Deleted all my files but it still shows up in Google

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  rickvk · Member · Mar 14, 2016 at 3:34 pm

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  I deleted all my files from my blog (sumrick.wordpress.com) but still my PDF resume shows up in the Google search results. I want to delete it but I have absolutely no clue how. This is the direct URL: https://sumrick.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/curriculum-vitae-rick-van-kesteren.pdf

  Does anybody have an idea how I can permanently delete this file?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  nickvallee · Member · Mar 14, 2016 at 4:13 pm

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  Have you deleted the site it self by going to “settings”, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking “delete site”?

  More info here:

  Delete a Website

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  rickvk · Member · Mar 14, 2016 at 5:53 pm

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  Hi Nick!

  Thanks for your answer. I never did that, I just deleted all the files. I just deleted the site, so now the file will hopefully be permanently deleted..

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  timethief · Member · Mar 14, 2016 at 6:08 pm

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  That URL produces a 404 file not found error message. That indicates that it has been deleted from the wordpress.COM servers. We cannot help you with this or any search engine issues.

  Try logging out and clear your browser cache please https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache to see if you also get a 404.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1