privacy of photos or the blog in general

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  sbaldessari · Member · Oct 26, 2013 at 2:04 am

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  how do i make my photos private? I just realized today that when I “google” search my photographer’s name, photos that I’ve posted onto wordpress show up. How do I make this blog private so that things that I post won’t show up in a google search?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 26, 2013 at 7:22 am

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  Your site is public so search engines will index it.
  If you want a private blog, then here is what to do:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  But note that your site is already public and indexed by search engines, so even if you delete the site immediately, the content will be listed online. It can take 3 to 6 months before search engines remove inaccessible links. WordPress.com has no control over what Google does.

  also see timethief’s comment here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-images-from-google-search?replies=2#post-1494887