Why are my permanently deleted files still showing up in google search?

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  lydiamunnell · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 3:58 am

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  I am a graduate student, and a sample student paper with student name (it should be anonymous) is appearing via google search though the file has been deleted from the wordpress page and deleted permanently from the media library. This is important because, her name wasn’t part of the official filename but somehow it’s showing up anyway, and when you click it on google, the file still appears. I already deleted my cache and cookies. The image link is https://lm6020majorproject.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/student-essay-2-with-comments.pdf (There’s a new file with a similar filename on the site which I’d prefer not be deleted, but “Student essay 2 with comments” should be completely gone. It is not.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 6:23 am

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  Because Google’s cache is different from WordPress.com. You’ll need to contact Google to get it removed from Google. And Bing to get it removed from Bing. And Yahoo to get it removed from Yahoo. And so on.