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How to remove user-contributed photos that don't belong on your Google profile
A customer uploaded photos that don't represent your business. You can't delete them directly, but here's the reporting flow to get them taken down.
Google Business Profile Confirm button not working? The workarounds
The Confirm button on your Business Profile dashboard doesn't save your edits. It's a known Google bug. Here are the workarounds that actually get changes through.
Your review responses disappeared after reverification? What you can do
Google reverified your Business Profile, and now your replies to customer reviews are gone. The reviews themselves are still there. Here's why this happens and how to recover.
Review button missing on your new Google Business Profile? Here's why
Customers can't leave reviews on your fresh Business Profile because Google paused them. Here's the cause (usually the opening date) and how to get reviews unlocked.
Competitor ranking from a fake address? How to report Google Business Profile address violations
The vacant trailer in the parking lot. The UPS mailbox listed as a storefront. The home-based contractor showing a public address. Here's how to get policy-violating competitors taken down.
Remove a Google review that contains personal information (fast track)
Reviews exposing medical details, home addresses, phone numbers, or ID information get removed within 3 business days. Here's the exact process and what counts as 'personal information'.
Video verification rejected? Here's what Google actually needs to see
Your video verification keeps getting rejected. Or the screen now says 'no more ways to verify.' Here's the kind of recording Google looks for and the support route to try when standard verification keeps failing.
Google Business Profile suspension appeal stuck or rejected? Here's the next step
You filed an appeal more than 5 business days ago and nothing's happened. Or it came back denied with no explanation. Here are the escalation paths that actually move the case.
Google Business Profile verification stuck for more than 5 days? What to do
Google says verification takes up to 5 business days. If you're past that and still waiting, here are the specific steps to get the process moving.