PimEyes opt-out: remove your face from results, step by step
Here is the official process on PimEyes, checked on 15 October 2026. Follow the steps in order.
Before you start
- List the pages concerned (their links) and what they show.
- Ask the site to delete your data, through its contact form or the address in its privacy policy. In the EU, it must generally answer within one month.
- Ask Google to remove results showing your contact details (the "Results about you" tool).
- If there is no answer, contact the data protection authority in your country.
The steps
- Open PimEyes' opt-out request form.
- Upload a clear photo of your face, from several angles if you can. Tip: take a selfie against a plain background and send a screenshot of that selfie, which strips the photo’s hidden data.
- Tick the boxes (consent, terms, over 18), then go to the next step.
- Upload a copy of your ID with everything hidden except your photo: PimEyes asks for an anonymized copy.
- Enter an email address for the confirmation, then submit. The form doesn’t ask for your name.
- Keep the confirmation email: it proves your request.
Good to know: Opting out removes your photos from PimEyes results, not from the sites where they are posted: each of those sites needs its own request. PimEyes says it may keep the photo you send where a legal obligation requires it. The form is for people over 18 only: for a minor, see our Urgent help page.
You don’t need an account. Checked on 15 October 2026.
If it doesn’t work
An official form can go unanswered or be wrongly refused. That’s not the end: there are other doors, heavier but effective — the company hosting the site, the company managing its domain name, the laws of your country, the data protection authority. That’s exactly what we do for you, with your agreement.
- Reporting to the platform
- A written request to the site owner
- The domain name registrar
- The hosting company
- Search engines
- The authority or the courts
Same situation, other platforms
- Facebook Report a photo or video that violates your privacy
- Instagram Report a privacy violation (photo or video of you)
- WhatsApp European Union: privacy issue or legal removal request
- TikTok TikTok privacy form (privacy violation, your data)
- X (Twitter) Report your private information being posted (doxxing)
- YouTube Get your personal information removed from a video or comment
- Snapchat Report an account or content exposing your information (web form)
- Telegram Your personal information posted (doxing)
- LinkedIn Contact LinkedIn’s Data Protection Officer
- Reddit Your personal information posted on Reddit
- Google (Recherche) Remove your contact info from results ("Results about you")
- Bing / Microsoft Europe: ask Bing to block search results (right to be forgotten)
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This information helps you use your rights. It doesn’t replace advice from a lawyer.