It has been stated by Google that it would be eliminating its dark web report tool in February 2026. This announcement comes less than two years after the feature was initially introduced to provide users with a means of monitoring whether or not their personal information is discovered on the dark web.
In order to achieve this goal, the practice of scanning for new breaches on the dark web will be discontinued on January 15, 2026, and the feature will be discontinued as of February 16, 2026.
According to a support document published by Google, "While the report did offer general information, feedback showed that it did not provide helpful next steps." "We're making this change to instead focus on tools that give you more clear, actionable steps to protect your information online."
The tech giant has stated that it will remove all data associated with the dark web report once the tool is terminated in February. However, it has also mentioned that customers have the option to delete their monitoring profile in advance by following the steps that are listed below:
Refer to the report on the dark web.
Edit monitoring profile can be found under the heading "Results with your information."
Select "Delete monitoring profile" from the drop-down menu at the bottom. Take out
Google released the dark web report in March 2023 with the intention of combating online identity fraud that is caused by information that has been stolen through data breaches and made available on the dark web. The purpose of the report was to search the dark web for personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers, and to alert users whenever such information was discovered.
In July of 2024, Google broadened the scope of the product to encompass all account holders, going beyond the scope of Google One users.
In addition, Google is encouraging users to improve the privacy and security of their accounts by generating a passkey for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) and eliminating their personal information from Google Search results through the usage of the Results about you feature.
