You search your name — and there it is.
That photo. The one you hate. Maybe it’s a mugshot from years ago. Maybe it’s a picture someone uploaded without your consent. Maybe it’s unflattering, taken out of context, or weaponised during a bad breakup or personal dispute.
Whatever it is, it’s front and centre in Google Images — and it’s telling a story about you that isn’t yours to tell.
At Reputation Station, we help people all over Australia remove or bury unwanted images from Google search so they can control how they’re seen again — personally or professionally.
Because in 2025, the first thing people look at isn’t your resume, or your references. It’s your name in Google — and those photos sitting under it.
Why that image is showing up — and why it’s not going away on its own
Google doesn’t host the image. That’s the first thing to understand. It’s just indexing whatever photos are attached to your name from external websites.
That could be:
- A news article
- A directory profile
- A blog or forum post
- A dodgy social account
- A third-party site scraping your information
- A legal database (especially for mugshots)
And once it’s indexed, it shows up in Google Images and sometimes directly in the main search results. The worst part? Even if it’s not the full story, people assume it is.
A potential client, date, employer, investor, or stranger clicks that image — and forms their entire opinion based on one frozen frame.
Can you get an image removed from Google in Australia?
Yes — in many cases, you can.
At Reputation Station, we deal with this every single day. We’ve had images removed from:
- News sites
- Court record aggregators
- Business directories
- Google’s own cache
- Image preview snippets in search results
If the photo violates your rights — through misuse, privacy invasion, harassment, revenge posting, defamation, or even copyright abuse — we build a formal request, backed by Australian privacy law and Google policy, to have the content taken down or delisted.
Mugshots are a major one. We’ve helped clients have them fully removed or suppressed, particularly when the charge was dropped, the offence was minor, or the time served has long since passed.
The process isn’t instant — but it’s powerful. And when we can’t fully remove the image? That’s when we turn to suppression.
Suppression: when we bury the bad and boost the real
Suppression means overwhelming the bad photo with new, controlled, optimised images tied to your name.
We create positive online content that includes clean, approved photos — and we publish those images across high-authority platforms: directories, press releases, company sites, profiles, interviews, etc.
Once those rank higher, Google pushes the old image down — and out of sight.
We’ve done this for people in corporate roles, trades, healthcare, the legal field, and everyday Australians who just want that one photo gone.
What if the image is personal?
If it’s a photo from a relationship, a private event, or shared without permission — yes, we can act on that too.
This includes:
- Intimate or suggestive photos
- Photos shared without consent
- Fake or edited images (deepfakes, AI)
- Photos used in smear campaigns
We use Australia’s eSafety Commissioner guidelines, privacy law, and platform-level reporting to get that image taken down. If that fails, we hit Google directly. And if that fails, we suppress it until it’s invisible.
We get it — because we’ve done it for hundreds of Australians
This isn’t just about optics. It’s about safety. Confidence. Mental health. Your career. Your relationships.
We’ve helped clients remove mugshots from Google. We’ve helped professionals take back control of their name after personal photos were posted without consent. We’ve helped people clean up image search before court cases, job interviews, and major life moves.
No drama. No press. No judgment.
Just results.
If that image is haunting you — you can make it disappear
You don’t need to suffer in silence. You don’t need to just “live with it.”
We’ll look at what’s out there, tell you exactly what can be done, and fix it with complete discretion.
📞 1800 622 359
📩 info@reputationstation.com.au
🌐 www.reputationstation.com.au
Take your image back. Take your reputation back. Let’s get started.
