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How to Remove Your Images from TinEye
TinEye isn’t a facial-recognition search engine, but copies of your photos can appear in its reverse-image index. Here’s how to remove the source images and submit TinEye’s official image-removal request.
Overview
TinEye is a reverse image search engine, not a facial-recognition search service. Instead of searching for other photos of the same person, TinEye looks for exact and modified versions of the image you provide across its web index.
TinEye offers an official image-removal request, but there’s an important requirement: the image must first be removed from the websites where TinEye found it. If the image is still live on a source website, TinEye says it cannot remove the image from its search results.
Before you begin
- Have a copy of the image (or its URL) so you can search TinEye for matching versions.
- Be prepared to remove the image from each still-live source website TinEye lists — or to contact those site owners.
- Confirm you are the copyright owner of the image, or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf, before submitting TinEye’s removal form.
- Remember that removing an image from TinEye does not delete copies hosted on other websites or other search engines.
TinEye’s two-stage removal process
Stage 1
Remove at source
Delete or restrict every live website copy TinEye found.
Stage 2
Remove from TinEye
Submit TinEye’s official form with the search-results URL.
TinEye requires the source image to be gone first.
Step-by-step
Step 1
Search your image on TinEye
Search your image on TinEyeUpload or paste the image into TinEye and review the matching websites where TinEye has previously found copies or modified versions of it.
Step 2
Remove the image from the source websites
Before requesting removal from TinEye, make sure the image is no longer available on the websites listed in the search results.
If you control a source, remove the image yourself. Otherwise, contact the website owner or use that site’s privacy, copyright, abuse, or content-removal process.
TinEye states that it cannot remove an image from its search results while the image is still displayed on the website where TinEye found it.
Step 3
Copy your TinEye search-results URL
Once the source image has been removed, run the image search again and copy the URL of the TinEye results page from your browser’s address bar.
You’ll need this TinEye search-results URL for the removal form — not just the original source-image URL. Multiple search-results URLs can be submitted when requesting removal of more than one image.
Step 4
Open TinEye’s official removal form
Open TinEye’s Image Removal RequestUse TinEye’s dedicated image-removal request. Enter your contact information and the TinEye search-results URL for the image you want removed.
Step 5
Confirm your rights to the image
TinEye’s current form asks requesters to certify that the content belongs to them and that they are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for the copyright owner. TinEye may contact you if documentation supporting the claim is required.
Step 6
Submit and recheck TinEye
After TinEye processes the request, search the image again to confirm that the requested result has been removed.
Removing an image from TinEye does not remove it from other websites or search engines.
What happens next?
What to expect
- If TinEye approves the request, the matching image should be removed from TinEye’s search results for the submitted search-results URL(s).
- If the image is still live on a source website, TinEye says it cannot remove that image from its search results — finish source removal first, then resubmit.
Keep in mind
- TinEye searches for copies of a specific image, not a person profile. Other photos of you are separate images and need separate searches/requests if they also appear in TinEye.
- New public uploads of the same photo elsewhere can create new matches later.
Frequently asked questions
Is TinEye a facial-recognition search engine?
No. TinEye searches for exact and modified versions of an image rather than identifying a person from their facial features. Someone generally needs to already have a copy or URL of a matching image to search for it through TinEye.
Do I need to remove the original image first?
Yes. TinEye states that an image must no longer appear on the websites where TinEye found it before the company can remove it from TinEye search results.
Why does TinEye still show an image I’ve already deleted?
TinEye treats source removal and TinEye removal as separate steps. If you’ve already removed the source image, use TinEye’s official image-removal request — with the TinEye search-results URL — to request removal from its search results.
Will TinEye save the photo I upload for the removal search?
TinEye says uploaded search images are not saved or indexed and do not become searchable by other users. Its public search page states that using TinEye is private and that search images are not saved or indexed.
Does removing my image from TinEye delete it from the internet?
No. TinEye doesn’t control the third-party websites appearing in its results. Removing an image from TinEye affects TinEye’s search results, not copies hosted elsewhere on the web.
Does CatchAFace submit TinEye requests?
No. CatchAFace provides this guide for educational purposes only. Image-removal requests must be submitted through TinEye’s official process.
CatchAFace is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TinEye. This guide is educational only. Image-removal requests must be submitted through TinEye’s official removal form; CatchAFace cannot file or manage those requests for you.
Last reviewed: August 2026. Opt-out procedures can change over time. If you notice that a guide is out of date, please let us know so we can update it.