How to get copies of your work out of Yandex search
Yandex's own help says search engines cannot remove content from other people's websites, and asks you to contact the site's administrators or hosting provider. Once the content is removed or blocked, Yandex drops the links from its results after a short time.
So the work is in the notice to the site, not in a Yandex form. Our free notice generators write that notice for you; this guide shows the order of the steps.
Step by step
Collect the URLs
Copy the address of every Yandex result that leads to your work, and the address of the page itself (open the result and copy it from the address bar).
Send a notice to the site
Use the DMCA, EU or UK notice generator, depending on where the site and you are. Send it to the site's copyright, abuse or contact address.
Escalate to the host
If the site does not act, find who hosts it with a hosting lookup of the domain and send the escalation notice.
Report the outdated result
When the page is gone but Yandex still shows it, report it through Yandex's form for search results with outdated or deleted content (source 2 below).
Which notice to send
Many sites that show up in Yandex results publish a DMCA policy; the DMCA generator writes a notice in that form. DMCA notice generator
For a service offered in the EU, a notice under Article 16 of the Digital Services Act fits. EU copyright notice generator
For a UK service, the UK notice includes your full name and address, as UK law looks for. UK copyright notice generator
About the Yandex copyright form
Yandex also has a copyright complaint form on yandex.ru. By its own terms it is for notices by or on behalf of right holders residing or registered in Russia, and it is only accessible from an IP address in Russia. For most creators, the route above is the one that applies.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I ask Yandex to remove an infringing page directly?
Yandex's help says search engines cannot remove content from other parties' websites and asks you to contact the site or its host. Once the content is removed or blocked, Yandex removes the links from its results.
The page is gone but still shows in Yandex. What now?
Report it through Yandex's form for search results that show outdated or deleted content.
Is this guide free?
Yes. The guide and the notice generators are free and need no account.