Delete URLs with Google Search Console

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Let's start with the easiest and quickest method , namely Google Search Console . With this tool, essential for those involved in SEO, we have all the data we need to understand the health status of a site with respect to its organic positioning. How do I remove a URL from Search Console? All it takes is a couple of clicks:Access the Google URL Removal ToolOn “choose a verified property” select your site from the drop-down menuClick on the gray button, paste the URL and click continueClick “Send Request”URL removal with Google Search consoleHow to remove URLs with Google Search ConsoleThe URL sent will be indicated as "pending" by the panel. If you have second thoughts, you can always cancel the removal request by clicking on "cancel".



This way you will remove the offending URL from Google's SERPs. Be careful, this is a temporary Special Data removal for a period of approximately 90 days . The URL will also be removed from Google's cache .If you use this method, always remember that it is not a permanent removal. What does it mean? Simple, if after 90 days the URL continues to exist on your site it will most likely be re-indexed , causing unnecessary consumption of crawl budget.You may be wondering, how do I remove a URL permanently ? Well, then let's move on to the next methods . Both allow you to delete a URL permanently.Method 2. Remove URLs with the Noindex tagWhen you need to prevent the indexing of a URL or perhaps block it at a later time after its creation, the noindex tag is used . It is essentially a piece of code to be inserted in the " head " section of an html page. The latter communicates a precise indication to search engine spiders: do not show this page on the results . It can be written in two ways:<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex” /><meta name=”robots” content=”noindex, follow” />The code must be entered manually on the site if necessary . Alternatively, the main CMS allow you to do this directly or by integrating plugins .Speaking of WordPress , the first one that comes to our aid is undoubtedly the well-known Yoast SEO . Under the heading “Allow search engines to show the post in search results?” – change the option from “Yes (default)” to “No”.





In this way the noindex tag is automatically added to the head of the page in question.Remove Url with Noindex on Yoast SeoInsert the Noindex tag with Yoast SEOUsing Noindex, it will take time – like days or even weeks – for the URL to be removed from the SERPs. The process can be speeded up by submitting the URL in question to Search Console's content removal tool . Exactly what we saw in the previous point.The noindex directive is implemented not only by Google, it is also universal by all other search engines such as Bing and Yahoo .If you want to remove a site from all search engines , just add the noindex meta tag on all pages . On WordPress just go to the settings panel > reading and then tick the option " Dissuade search engines from indexing this site ".