Find every photo of you online with ChatGPT, then get them taken down

Open a new conversation, upload your clearest selfie and paste this prompt. ChatGPT turns it into a description precise enough to know what to look for.

I've uploaded a photo of myself. Analyze it in detail and write a complete description of my appearance, precise enough to recognize me in other photos.

Include:
- face shape and structure
- hair color, style and length
- eye color and shape
- skin tone
- distinguishing features (freckles, scars, dimples...)
- approximate age range
- build and body type
- anything else that makes me recognizable

Be as specific as possible: this description will be used to search for me in other photos online.

Read the profile and correct anything wrong. If your look has changed over the years, upload your older photos with this line:

Here are more photos of me from different periods. Update my profile to account for how my appearance has changed.

In the desktop app, select Work and stay in the same conversation: it keeps the profile you just built. The difference with a regular chat is simple. A regular chat writes text. Work opens real websites, clicks, reads pages and gathers what it finds, right in front of you.

Paste this prompt and let it work. The first search takes a while, that is normal.

@Browser Using my photo and the profile you just built, find everywhere I appear online.

Run these searches:
1. Run a reverse image search with my photo on Google Images and check every result.
2. Run the same search on TinEye (tineye.com).
3. Search Google for my name: [YOUR FULL NAME], then check the Images tab.
4. Search my name on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok.

For every result, give me:
- the direct URL
- the type of site
- a description of the photo
- whether I posted it or someone else did

Put everything in one list.

The browser does not get everywhere. While ChatGPT finishes, go through the image search engines it did not use yourself:

Then paste what you found into the same conversation:

Here are more results I found by searching manually:

[PASTE YOUR URLS HERE]

Add them to everything you found. Build one master list of every place I appear online, organized by category:
1. Photos I posted myself
2. Photos posted by others
3. Photos on company or organization sites
4. Photos on news or media sites
5. Photos on data broker sites
6. Unknown or unclear source

For each line, tell me whether I can request removal, and how.

A generic "please remove my photo" goes straight to the bin. A specific request that cites the right rule and sets a deadline gets an answer. That is the job you now hand to ChatGPT:

For every photo on my list that someone else posted, write a tailored removal request.

Each request includes:
- the photo URL and the page URL
- the reason for removal, in one sentence
- the rule that applies (the site's terms of service, or the GDPR if the site falls under EU law)
- a clear response deadline
- the email address or form where I should send it

If the site has its own removal form, give me the link and the fields to fill in instead of an email.

For platforms, use their reporting tools before writing to anyone:

The two Google links: the personal information removal form and the outdated content removal tool.

If the site falls under the GDPR (a company established in the European Union, or one that targets people living there), here is the template:

Subject: Erasure request under Article 17 of the GDPR

Hello,

Under Article 17 of the GDPR, I am asking you to erase the personal data that concerns me, including the following image(s):

Photo URL: [URL]
Page URL: [URL]

I did not consent to the publication of this image. Please confirm the erasure within one month, as required by Article 12 of the GDPR.

Kind regards,
[YOUR NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS]

For every other site:

Subject: Photo removal request

Hello,

I found a photo of me published on your site without my permission.

Photo URL: [URL]
Page URL: [URL]

I did not authorize the use of this image and I am asking you to remove it, in line with your privacy policy and terms of service.

Please remove it within 14 business days and confirm the removal by email.

Kind regards,
[YOUR NAME]

The accounts you forgot are often the biggest photo leaks: a student blog, a public album, a forum profile. In Work, run:

@Browser Search for old accounts or profiles that might belong to me on these platforms:
- MySpace
- Tumblr
- Flickr
- Photobucket
- Pinterest
- Reddit (with my username if I give it to you)
- old forums

Search with my full name, my usual usernames and my email address. List everything you find, with links.

Recover the accounts you can reopen and delete them yourself: it is faster than any request. If you live in the United States and appear on several data broker sites, services like DeleteMe, Kanary or Optery send the removal requests for you.

Finding your photos once is not enough, new ones keep appearing. Create a Google Alert for your full name, and block a reminder every three months in your calendar to run this prompt again in the same conversation:

@Browser It's time for my quarterly check. Using my photo and the profile from our conversation, run the full search again:

1. Reverse image search with my photo
2. Search my name across all major platforms
3. Check data broker sites
4. Compare with my previous list and flag anything new

For every new result, write the removal request in the same format as before.

The first session is the longest. The next ones go much faster: your profile already exists, and ChatGPT only has to compare against your last list.