Revenge Porn Removal Options Compared (2026)

The takedowns option in this comparison is the free survivor pathway; Google image removal is the search-result half of any route you choose.

If someone is threatening you, do not pay, send more material, or meet them. Save the messages and account details, secure your accounts, tell someone you trust, and contact local emergency services if you are in immediate danger.

At a glance

1. Report the source copy first

Open the platform's safety or reporting centre and look for wording such as non-consensual intimate imagery, sexual image shared without consent, intimate image abuse, or sextortion. Report the exact post, profile, thread, or media URL. If the content is on a standalone website, use its abuse or copyright contact and identify the host when the site has no working form.

Keep the confirmation number and date submitted. A threat report and a removal report are different: report the threatening account for extortion or harassment, and report each published copy for image abuse.

2. Use StopNCII when its scope fits

StopNCII.org generates a digital fingerprint, or hash, on your device. The site says the image or video itself remains on your device while a hash is sent to participating companies. Those platforms can look for a match and act under their own policies.

That makes StopNCII useful for reducing identical re-uploads on its partner network. It is not a search engine for the whole web. Check the current partner list and continue reporting standalone websites, mirrors, and search results separately.

3. Use Take It Down for material created before age 18

NCMEC Take It Down is the route for nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos taken before the person turned 18, even if they are now an adult. Follow NCMEC's instructions and do not download, forward, or ask someone to resend the material to make a report. If a child is being threatened or exploited, involve a trusted adult and the appropriate child-protection or emergency service.

4. Ask Google to remove eligible Search results

Google personal sexual-content process covers eligible real or fake sexual images involving you and certain results that expose them. Search removal is useful because it reduces discovery, but it is not source removal. The host may still have the page, and the same file may be reachable through another URL or search engine.

Submit the host report and the Search request as two linked tasks. If the source has already been deleted but the old result remains, use Google's outdated-content refresh route. Keep the exact result URL and the date of each request.

5. Get free human support

A removal workflow does not replace a helpline. In the United States, the CCRI Image Abuse Helpline lists free, confidential support at 844-878-2274. The site's hours and interpretation options should be checked before calling. For other countries, use CCRI's international resources or a local specialist service. If there is immediate physical danger, call local emergency services first.

6. When a managed removal service is worth considering

Paid help can make sense when there are many URLs, repeat uploads, several platforms, or an advocate managing cases for someone else. Before paying, ask five questions:

1. Which public sources and platforms are actually checked?
2. Who sends the notice and whose contact details appear?
3. Are original images stored, and who can access evidence?
4. Are Google Search and source-host requests tracked separately?
5. What happens after the first removal and when you cancel?

takedowns provides a private case workspace with evidence capture, public-source discovery, platform and host requests, Google delisting packets, public Telegram reporting, link-health checks, and scheduled scans by plan. Survivor cases can start free and do not require a card. It is not law enforcement, a crisis helpline, or a promise that every copy will disappear.

Copyright is an additional route, not a shortcut

A DMCA notice can help when you own the copyright or are authorized by the copyright owner. Being the person shown in a photograph does not automatically make you the copyright owner; a photographer, studio, employer, or collaborator may hold that right. U.S. Copyright Office DMCA resources explain the notice framework.

Do not use a copyright claim when you cannot honestly make the required statements. If copyright does not belong to you, use the platform's NCII process, Google's personal sexual-content process, or other legal and support options instead.

What to do after the first URL is removed

Check the exact link from a signed-out browser and record whether the source is gone, the account is suspended, the page is access-restricted, or only the Search result disappeared. Then use a modest schedule: recheck within 24–48 hours, search once a week for the first month, and move to monthly checks if the situation is stable. Hash matching can reduce identical uploads on participating platforms; it cannot catch every crop, screenshot, edit, or new fake.

For the follow-up plan, read our post-takedown monitoring guide. For blackmail or sextortion, read the blackmail-image safety guide.

Tools at a glance

Tool	Primary job	Important boundary
StopNCII	Hash matching for eligible intimate images and videos on participating platforms	It does not search or remove material from the whole public web
Take It Down	Hash matching for eligible material created before the person turned 18	Use its eligibility guidance; it is not a general adult-content removal service
Google Search	Review eligible Search results that expose personal sexual content	Removing a result does not remove the source page
takedowns	Evidence-led discovery, requests, follow-up, and case tracking across public sources	It cannot guarantee compliance or permanent removal everywhere

Use the logo row as a quick orientation, not an endorsement. Confirm current eligibility, participating services, privacy terms, and response scope on each tool’s own site.

Visual guide: match the route to the surface

Think of the table as a routing map, not a single-button solution. The same file may need two or three separate actions because the source page, search index, and re-upload network are different systems.

Watch: how Take It Down works

If you would rather not manage these routes yourself, the free survivor path covers the first steps at no cost, and Google image removal handles results that remain after a source page is taken down.

Use the 48-hour platform request (US)

Since 19 May 2026, US platforms that host user content must run a notice-and-removal process under the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act and remove a valid request for a non-consensual intimate image within 48 hours. It covers real images and AI-generated ones.

Can you sue the person who shared it?

In the US, yes in most cases. A federal civil claim (15 U.S.C. § 6851) lets a person whose intimate image was disclosed without consent sue for actual damages or $150,000 in liquidated damages, plus legal costs, and ask a court to order the material taken down. Nearly every state also has its own civil or criminal law.

Choose the route that matches the problem

• Image on a social platform: platform NCII report plus Google Search removal if it is indexed.
• Image on a standalone host: host report, copyright notice if you own the work, and separate Search removal.
• Identical re-uploads: StopNCII or Take It Down when eligible, plus source reports.
• Threats or blackmail: preserve evidence, secure accounts, do not pay, and use specialist or emergency support.
• Many sites or repeat uploads: consider a managed service after checking coverage, privacy, pricing, and follow-up.

No ethical service can guarantee permanent removal from the entire internet. A good plan tells you what each route can do, what remains outside its scope, and what to do next.