: How do I hide sub-domain URL in Google Search console? I have a site at abc.samplesite.com, I want to hide a link abc.samplesite.com/link from Google search results. The console had me verify

@Gloria169

In Google Search Console, have you added abc.samplesite.com (the subdomain) or have you only added samplesite.com? To adjust anything about the subdomain, you'll need to add the subdomain as its own property. Google Search Console will assume the page you are inputting to the Remove URL tool exists on the property domain (which is why you are seeing the pre-pend).

As well, if you are wanting to remove a URL from Google search results the better answer is to add a meta "noindex" tag (http://www.robotstxt.org/meta.html) to the page vs. using the Remove URLs tool in Google Search Console. The Remove URLs tool is temporary (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en).

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