How to remove or delete your business from Google
You can't simply delete a business from Google Maps. You can mark it permanently or temporarily closed, remove your management of the profile, or ask Google to take down a listing that never existed or isn't eligible. Which one you need depends on why you want it gone.
Which option do you need?
| Your situation | What to do |
|---|---|
| The business has closed for good | Mark it permanently closed |
| Closed for more than 7 days, for the season or with no end date | Mark it temporarily closed |
| Closed for 7 days or less | Set special hours instead |
| You want to stop managing it, or hand it over | Remove the profile from your account (the listing may stay on Maps) |
| The listing never existed, or isn't a real or eligible business | Suggest an edit on Google Maps: "Place is closed or not here" |
| You've moved | Update the address on your existing profile, so you keep managing it and its reviews |
Mark your business closed
- Open your Business Profile.
- Select "Edit profile", then "Hours".
- Under business hours, select Edit, then "Permanently closed" or "Temporarily closed".
- Select Save.
A permanently closed business still shows when people search for it, clearly marked as closed. Google says it won't disappear from Maps straight away, but will gradually drop out of search results and then be removed. Temporarily closed businesses can rank below open ones for general searches until you reopen.
Remove the profile from your Google Account
- Sign in to the Google Account linked to the profile and open it.
- Open the More menu and go to the profile settings.
- Choose to remove the Business Profile, then "Remove profile content and managers". You can also mark the business permanently closed here.
- Confirm.
- Only primary owners can do this, and it's permanent for every owner and manager.
- Your posts, photos, videos and replies to reviews are deleted.
- Customer reviews and photos stay.
- The business may still show on Search and Maps. Removing yourself doesn't take the listing down.
Ask Google to remove a listing
Google removes a Business Profile if the business never existed or isn't eligible to be on Google.
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Open the business on Google Maps.
- Select "Suggest an edit", then "Place is closed or not here".
- Choose the option that fits, such as "Doesn't exist here", and submit.
Google may email you with follow-up questions before it decides.
Sources
- Google Business Profile Help: Remove a Business Profile from your Google Account
- Google Business Profile Help: Mark your business as closed
- Google Business Profile Help: Request removal of a Business Profile from Google Search & Maps
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