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Find & Remove Your Images

You want to know where your images are, and you want them gone. These guides cover how to search without forcing yourself to look at every result, which removal route fits your situation, and what to do when a platform ignores you.

7 articles · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Detection

How Do I Know If My Photos Are Online? A Step-by-Step Guide

Worried your private photos are online? Here's how to search for your own images with reverse image and face search, plus how to get them removed.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Detection

How to Find Out If Your Photos Are Online (and What to Do Next)

Worried your photos are online without consent? Here's how to check safely with reverse image search, plus what to do the moment you find something.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Platform removal

A Platform Won't Take Your Images Down. Here's How to Escalate.

A platform ignored your removal request? Here's how to escalate: file an FTC complaint and report to the host, registrar, CDN, and DNS behind the site.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Removal options

Why StopNCII and NCMEC's Take It Down Aren't Finding Your Images (and What Does)

StopNCII and NCMEC's Take It Down are powerful, but they don't search the web or file takedowns. Here's what they do, what they can't, and who fills the gap.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Removal options

DMCA vs. NCII: how to remove leaked or fake nudes without exposing your name

If someone shared or faked intimate images of you, the fastest and most reliable way to get them down has historically been a copyright takedown, called a DMCA notice. Copyright is enforced almost everywhere, and platforms act on it quickly. The catch: a DMCA usually requires your real name, and those notices often become public record. Reports based on non-consensual intimate image laws protect your identity, but platforms have honored them less consistently. That's changing. This post helps you pick the right tool for your situation and use it without exposing yourself more than you have to. None of this is legal advice. It's a plain-language map of your options so you can decide what fits.

3 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Deepfakes

Can Someone Make Fake Nudes of Me Without My Photos?

Yes, AI can make fake nude images from a single clothed photo. Here's how it works, whether it's illegal, and how to get fake pictures removed.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
Platform removal

How to Get Your Images Removed From Telegram (and Why It's Harder Here)

Think your intimate images are on Telegram? Here's exactly how to document, report, and escalate them for removal, and what to know about Telegram.

2 min read · Published Aug 20, 2026
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