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  thisfitchick · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 11:24 pm

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  I had to delete an image from my wordpress site, but I want to make sure it is off the server…. The image owner wants the image removed both from the post and ‘from the server’. Not sure what that means. I permanently deleted the post- does that mean the photo that was used is gone and I’m okay?
  ALSO URL thisfitchick.net/blogfun

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 8, 2013 at 11:32 pm

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  Hey there –

  I would move it completely from your media library just to be safe:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/deleting-files/

  However…

  Images (and other media) that you delete from WordPress.com still may be cached by search engines. In those cases, you should contact the search engine directly to find out how to remove the images from their servers.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 11:34 pm

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  The image caches here are usually cleared every three days.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 11:35 pm

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  I ought to add that Bing and Google clear their caches every 3 – 6 months or so.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 8, 2013 at 11:37 pm

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  I found instructions on how to go about removing images from the Google search engine in case you find it: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181721?hl=en

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:04 am

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  There is a very spotty record of success there. If you have a takedown order from a court of law, they’ll take it down. Otherwise, they generally won’t.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:07 am

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  staff-doublebassd
  raincoaster has said it all. Been there and been through that without positive results, so it’s why I did not post that link. However, good searching. :)

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:16 am

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  As the links by staff-doublebassd shows – to remove an image “from the server” the image needs to deleted from your media library and then the WordPress.COM servers might cache an image file for up to 3 days or so.