How to Remove Old or Unwanted URLs from Google (Without Deleting Your Blog)

Posted on: June 5, 2025

Ever searched your blog on Google and found some weird, outdated page still showing up?

For me, it was a test post I had deleted weeks ago. But there it was — still sitting on Google, looking ugly and broken.

Luckily, you don’t need to panic or delete your entire blog. Google gives you tools to clean this stuff up. Here's how I did it (and how you can too).

🧼 Why You Should Remove Old URLs

  • 🚫 They might lead to broken pages (404 errors)
  • 🔄 They could show outdated or irrelevant content
  • 🧩 They might compete with your newer, better pages in search
  • 📉 Too many low-value URLs can hurt your blog’s SEO

✅ Step-by-Step: Remove URLs Using Google Search Console

  1. Open Google Search Console
  2. Select your blog from the property list
  3. In the left panel, click on “Removals”
  4. Click the “New Request” button
  5. Paste the full URL you want to remove (example: https://yourblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/test-post.html)
  6. Click “Next” → then Submit

Note: This removes the URL from Google Search temporarily (about 6 months). But if the page still exists on your site, Google will re-index it eventually.

🧠 Pro Tip: Make It Permanent

If you want that page gone for good:

  • ✅ Make sure the page is actually deleted
  • ✅ Let it return a proper 404 or 410 status (Blogger handles this by default)
  • ✅ Block it using robots.txt only after it’s been deindexed

For example, I once blocked a tag page like this:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search/label/old-tag

After submitting the removal request, Google stopped showing it within 48 hours.

📌 Don’t Remove Everything

It’s tempting to clean everything, but don’t go overboard.

  • 🚫 Don’t remove your main posts or homepage by mistake
  • 🔍 Focus only on outdated, irrelevant, or broken pages
  • 📈 Use the “Coverage” section in Search Console to find soft 404s or non-indexed URLs

🙌 Final Thoughts

You don’t need to be technical to clean up your presence on Google. With just a few clicks, you can make sure your blog only shows what matters.

Removing old URLs was one of the simplest things I did — but it made my blog feel cleaner, faster, and more trustworthy.

Have you removed any weird URLs from your blog? If yes, tell me which one surprised you the most — I love blog cleanup stories 😄

Tags: remove url, google search console, 404 pages, blogger seo fix, deindex page, crawlcraft

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