Hello. I am writing this as a continuation from the Microsoft Support Community, in which someone directed my attention to this place. I have been using Bing via the incognito mode for a good amount of time to check and see if there was anything I should remove from the internet that was connected to my full name. Unfortunately, this created a new problem. Because I frequently used Bing to check and find that stuff, my full name now appears as a top search suggestion if you enter “Firstname firstletter/firsttwolettersolastname.” For the first letter, it is the eighth result. For the first two letters, it is the first result. I want to get it removed, but I’m having a hard time doing so. I tried reporting a concern to Bing about this, but they refused to help me. I contacted them twice and no luck. What can I do to get my full name removed as a top search suggestion regarding the certain keywords and such?

hello Chunkypears hello others my first language is not English so excuse me for any errors in my writing.Also I am not trying to hijack your question but I rather want to bring extra attention to it because I think this is really an important privacy issue and Microsoft should be able to offer a solution. I am having the almost the exact same issue you are describing. I wanted to remove my personal information as much as possible from the internet and searched my own full name a lot of times in different search engines. Bing actually has been showing lots of outdated results with sites wherefrom the info was already removed. I have a very uncommon name and now if you enter my first name into the bing search bar everybody can see my full name as the second highest suggestion. One of my main goals was actually to have people not find out my full name if they happen to know my first.

Yes, the keyword suggestion feature is a given for search engines, but I just want my full name as a top search suggestion removed.To be fair, trying to contact Bing’s support team doesn’t work because they’ll just tell you that it’s all part of some algorithm. So I was hoping to find someone who can actually help me here.One solution I did try was searching similar sounding keywords as many times as possible, but I think that is a waste of time myself. I think if I can find someone who actually works for Microsoft/Bing’s support team here, it’d be the easiest solution as opposed to get automated messages.Also, thanks for the tip of potential scammers. Because I got dealt with a scammer myself months ago.

Deleted hello sorry to hop in again but I am also following this discussion. I do believe the autosuggest in this case ( surely it is not in my case ) is not linked to one user. I have tested to search my first name in Bing, duckduckgo, ecosia and yahoo search engines on personal laptop, work laptop, mobile phone.. on personal wifi, wifi at work, public wifi, 4g and with vpn enabled based in different countries + changed search settings in Bing to worldwide or specific countries that I am not living in nor have ever visited + tested on a fresh reinstall of windows 11 and searched in edge browser and ALL of the time my second name comes up as first/second suggestion after typing my first name. The autosuggest function is and can be useful for many cases but this is not one of them. This is personal info and is only useful for ID theft / stalking. Which is why this is so important for me, as I had to deal with scammers already.I am speaking for myself and can not speak for chunkypears but my full name has been removed almost everywhere possible on the internet and I will continue to remove it completely. ATM most links popping up in bing results are outdated (even though I used the removal tool uncountable times already). So again little use for autosuggest to show my second name.In my opinion it is MY name and if I want it not to show up as a suggestion that should be my right period. Chunkypears if you live in Europe, there is a “right to be forgotten law” for Europeans so I am going to try this official request as well, also for the results that are still there even after been removed.Request Form to Block Search Results in Europehttps://www.bing.com/webmaster/tools/eu-privacy-request

Chunkypears Hi, does a Bing suggestion lead to your website?Is this another problem that I don't understand?Please explain in more detail.

No, this search suggestion in question does not lead to any websites in particular. I am not sure what you mean by "problem you don't understand." If you want to know what it is, I will need to private message you about it.

How can I remove my full name as a top search suggestion?

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Mar 25, 2023
Chunkypears
Hi, does a Bing suggestion lead to your website?
Is this another problem that I don't understand?
Please explain in more detail.
- Chunkypears
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 25, 2023
  No, this search suggestion in question does not lead to any websites in particular. I am not sure what you mean by "problem you don't understand." If you want to know what it is, I will need to private message you about it.
nollie
Copper Contributor
Mar 24, 2023
hello Chunkypears
hello others

my first language is not English so excuse me for any errors in my writing.

Also I am not trying to hijack your question but I rather want to bring extra attention to it because I think this is really an important privacy issue and Microsoft should be able to offer a solution.

I am having the almost the exact same issue you are describing. I wanted to remove my personal information as much as possible from the internet and searched my own full name a lot of times in different search engines. Bing actually has been showing lots of outdated results with sites wherefrom the info was already removed.

I have a very uncommon name and now if you enter my first name into the bing search bar everybody can see my full name as the second highest suggestion.
One of my main goals was actually to have people not find out my full name if they happen to know my first.
- Chunkypears
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 25, 2023
  Thanks for stepping in and offering your side of this problem. Yes, this is indeed a privacy related issue and Microsoft should be able to address concerns like these properly. Bing has been showing tons of outdated results that were either weblinks or images that were connected to pages that have been long deleted. I find it odd how Bing doesn't update automatically like other search engines, you pretty much need to tell them yourself about it.
  
  My first name is uncommon too, so there aren't many people out there who share my first and last name possibly.
  - Deleted
    Mar 26, 2023
    Chunkypears
    I'm not expecting a private message -> please just an official discussion that anyone can join, as this is a Public Forum.
    In my opinion, you should not worry - this is a very helpful feature and does not violate privacy - all operating systems use this feature , so Microsoft has to implement it , because users need it.
    And searching Bing for outdated information is a separate topic

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