Deleted post still shows up on Google search

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  donnapcrilly · Member · Jan 26, 2016 at 5:26 pm

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  Hello,

  About a month or longer ago, I deleted my outdated resume from one of my blog posts. Aside from this, it’s been over a year, since I’ve made the whole post private. Anyway, when I do a Google search, the resume still shows up. Not only that, it shows up on it’s own as a WordPress doc. I’m quite baffled, and I’m highly interested in having this removed. Any guidance will help. Thank you.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jan 26, 2016 at 5:35 pm

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  Hi there,

  Trying to view the file on your site should result in a 404 File Not Found error. Can you provide the URL of where the doc was located on your site?

  It’s up to Google to decide when and how to include/remove this doc from search results, WordPress.com doesn’t have any control over that. For more information you can read our FAQ about search engines here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  You can try requesting removal from Google by following the instructions here:
  http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=92865

  Google also provides information and tools for webmasters, you might find further information on their tools here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!

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  donnapcrilly · Member · Jan 26, 2016 at 6:01 pm

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  Thank you! Well see if it works!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jan 26, 2016 at 8:45 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  donnapcrilly · Member · Feb 5, 2016 at 6:17 am

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  Hello. I’m still having trouble removing the site. Specifically, it’s a copy of my outdated resume. Here’s the link: https://donnapcrilly.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/resume-draft2.pdf

  I contacted Google to remove the link, which is still processing two weeks later. Google also sent me a prompt, saying the link is still active, and I will need to contact the site manager to have it deleted. I really need this link gone forever. Please help. There might be something I’m missing here. I know I deleted it from the post a long time ago. But could it be stored somewhere else? Officially, I’d like to contact WordPress to have that link removed.

  Thank you.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Feb 5, 2016 at 6:19 pm

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  Hi there,

  I checked and the link was still active on your site, it didn’t appear that you removed it properly. However, I was able to remove it. Check and see if you still see it on your end. Clear your cache and cookies if you do.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks!

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  donnapcrilly · Member · Feb 20, 2016 at 8:14 pm

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  Thank you! I had a feeling that I probably just couldn’t find where the document was. It has also been removed from Google. Thanks again!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Feb 22, 2016 at 2:32 pm

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  You’re welcome!