---
title: "Find the route to remove something from Google"
method: POST
path: "/api/agent/v1/check/removal-route"
---

# Find the route to remove something from Google

`POST /api/agent/v1/check/removal-route`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://essentras.com`
- URL: `https://essentras.com/api/agent/v1/check/removal-route`
- Auth: none declared

Free and read-only. For something about a person that shows in Google (contact details, an ID number, intimate images, doxxing, a false article, old news, a mugshot, a court record, a review, a post, a data broker profile, their own old content, an outdated page, copied work), returns the same plan as the free route finder on essentras.com. Ask only what it is and, where it matters, where the person lives (US, EU, EEA or UK, or elsewhere); never their name or the page address. Returns the route (source, Google policy, law or suppression) and who decides, the steps, the official Google links with the date they were read, the evidence to prepare, a timeline marked official or not, a fit label from Google’s own criteria (not a success rate), letters to send, what the route will not do, a link to the same plan on the website, and the matching Essentras service with its current price. Official channels only. Google, the publisher or the platform decides, and a refund is never a promise of removal. The same checker as the MCP tool find_removal_route.

## Request body

- object
  - `situation` 'contact-info' | 'gov-id' | 'intimate-images' | 'doxxing' | 'defamatory-article' | 'old-news' | 'mugshot' | 'court-record' | 'review' | 'social-post' | 'data-broker' | 'own-content' | 'outdated-page' | 'copyright' | 'other', required: What do you want gone from Google? Personal details and safety: contact-info = My phone number, home address or email (On any website: a directory, a forum, an old listing); gov-id = A government ID, bank or card number, or private record (Social Security, passport, license or tax ID numbers, bank or card numbers, medical records); intimate-images = Explicit or intimate images of me shared without consent (Photos or video of you, posted without your consent); doxxing = My details posted with threats or harassment (doxxing) (Your address, workplace or family details next to threats). Articles and records: defamatory-article = An article or post that says false things about me (News, blog or forum content with false statements of fact); old-news = An old news story about me (Accurate at the time; now old, resolved or out of date); mugshot = A mugshot or arrest record on a website (A booking photo or arrest listing); court-record = A court record or government page (Court dockets, judgments, registries or agency pages). Posts, reviews and profiles: review = A review about me or my business (On Google, Yelp or a professional review site); social-post = A social media or forum post about me (Posts, comments or threads by someone else); data-broker = A people-search or data broker profile (Profiles listing your address, relatives and age); own-content = Something I posted myself (An old profile, post, photo or website). Something else: outdated-page = A page that was deleted or changed but still shows in Google (The site already acted; Google has not caught up); copyright = My photos, video or writing copied without permission (Work you created, reused on another site); other = Something else, or I am not sure (We will narrow it down).
  - `region` 'us' | 'eu' | 'other': Where do you live? This changes which laws and Google features apply to you. us = United States; eu = EU, EEA or UK; other = Somewhere else. Needed only for: contact-info, gov-id, defamatory-article, old-news, mugshot, court-record, data-broker.
  - `client` string: Optional: the agent’s name, used only to attribute an order to it.

## Response `200`

The checker result

- object: Fields every checker returns. Each checker adds its own (verdict, score, rules, plan); its description lists them.
  - `object` 'checker_result'
  - `checker` string: The MCP tool name.
  - `checked` string, date: The day the official pages behind the rules were read.
  - `status` 'complete' | 'needs_answers'
  - `summary` string
  - `needs` object[]: With status needs_answers: the questions still to ask, with their allowed answers.
    - `field` string
    - `question` string
    - `options` object[]
      - `id` string
      - `label` string
  - `do_it_yourself` object: What the person can do themselves, for free, through the official channels.
  - `service` object, nullable: The matching Essentras service, priced from the same constants as the website. Null where the website offers no paid service for this result.
    - `name` string
    - `url` string, uri
    - `start_url` string, uri, nullable: Where the buyer reviews the service and pays. This API takes no payment.
    - `price` object
      - `currency` 'USD'
      - `amount` number, nullable: The amount charged, or the starting amount for a ladder. Null when priced per case.
      - `label` string
      - `basis` 'flat' | 'from' | 'per_case'
      - `tiers` object[]
    - `terms` string, nullable
    - `note` string, nullable
    - `offered_as` 'main_next_step' | 'alternative_to_diy'
  - `free_tool` object
    - `name` string
    - `url` string, uri
  - `sources` object[]: Official pages behind the answer, with the day each was read.
  - `warnings` string[]: Input fields that were ignored or renamed.
  - `privacy` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Input the checker could not read; details lists each problem and the allowed values
- `429`: Rate limited

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