How to Remove Results From Bing (Every Route Explained)

To remove results from Bing, first work out whose page it is. If it’s your own site, delete the page or add a noindex tag, and use Bing Webmaster Tools’ Block URLs feature to hide it while Bing catches up. If it’s someone else’s page that has since been deleted or changed, use the Bing Content Removal tool to clear the outdated result. For personal information, intimate images, copyright and other legal issues, Microsoft has separate reporting forms. Removing a result from Google does nothing for Bing, so each engine needs its own request.

Bing will not remove a live, accurate page simply because you dislike it. Like Google, Bing content removal happens only in specific situations, and the route you choose decides whether your request has a chance.

Which route fits your situation

Situation	Route	Who can use it
A page on your own website	Delete it, noindex it or password protect it, then use Block URLs in Bing Webmaster Tools for a quick temporary hide	Verified site owners
Someone else’s page that has been deleted	Content Removal tool: remove page	Anyone with a Microsoft account
Someone else’s page that has been edited, but Bing shows the old version	Content Removal tool: remove outdated cache	Anyone with a Microsoft account
Sensitive personal information, such as ID numbers, private phone numbers or financial details	Microsoft’s “Report a concern” forms for Bing	The affected person or their representative
Intimate images shared without consent, including deepfakes	Microsoft’s dedicated reporting form	The person depicted or their representative
Copyright infringement	Microsoft’s copyright infringement notice	The copyright owner or their agent
European “right to be forgotten”	Bing’s European privacy request form	Eligible people in Europe

Removing your own pages from Bing

If you control the website, you have the most options, and your own pages are the easiest to remove from Bing. The permanent fixes are the same ones that work for Google, and our guide on removing a page from Google Search explains each in detail:

• Delete the page so it returns a 404 or 410 status.
• Add a noindex tag if the page needs to stay on your site but out of search.
• Put it behind a login if only certain people should see it.

Bing drops the page once it recrawls the URL and sees the change. That can take a while, which is where Bing Webmaster Tools helps.

Block URLs in Bing Webmaster Tools

1. Verify your site in Bing Webmaster Tools. If you already use Google Search Console, you can import your verified sites.
2. Open the Block URLs tool and enter the page or directory you want hidden.
3. Choose what to block: the URL and its cached copy, or only the cached copy.
4. Submit. Bing says most blocks are processed quickly.

A block is temporary. Bing’s documentation says blocked URLs expire after 90 days unless you extend them. Use the block to buy time while the permanent fix (deletion or noindex) takes effect. If you only block the URL and leave the page live and indexable, it can come back when the block expires.

If your site supports IndexNow, which is explained in our guide to Bing Places for Business, notifying Bing when you delete or update a page can help it notice the change sooner.

Using the Bing Content Removal tool for someone else’s page

You can’t make Bing drop a live page on another site just by asking. But if the page has been deleted or changed and Bing is still showing the old version, the Content Removal tool is the right route.

If the page has been deleted

1. Confirm the page really is gone. Open it in a private browser window; it should show a “not found” error, not a redirect to the home page.
2. Sign in to Bing’s Content Removal tool with a Microsoft account. You don’t need to own the site.
3. Paste the exact URL as it appears in Bing’s results and choose the option to remove the page.
4. Bing checks whether the page is actually unavailable before accepting the request.

If the page has been changed

1. Compare what Bing shows (the title and snippet in results) with the live page.
2. In the Content Removal tool, choose the option to remove outdated cache.
3. Enter words that appear in Bing’s old version but no longer appear on the live page, such as a name or phrase that was removed.

A common reason for rejection is entering words that are still on the live page, or words that were never in Bing’s stored version. Pick the exact text that was removed. Microsoft also offers an outdated or broken page option through its “Report a concern” pages for Bing if the tool doesn’t fit your case.

This mirrors Google’s process for outdated content, covered in our guide on removing outdated content from Google. The key step on both engines is the same: get the source page changed or removed first.

