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		shrikant on July 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Become Ungoogleable How long does it take to actually remove your page from Google's search index? I just searched for the author's name and his site still shows up as the top result.

skilled on July 20, 2023 [–]

I think you can do it instantly from Googles webmaster tools. As for robots, its like 3 days maximum.

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