How to Remove Your Personal Information From Google AI Overviews

To remove your personal information from Google AI Overviews, sign into your Google account and open the Results About You tool at myactivity.google.com/results-about-you, add the info you want monitored (phone, email, address — and in 2026, SSN, driver's license, and passport numbers too), then submit removal requests for each result Google surfaces. Removal typically takes a few days, but you also need to attack the source data on people-search sites, or the info will reappear.

How Google AI Overviews Expose Your Personal Data

Google's AI Overviews — the AI-generated summaries that appear above traditional search results — synthesize information from multiple sources across the web to produce direct answers. When someone searches your name, an AI Overview may compile:

• Your home address and previous addresses
• Phone numbers and email addresses
• Your employer and job title
• Public social media profiles and posts
• Information pulled from data broker and people-search sites
• Court filings, property records, and voter registrations
• News articles or blog posts that mention you

Traditional search results at least require the searcher to click through and piece the picture together. AI Overviews do the piecing for them.

Step 1: Use Google's "Results About You" Tool

Google expanded the Results About You tool in February 2026 to cover more personal data types, including government ID numbers. Here is how to use it:

1. Sign into your Google account and go to myactivity.google.com/results-about-you (or open the Google app, tap your profile photo, then select "Results about you")
2. If it is your first time, tap Get started
3. Add the personal information you want Google to monitor: phone numbers, email addresses, home address
4. In 2026 you can also add government ID numbers: Social Security number, driver's license number, and passport number
5. Google will now automatically flag Search results containing that information and let you request removal with one click

What Google Will Remove

Google confirms it will remove search results and AI Overview content containing:

• Phone numbers and email addresses
• Home addresses
• Social Security, driver's license, and passport numbers
• Bank account and credit card numbers
• Handwritten signatures
• Medical records
• Non-consensual explicit images (with a new bulk submission form as of 2026)

What Google Will Not Remove

Google generally will not remove information that appears in news articles, public government records, or content with a legitimate public interest. If you are a public figure, expect a higher rejection rate.

Step 2: Remove the Source Data

Here is the critical insight most guides skip: removing a Google result does not remove the data from the internet. The AI Overview pulls from source websites, and if those sources still have your information, it will resurface in future summaries. You have to attack the root.

Remove Your Data From Data Broker Sites

People-search and data broker sites are the primary training and grounding sources for AI answers about individuals. Sites like Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, PeopleSearchNow, and 100+ others make your data available for Google's AI to aggregate.

Opting out of these sites one-by-one is possible but takes 30-60 minutes per broker, and most re-list your data on the next refresh. A service like PrivacyOn automates removal across 100+ data broker sites and monitors continuously, which directly reduces the pool of data available for AI Overviews to draw from.

Adjust Social Media Privacy Settings

Google's AI also pulls from public social profiles. Tighten privacy settings on:

• Facebook — Set your profile to private, limit "Who can find me via search," and turn off search engine indexing
• LinkedIn — Under Public Profile settings, uncheck "Edit your public profile" fields you do not want indexed
• Instagram, X, TikTok, and other platforms — Set accounts to private and audit which fields are publicly visible

Step 3: Request Removal of Specific URLs

For specific pages containing your personal info:

1. Contact the website owner directly and request removal of the page
2. Once the content is removed from the source, use Google's Refresh Outdated Content tool to speed up the cache update
3. If the content poses a safety risk and the site will not remove it, file a legal removal request through Google's support pages

Step 4: Set Up Ongoing Monitoring

AI Overviews are regenerated constantly as Google recrawls the web. Even after a successful removal, your info can reappear if a new source emerges or an old one gets re-indexed. Ongoing monitoring is essential:

• Google Alerts — Create alerts for your full name, phone number, and address so you are notified when new content surfaces
• Results About You — Keep this tool active so Google proactively flags new results containing your personal data
• PrivacyOn's 24/7 monitoring — PrivacyOn continuously scans data broker sites and alerts you to new listings, addressing the underlying source data that feeds AI Overviews

Why This Matters More Than Ever in 2026

AI search is now the default entry point for millions of queries. The stakes for personal privacy have jumped. Traditional search required someone to click through multiple links and piece information together. AI Overviews do that assembly automatically — presenting a comprehensive personal dossier in seconds.

Europol projects that 90% of online content may be synthetically generated or AI-processed by the end of 2026. Taking proactive steps to control your personal data at the source — rather than trying to whack-a-mole individual search results — is the only durable strategy.

PrivacyOn handles the source side. By removing your data from 100+ data broker sites and monitoring for re-listings around the clock, PrivacyOn shrinks the raw material AI search engines have to work with. Combined with Google's own removal tools, this two-pronged approach gives you the best chance of keeping your personal information out of AI-generated answers. Family plans start at $8.33 per month.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I remove myself from Google AI Overviews?

Use Google's Results About You tool at myactivity.google.com/results-about-you to submit removal requests for search results and AI Overview content containing your phone, email, address, or (as of 2026) SSN, driver's license, or passport number. To keep the info from reappearing, also opt out of data broker sites — either manually or with PrivacyOn.

Does Google's Results About You actually work?

Yes — for the specific data types Google supports (contact info, government IDs, financial info, medical records, non-consensual explicit images). What it does not do is delete the underlying pages or touch Bing, DuckDuckGo, or the data broker sites themselves. It only removes results from Google Search.

How long does it take Google to remove personal information from AI Overviews?

Google usually reviews Results About You submissions within a few days. Approved requests are actioned within a week or two. If you request removal directly at the source (asking a data broker to delete your listing), that takes 3-14 days plus additional time for Google to recrawl.

Can I stop AI Overviews from showing personal information about me at all?

Not entirely — but you can shrink the surface area drastically. Removing your data from people-search sites, tightening social media privacy, and using Google's Results About You tool together eliminate most of the raw material AI Overviews would draw from. Any remaining exposure usually comes from news articles or public records, which Google will not remove.

What is the difference between Google search removal and data broker opt-out?

Google removal takes a result off Google Search — the data still exists on the source page and can appear on Bing, DuckDuckGo, or in future crawls. Data broker opt-out deletes your listing from the source site itself, which eventually causes it to disappear from all search engines and AI answers. You need both.

Is Google AI Overviews the same as Bard or Gemini?

AI Overviews is Google Search's inline AI feature, powered by Gemini models. Bard was rebranded to Gemini and is a separate standalone chatbot. Both draw from the same underlying knowledge — so if your data is exposed on the open web, both can surface it. The Results About You tool primarily governs Search / AI Overviews, not the standalone Gemini chatbot.