Remove your face from FaceSearch results

What removal does

When you ask us to remove your face, we stop returning matching results in future searches run by anyone on FaceSearch. The photo of your face that you send us is used to find those matches and nothing else; it is not added to the index, not shared and not used to build a face database. Once the removal is in place we confirm by email, and the request stays in force unless you ask us to lift it.

Removal is free for everyone. You do not need an account, a plan or a reason. If you have an account, you can also delete individual saved scans from your history and delete the account itself from your profile; those are separate from removal and are covered on the delete your account page.

How to request removal

1. 1

   Search for your own face

   Open the search page and run a search with a clear, recent photo of yourself. The first search is free and needs no account. Note the result URLs you want hidden; if you have a paid plan, every source link is unlocked, and on the Free plan the top results are still enough to show us which matches you mean.

2. 2

   Email us one clear photo and the result URLs

   Send an email to contact@facesearch.cc with the subject "Remove my photos". Attach one clear, front-facing photo of your face and paste the result URLs if you have them. If you do not have the URLs, the photo alone is enough; we run the search ourselves.

3. 3

   We hide matching results and confirm

   We review the request, hide matching results from future searches and reply to the address you wrote from. We aim to confirm within five business days. If anything about the request is unclear we reply with a question rather than closing it.

4. 4

   If ownership of the face is disputed

   In rare cases, for example when two people claim the same face or a request looks like an attempt to hide someone else, we may ask for a redacted copy of an ID that shows your face and nothing else. Cover the number, address and any other fields. The copy is used for that check and deleted afterwards.

Removing someone else's photos

We handle requests on behalf of another person case by case, by email, with proof of the relationship. A parent or guardian asking for a child, a relative asking for someone who has died, a carer or legal representative acting for an adult who cannot act for themselves: write to contact@facesearch.cc, say who you are asking for and why, and attach one clear photo of that person. We may ask for a document that shows the relationship. Searching for anyone under 18 is prohibited under our acceptable use rules, so a request for a child is always granted once the relationship is clear.

Copyright and other reasons

If you own the copyright in a photo and want it out of our results for that reason, rather than because it shows your face, the same email address works. Say that it is a copyright request, give the result URLs and tell us why you hold the rights. Website owners who do not want their pages included in FaceSearch results can also write to us, and we respect that. For questions about how we treat the photo you send us, see privacy by design and the Privacy Policy.

What happens to the photo you send

The photo in your removal email is used to identify the results to hide and to keep them hidden. It is handled under the same rules as every other photo on FaceSearch: metadata is stripped, it is never sold, and it is never used to build a face database or to train a model. If you later ask us to lift the removal, we delete it. You can ask about the status of a request at any time by replying to the confirmation email.