whether the URL is actually returning the correct code. Sometimes \"deleted\" pages may *say* \"404\" or \"Not found\" on the page, but actually return a `200` status code in the page header; so it's good to use a proper header-checking tool to double-check.\n\n\nIf unwanted content has been removed from a page but the page hasn't been blocked in any of the\nabove ways, you will *not be able to completely remove that URL* from our search results.\nThis is most common when you don't own the site that's hosting that content. We cover what to do\nin this situation in a subsequent post in\n[Part II of our removals series](/search/blog/2010/04/url-removals-explained-part-ii-removing).\n\n\nIf a URL meets one of the above criteria, you can remove it by going to\n[the Removals Tool](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals),\nentering the URL that you want to remove, and selecting the \"Webmaster has already blocked the\npage\" option. Note that you should enter the URL where the content was hosted, *not* the URL\nof the Google search where it's appearing. For example, enter\n`https://www.example.com/embarrassing-stuff.html` *not*\n`https://www.google.com/search?q=embarrassing+stuff`.\n\n\n[Our help center article](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=63758)\nhas more details about making sure you're entering the proper URL. Remember that if you don't tell\nus the exact URL that's troubling you, we won't be able to remove the content you had in mind.\n\nRemoving an entire directory or site\n------------------------------------\n\n\nIn order for a directory or site-wide removal to be successful, the directory or site must be\n*disallowed in the site's\n[robots.txt file](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro)* . For example, in order to\nremove the `https://www.example.com/secret/` directory,\nyour robots.txt file would need to include: \n\n```\nUser-agent: *\nDisallow: /secret/\n```\n\n\nIt isn't enough for the root of the directory to return a `404` status code,\nbecause it's possible for a directory to return a `404` but still serve out files underneath it.\nUsing robots.txt to block a directory (or an entire site) ensures that all the URLs under that\ndirectory (or site) are blocked as well. You can test whether a directory has been blocked\ncorrectly using either the\n[Fetch as Googlebot](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=158587)\nor\n[Test robots.txt](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=156449)\nfeatures in Webmaster Tools.\n\n\nOnly verified owners of a site can request removal of an entire site or directory in Webmaster\nTools. To request removal of a directory or site, click on the site in question, then go to\n*Site configuration \\\u003e\nCrawler access \\\u003e\nRemove URL*. If you enter the root of your site as the URL you want to remove, you'll be\nasked to confirm that you want to remove the entire site. If you enter a subdirectory, select the\n\"Remove directory\" option from the drop-down menu.\n\nReincluding content\n-------------------\n\n\nYou can cancel removal requests for any site you own at any time, including those submitted by\nother people. In order to do so, you must be a\n[verified owner of this site](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/topic.py?topic=8469)\nin Webmaster Tools. Once you've verified ownership, you can go to\n*Site configuration \\\u003e\nCrawler access \\\u003e\nRemove URL \\\u003e\nRemoved URLs* (or *\\\u003e Made by others*) and click\n\"Cancel\" next to any requests you wish to cancel.\n\n\nStill have questions? Stay tuned for the rest of our series on removing content from Google's\nsearch results. If you can't wait, much has already been written about URL removals, and\ntroubleshooting individual cases, in our\n[Help Forum](https://support.google.com/webmasters/community/label?lid=5489e59697a233d7&hl=en).\nIf you still have questions after reading others' experiences, you can ask. Note that, in most\ncases, it's hard to give relevant advice about a particular removal without knowing the site or\nURL in question. We recommend sharing your URL by using a\n[URL shortening service](https://www.google.com/search?q=url+shorteners)\nso that the URL you're concerned about doesn't get indexed as part of your post; some shortening\nservices will even let you disable the shortcut later on, once your question has been resolved.\n\nOther posts of this series\n--------------------------\n\n- [Part II: Removing and updating cached content](/search/blog/2010/04/url-removals-explained-part-ii-removing)\n- [Part III: Removing content you don't own](/search/blog/2010/04/url-removal-explained-part-iii-removing)\n- [Part IV: Tracking requests, what not to remove](/search/blog/2010/05/url-removal-explained-part-iv-tracking)\n\n\nFinally, you might be also interested to read about\n[managing what information is available about you online](/search/blog/2009/10/managing-your-reputation-through-search).\n\nPosted by Susan Moskwa, Webmaster Trends Analyst"]]