Personal information, intimate images and other harms

Microsoft’s policy on how Bing delivers search results describes the situations where it removes or limits results even if the page stays online. They include:

• Sensitive personal information posted without consent, such as private phone numbers, identification numbers, login credentials and financial details. Bing says it removes such results once a request is verified.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated deepfakes. Microsoft has a dedicated reporting form, and Bing participates in StopNCII.org, which lets people create a digital fingerprint of intimate images so participating platforms can detect them. Our guide on removing intimate images shared without consent covers the wider process.
• Copyright infringement, through Microsoft’s online infringement notice. Only file this if you own the copyright. False claims can have legal consequences.
• Child sexual abuse material, which Bing works with industry groups and law enforcement to remove.

Start from Microsoft’s “Report a concern” page for Bing, which routes you to the right form. Include the exact URLs, explain which category applies, and keep a record of what you submitted.

The European right to be forgotten

People in Europe can ask Bing to block certain results for searches on their name under European data protection law. Microsoft has a dedicated form for this. It asks about the requester, the URLs and whether the person has a public role, then weighs privacy against the public’s interest in the information.

Approved removals apply to Bing’s European search results. This is not a right that US residents have, and results remain visible to people searching from outside Europe.

How Bing removal differs from Google

• Separate indexes, separate requests. A successful Google request doesn’t carry over to Bing. File with both.
• Different tools. Google has Search Console Removals, Refresh Outdated Content and Results about you. Bing has Block URLs in Webmaster Tools, the Content Removal tool and Microsoft’s concern forms. The categories overlap, but the forms and wording differ.
• Bing feeds other services. Bing’s results also supply other experiences, including Microsoft’s Copilot, so a removal from Bing can matter more widely than bing.com alone.
• Permanent fixes work on both. Deleting a page or adding noindex removes it from both engines once they recrawl.

How long it takes

There is no fixed timeline. Block URLs requests for your own site are usually the fastest. Content Removal requests depend on Bing confirming the page is gone or changed. Privacy and legal requests involve review, so they typically take longer and may come back with questions. Permanent changes to your own pages take effect whenever Bing next crawls them, which varies from site to site.

A worked example

This example is illustrative, not a real client. A contractor finds that searching his company name on Bing shows a local blog post from several years ago naming him in a dispute that was later settled. The blog agreed months ago to remove his name, and Google’s result already reflects that, but Bing still shows his name in the snippet.

1. Check the live page. The post is still online, but his name has been removed.
2. Use the right option. Because the page is live, he chooses remove outdated cache in Bing’s Content Removal tool, not remove page.
3. Enter the right words. He enters his full name, which appeared in Bing’s stored version but no longer appears on the live page.
4. Check back. After Bing processes the request, the snippet updates and no longer shows his name.

The post itself stays online, which is outside Bing’s control. What changed is that Bing now shows the current version, the same outcome Google already reflected.

Common mistakes

• Assuming Google removal covers Bing. It doesn’t.
• Using remove page for a live page. Bing will reject it. Use outdated cache instead, or get the page taken down first.
• Relying on Block URLs alone. It expires. Pair it with a permanent fix.
• Filing false copyright claims to remove criticism. It is misuse of the process and can expose you to legal liability.
• Expecting Bing to remove accurate, lawful content. If the page is live and doesn’t fall into a removal category, the realistic options are asking the site owner or building stronger results that rank above it.

If the content can’t be removed from either search engine, our content removal service assesses which routes apply across sites and search engines and handles the requests with you.

Frequently asked questions

Can I remove a search result from Bing if it's on someone else's website?

Only in certain cases: if the page has been deleted or changed and Bing shows an outdated version, or if it contains content that falls under Microsoft’s removal policies, such as sensitive personal information, intimate images shared without consent or copyright infringement. Otherwise, you need the site owner to change or remove it.

How do I remove my own page from Bing?

Delete the page or add a noindex tag, then use the Block URLs tool in Bing Webmaster Tools to hide it temporarily while Bing recrawls. The block expires, so the permanent fix is what keeps the page out.

Does removing a result from Google also remove it from Bing?

No. Google and Bing maintain separate indexes and separate removal processes. Submit requests to each one.

Can Americans use the right to be forgotten on Bing?

No. The right to be forgotten comes from European law and applies to eligible people in Europe. Approved removals apply to Bing’s European results, not to searches made from the US.

How long does Bing take to remove a result?

It varies. Temporary blocks for your own site are usually quickest, outdated content requests depend on Bing confirming the change, and privacy or legal requests take longer because they are reviewed individually.