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<div align=justify>Being placed on the first page on Google is the main goal of all site owners. However, there are cases when you would like to remove your website from Google search completely. There is a number of options to prevent your web site from Google indexing. You should use all of them for best results.

* '''Robots.txt file.''' 

Create a file named robots.txt (or find it under your account if exists) and add the following content to it:

 ''User-agent: *''
 ''Disallow: /''

After that place this file in the ''public_html'' folder of your account. This should prevent indexing of your site by web crawlers. 

'''Note:''' in this case Google will still index your pages linked from other web sites.

* '''"Noindex" meta tag''' for your web pages. 

Setting such meta tags, Google will completely drop the page from the search results. In case your website is currently indexed, the next time it is crawled by Google, it should be removed.

* '''Google Webmaster Tools'''. Simply follow the below steps:

'''1.''' create an account with Google Webmaster Tools;

'''2.''' log in to this account;

'''3.''' If the account is new, you will have to add your web site.

'''4.''' click "Add a site";

'''5.''' enter your web site URL and click "Continue";

'''6.''' find the web site removal tool;

'''7.''' once it is opened, click on "New Removal Request";

'''8.''' on the 'Create a new request' page, select the options needed, fill in the required fields and then click the Submit Request button
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