File deleted from media library but still available with original link

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  ewandavison · Member · May 23, 2016 at 1:32 pm

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  Hi,
  I’ve seen the same issue on the forum for others. I need to permanently remove a file – we’ve deleted from the media library but a link to the doc still shows up. Its an academic paper that needs removing https://whatworkswellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/csaw-delphi-paper-full-with-tables.pdf
  thanks

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  timethief · Member · May 23, 2016 at 10:31 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