# Bing Has Its Own Removal Tools: The 90-Day Block Google Never Tells You About

Source: https://delisthq.com/blog/2026-11-10-bing-removal-tools-90-day-block/

DelistHQ blog · 2026-11-08


Published 2026-11-10

A woman removed her home address from Google search results and felt the relief for about a day. Then a friend searched Bing and found it there, in the first three results, with the same address, the same phone number, and the same people-search listing. She had done the work. She had done it on one search engine. The address was still public, because the internet has more than one index, and the second one does not read the first one's removals.

Bing is the search engine most people forget, and it is the one that matters most after Google. It powers its own results, it powers Yahoo, and it powers the search inside Microsoft's products. A removal from Google does nothing to Bing. Bing has its own removal tools, its own webmaster console, and its own process, and the people who need a removal most are the ones least likely to know it exists.

## What Bing's tool does

Bing Webmaster Tools has a content removal tool that lets a site owner, or a person whose information appears in the results, request the removal of a URL from Bing's index. The tool works the same way Google's removals tool works: submit the URL, state the reason, and wait for the review. The Microsoft Q&A documentation for the Bing content removal tool describes the process as a block, not a deletion. The URL is blocked from appearing in Bing's results, and the block lasts for 90 days.

The 90-day block is the part that surprises people. Google's removals tool also works on a temporary basis, about six months, and the removal has to be renewed or made permanent by fixing the underlying page. Bing's block is shorter, 90 days, and the same rule applies: the block is a pause, not a fix. If the page still exists and still contains the information, the block expires and the page comes back. The permanent fix is to remove the information from the page, or to remove the page, and then let the search engine re-crawl and see that it is gone.

## Why the Google gap matters

The gap is not just Bing. It is every index that is not Google. Yahoo uses Bing's index, so a Bing removal covers Yahoo too, which is the good news. But DuckDuckGo uses Bing's index as well, and so do a dozen smaller engines, which means a Bing removal has a wider effect than most people realise. The bad news is the reverse: a Google removal covers Google only, and the person who stops there has removed the information from the largest index and left it in the rest.

The ClickRank guide to removing pages from Google and Bing makes the practical point: the two removals are separate processes, with separate tools, separate queues, and separate timelines. A removal filed on Google on Monday and on Bing on Tuesday will not finish on the same day, and the person who files only one has done half the job. The work is not hard. It is just doubled, and the doubling is the part people miss.

## How to file both, and what to do after

File the Google removal first, through Search Console's removals tool, and then file the Bing removal through Bing Webmaster Tools. Both tools ask for the URL and the reason. Both will ask for verification that you own the site, or that the information is yours, depending on the type of removal. The verification is the slow part. The filing itself takes minutes.

Then fix the underlying page. The block is temporary, and the page will come back when it expires unless the information is gone. Remove the address, the phone number, or the personal detail from the page, or take the page down, and then request a re-crawl. The re-crawl is what makes the removal permanent. The block buys 90 days on Bing and about six months on Google. The fix is what makes the time count.

Keep reading: [the Google removals tool, six months on](https://delisthq.com/blog/2026-11-09-google-removals-tool-six-months-then-what/), [what robots.txt disallow actually does](https://delisthq.com/blog/2026-11-09-robots-txt-disallow-does-not-remove-page/), and [removing a home address from people search](https://delisthq.com/blog/2026-11-06-people-search-home-address-removal/) cover the nearby cases in this series.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does removing a page from Google also remove it from Bing?

No. Google and Bing have separate indexes, separate removal tools, and separate processes. A removal from Google does nothing to Bing. Bing powers its own results, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and a dozen smaller engines, so a page removed from Google only is still visible in the rest.

### How long does a Bing removal last?

The Bing content removal tool places a block that lasts for 90 days. It is a pause, not a fix. If the page still exists and still contains the information, the block expires and the page comes back. The permanent fix is to remove the information from the page, or take the page down, and let the search engine re-crawl.

### How do I file a removal with Bing?

Through Bing Webmaster Tools, using the content removal tool. Submit the URL, state the reason, and complete the verification, which asks you to prove you own the site or that the information is yours. The filing takes minutes. The verification is the slow part.

### Does a Bing removal cover Yahoo and DuckDuckGo?

Yes, because both use Bing's index. A Bing removal has a wider effect than most people realise, which is the good news. The bad news is the reverse: a Google removal covers Google only, and the person who stops there has removed the information from the largest index and left it in the rest.

### What should I do after filing the removal?

Fix the underlying page. Remove the address, phone number, or personal detail, or take the page down, and then request a re-crawl. The block buys 90 days on Bing and about six months on Google. The re-crawl is what makes the removal permanent.