: Why do 410 pages show as errors in Google Webmaster Tools? To remove links from our site, we return a 410 code on on the links we want removed, and shows The page you requested was removed..

@Merenda212

I also used once 410 to indicate removal of pages. But Google takes it's own time to remove just like 404 pages because I guess somebody might have done it by mistake. It'd be better if you indicate them in robots.txt and they'd be removed in no time I think.

Also have a look at how you can remove your content in bulk here

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@Angela700

Don't worry, a 410 is what Google suggests to use if you want a page removed. It falls under a crawler error but will clear itself up. Even if you were to block pages with a robots.txt it shows up as a crawler error. Same with meta noindex. They don't specify exactly the code or reason for the error and just generalize. If it's no longer on your site remove the page entirely, re-submit a new sitemap and wait.

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