Remove your home address from Google, keep the business listed

A stranger called the number you only give to family, or someone showed up at the door, and then you searched your own name. There it was: your street, your phone, maybe your business name right beside them. You want to remove your personal address from Google, and you want it done without losing the customers who find you there.

You can do both. The work splits into three places, and each one has its own request. Google Search holds the results, the website that publishes the details holds the page itself, and your Business Profile holds what customers see on the map.

Start with a ten-minute list of every place your address and personal phone appear. Then send each one down the right track, and leave your business phone, website and service area exactly where customers can reach them.

Where do my address and phone number show up, and what do I do about each one?

Before you click anything, find every page that shows the details. Search your full name in quotation marks, then your name with your street, your city and your business name. Search your personal phone number in the formats people write it, with dashes, with spaces and with parentheses.

Open your Business Profile in both Search and Maps and check whether a street address is showing. Write down each result's web address, and label it: Google Search, Google Maps, your own website, a directory, a people-search site, a social profile, or a public record. Note whether it shows the full address, part of it, your personal phone or your business phone.

That list is your work order. Everything on it lands in one of the three tracks in the table.

How do I get my address and phone number out of Google's search results?

Google can remove search results that show home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, government ID numbers, financial and medical information, login credentials and doxxing content. The route runs through Results about you, which can watch for your name and contact details and lets you start a removal request right from a result. The separate personal content removal request covers results you find on your own.

Menu labels and availability can differ by account and country, so follow what your account shows. File one request per result, and keep the confirmation emails.

Know the limit before you start. Removing a result changes what Google Search shows. It does not delete the page that holds the details, and Google says that taking a result out of Search does not remove the information from the internet. Google may also deny a request when the information involves the public interest, professional information, government records, news reporting, or something you made public yourself.

How do I get the page itself taken down?

A removed result can only stay gone if the page behind it goes. That page belongs to someone else, so the next move is to contact whoever runs the website. Look for a contact form, a privacy or removal link, or an email address on the site, and ask them to delete or correct the page.

Keep the message short and specific. Give the web address of the page, say which detail is yours, and ask for it to be deleted. Save a copy of what you sent and the date.

If the page is on your own website, a directory listing you created, or a social profile, you can fix it yourself. Change the personal phone to a business-controlled number and take out the street address. Then ask Google to refresh the result if the old version still shows in Search.

How do I get off people-search sites and data broker lists?

People-search sites usually offer their own opt-out process for suppressing addresses and phone numbers. The FTC advises finding each site's opt-out page and following its identity-verification steps. Removal from one site does not remove the records held by another, and details can return after a database update. Some information may remain available even after you opt out.

So, make a short row in your list for each site that appears, and use the opt-out page that site publishes. Save every confirmation. Recheck your name search every so often, since a new listing can appear after a records update.

California residents have a shortcut. The California Privacy Protection Agency's DROP, the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, lets you send one deletion request to every registered data broker. From August 1, 2026, registered brokers must process DROP requests at least every 45 days. DROP covers non-exempt information held by registered brokers, so it does not reach every webpage or public record. The platform's terms explain who can use it.

How do I hide my home address on Google and keep my business listed?

If you travel to customers and do not receive them at your home, your Business Profile can show a service area in place of a street address. Google's own guidance says it plainly: "If you're a service-area business, you should hide your business address from customers."

In your profile, select Edit profile, then Location, then edit Business location. Turn off Show business address to customers, and select Save. Your profile then displays the areas you serve. Our guide to service-area businesses and storefronts on Google covers who qualifies.

Hiding the address does not delete the business listing, and you do not need a new profile. Google still needs the address privately for verification, and a virtual office does not qualify unless it is staffed during business hours. See Google's pages on managing your business address and the guidelines for representing your business. If you only want the change itself, our post on changing your business address on Google goes step by step.

What should stay public so customers can still reach me?

Pulling personal details off the web does not mean going dark. Keep these public: the business name, a phone number that connects directly to the business, your website, your category, your service area, your hours when they apply, a booking method and a contact form. A service-area business can keep its street address hidden while it publishes the areas it serves.

If your personal phone has been your business line, this is the moment to replace it with a number the business controls. Change it on your Business Profile, your website, your directories and your social profiles in one sitting. The same business name, phone and website should appear everywhere, because Google expects the name to match the real-world name and the phone to reach the business.

If you work from home, our post on home-based businesses on Google Maps shows how those pieces fit together. Google Business Profile management keeps this data consistent, and local SEO work keeps customers finding the service area after the street address is hidden.

When is it worth paying for help with this?

You can run the first audit and send the requests yourself, at no cost. Nobody can promise to erase you from Google, because Google, data brokers and independent publishers each control their own piece. Be careful with anyone who guarantees otherwise.

Paid help becomes reasonable in a few situations: you have many listings, details keep reappearing, your business information is inconsistent across sites, you have a safety concern, or you do not have the hours to follow up on every request. In those cases the value is coordination. Someone documents each exposed record, separates personal details from business ones, files the eligible requests and checks that customers can still reach you.

Whatever you decide, check the result the way a customer would. Search your business name, confirm the service area shows, call the number, and open the website. For a wider look at what people see when they search you, try our post on what people see when they search your name. If a call from an unknown number started this, read about Google Business Profile scam calls too.

Frequently Asked Questions About Removing Your Personal Address From Google

How do I stop Google from showing my personal information?

Use Results about you or the personal-information removal request to ask Google to remove eligible results, then contact the website owner to delete the page. Google can deny requests that involve public interest, government records, news, or details you made public yourself.

Why is my address on Google when I search my name?

A page that Google indexed lists it. That page can be your own website, a directory, a social profile, a public record, a people-search site or a Business Profile showing a street address. Open each result to see who publishes it, then follow that track.

How do I erase my address and phone number from the internet?

Each place that publishes them needs its own request. Google can remove results from Search, but the site owner has to delete the page and each people-search site has its own opt-out. California residents can also send one request to registered brokers through DROP.

Can I hide my home address and keep my business on Google?

Yes, if you travel to customers and do not receive them at home. Turn off Show business address to customers, keep your service area, phone and website public, and the listing stays.

Will hiding my address delete my Business Profile?

No. It changes what customers see. Google still needs the address privately for verification.

What if the information comes back?

Details can reappear after database updates or when a new page publishes them. Recheck your name search from time to time and repeat the request for any new listing.

Wrapping Up

Your address and phone live in three places that do not talk to each other: Google Search, the websites that publish the details, and your Business Profile. Send each its own request. Ask Google to remove eligible results, ask site owners to delete the pages, opt out of each people-search site, and hide the street address if you travel to customers.

Once the requests are in, the business stays easy to find. Your name, service area, hours, website and business phone remain public, and the home number stops being the one strangers can reach. A recheck every so often catches anything that returns.

If the list gets long, Web Leveling can coordinate the listings, requests and follow-up with you through our online reputation work, and we will tell you plainly which parts you can handle yourself. We work with small and medium businesses across the country and overseas. Send us your list of listings and we will help you sort it into the three tracks.

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