How do I delete all my posts so they will not show up in Google search?

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  shoshanah338 · Member · Feb 12, 2019 at 5:03 pm

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  How do I delete all my posts so they will not show up in Google search?

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

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  tifanne83 · Member · Feb 12, 2019 at 5:32 pm

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  Hi There,

  You can change your settings to private and then your site is only visible to you and any users you approve. To do this:

  -Click My Site
  -Click Settings
  -Scroll down to Privacy
  -Click Private and Save Settings

  Below is a link to our support pages with more information regarding the privacy settings:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  It can take a while for your results drop out of the search engine. You can send a request to Google to remove your site from their index here:

  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals

  You can read more from our support pages here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  Hope that helps!

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  darusja · Staff · Feb 12, 2019 at 5:56 pm

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  Hi,
  I just would like to add, that there is also a

  hidden

  option, that will leave the website visible to everybody, but search engines will be asked not to index it.
  Note that the changes may take about 6 weeks for search engines to revisit your site and notice the changes.

  Hope it’s helpful!