How do I permanently deleted a PDF link from Google?

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  shaunwgrayportfolio · Member · Jan 12, 2021 at 3:51 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m having trouble removing the following link from Google. I’ve deleted it from my page and from my media already but it still displays via Google.

  Click to access footballfeature.pdf

  Can anyone help?

  Thanks.

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  staartmees · Member · Jan 12, 2021 at 4:10 pm

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  I get a 404-error file not found.

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  shaunwgrayportfolio · Member · Jan 12, 2021 at 4:41 pm

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  Ah okay thank you, do you think it is because the .pdf is cached on my system perhaps?

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Jan 12, 2021 at 11:35 pm

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  Hi @shaunwgrayportfolio yes the file is likely cached on your end, so it still appears as if it is online, but I can confirm that it has been removed from our servers.

  Please also note that it can take search engines 4-6 weeks to update their search indexes, so your file may appear in search results until they “catch up” but the PDF itself is no longer online, and all existing links to pages/posts have been invalidated.

  If someone clicks the link in Google it would lead to a 404 error page, and the PDF will not be shown.

  Hope this helps!