deleted post and photos

  • Unknown's avatar
    ianadila · Member ·

    Few weeks ago I have restricted the public access to my blog and also deleted one post I have also deleted the photos from the Media associated with this post.
    I would like to know :
    1. how can I get a confirmation from wordpress that the photos are permanently deleted
    2. I kindly request that the deleted photos can not be found (seen) in search with engines like “google”, they still are
    3. Can I get an official statement from wordpress that the post mentioned above together with the photos have been permanently deleted?
    Thank you for your support, I need this answer for this is a GDPR legal issue.

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

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

  • Unknown's avatar
    staartmees · Member ·

    It can take up to several weeks before search engines crawl your site again to find out those items are no longer available. You can ‘ask’ every search engine to remove those posts and media from their search results and cache.
    When you go to the URL of that post and media and you get an 404-error, it means they have certainly been deleted.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    1. how can I get a confirmation from wordpress that the photos are permanently deleted

    If you delete a file from the media library on a WordPress.com site, it’s permanent. There’s no way to restore a deleted media file.

    Deleted posts are kept in the Trash folder for 30 days, after which they’re automatically deleted completely. You can also manually delete items from Trash before those 30 days are up. Once a post is deleted from Trash, it cannot be restored.

    2. I kindly request that the deleted photos can not be found (seen) in search with engines like “google”, they still are

    We have no ability to remove content from search engine indexes, or other locations where a file/content might be cached online. We only have control over our own servers, not Google’s or other content providers on the web.

    To have your content removed from Google search results, you need to request that directly from Google.

    3. Can I get an official statement from wordpress that the post mentioned above together with the photos have been permanently deleted?

    As you didn’t specify the title or URL of the post in question, or the URLs of the specific media files you deleted, it’s impossible for me to provide any confirmation more specific that my answer to your first question above.

    Our logs for your site show you deleted a post, along with a number of media files, on 18 May, and another large number of media files were deleted on 24 May. But I cannot confirm whether that was the specific post and or media files you’re asking about.

  • Unknown's avatar
    ianadila · Member ·

    Thank you so much for your answer!
    I need the confirmation, please, that the following images and post were permanently deleted and that they can no longer be restored:


    The post: ” 15% reducere aparat invizibil . Iata zambetul lunii iunie: just perfect”

    Looking forward for your answer!

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Both those image links just load a 404 error page for me, so they have been deleted.

    That is the title of the post you deleted on 18 May, and that post was also manually removed from Trash on the same day, so that post no longer exists on our system.

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