Deleting pdf

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  zoerlevin · Member · Jul 11, 2019 at 7:52 am

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  Hello,

  I though I had deleted a pdf on my blog but it still appears on google. How do I permanently delete it?

  Thank you.

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

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  henriettestewart · Member · Jul 11, 2019 at 8:48 am

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  Hi Zoe,

  If you have only just recently permanently deleted the PDF it will likely still be in Google’s cache, and that can take a while to clear.

  When you click the link you see in Google it should redirect to your 404 page (not found), is that the case?

  You can to request a removal of the PDF using Google’s “Remove outdated content” tool: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6349986?hl=en.

  Also; make sure you don’t have any internal links to the removed PDF on your blog.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 11, 2019 at 8:56 am

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  Hi there,

  Please give the link here, and we can make sure that the file has been completely removed from our servers. But as @henriettestewart said above, only Google can remove it from their cache and search indexes.

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  zoerlevin · Member · Jul 11, 2019 at 10:20 am

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  Click to access resume-zoe-levin.pdf

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  fstat · Staff · Jul 11, 2019 at 11:55 am

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  Hi there,

  That file is still present in your Media Library as you probably removed a link and not the actual file. To completely delete it go to your Media Library (https://wordpress.com/media/) select it and click on the trash can icon.