How do I request to remove something from archive.org?

If you would like to submit a copyright claim for material found on archive.org, please refer to our Copyright Policy.

If you would like to submit a request for archives of your site or account to be excluded from web.archive.org, send us a request to info@archive.org and indicate:

  • the URL or URLs of the material
  • the time period that you wish to have excluded
  • the time period during which you had control of the site or relevant user account (if applicable) and 
  • any other information that you think would be helpful for us to better understand your request. 

This will initiate a review by our team. We do not make any guarantees beforehand about the outcome of a request.

Other types of removal requests may also be sent to info@archive.org. Please provide as clear an explanation as possible as to what you are requesting be removed for us to better understand your reason for making the request. Again, our team carefully reviews requests and we do not make any guarantees beforehand about the outcome of a request. #Archive.org#The Wayback Machine