How to permanently remove file from appearing online
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I uploaded a pdf file that I no longer want available as it has personal information. I deleted it permanently from my wordpress media collection, but it seems to still turn up when I do a search in Google for my name. Is there any way to remove the file other than what I have already done? I would have assumed if I deleted the pdf file on my blog it should not appear online still. I also have changed my settings to making my blog private for the time being until this can be resolved and I revamp my site. Thank you for any suggestions, it is greatly appreciated from a new wordpress user.
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* is deleting my site the best solution? I am afraid if I do this the file will still appear…
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Deleting your site is not the solution – set private is OK but not required if the file is really gone
Deleting the file is good – is it also gone from the media library?
Search engines clear their cache in something like 3 to 6 months – you could do battle with the search engines and ask them to delete the file from their cache – I don’t know how to go about working with the search engines – remember that Google is not the only search engine
Maybe one of the others will have some tips for you
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Search engines hang on to deleted items for weeks or months. You could attempt to contact Google if the only thing that is showing is a cached version, or are you saying that the full version is still there?
Setting the site to Private should set the media files to Private as well.
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