# A new opt-out tool

Monday, March 25, 2013


Webmasters have several ways to keep their sites' content out of Google's search results. Today,
as
[promised](https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-federal-trade-commission-closes-its.html),
we're providing a way for websites to opt out of having their content that Google has
[crawled](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/googlebot) appear on Google Shopping, Advisor,
Flights, Hotels, and Google+ Local search.


Webmasters can now choose this option through our
[Webmaster Tools](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/opt-out),
and crawled content currently being displayed on Shopping, Advisor, Flights, Hotels, or Google+
Local search pages will be removed within 30 days.

Posted by
[Matt Cutts](https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?rel=author),
Distinguished Engineer