Wayback Machine Exclusion Request

Exclusion Status

For the purposes of this request form, “control”/"ownership" of a site, page, or other archived material includes registering, and holding for the relevant time period, any one of the following:

The site’s domain name
The site’s account with its Web Host
The user account on a social media platform or other account-based online platforms that directly posted the pages or other material you seek to have excluded

The Wayback Machine is a non-profit project of the Internet Archive which, in partnership with more than 1,000 universities, libraries, and other agencies, archives the digital history of the Internet for free access by the world. Globally, the Wayback Machine is accepted as a reliable resource for preserving society’s cultural history.

As you prepare your request, please consider the broad public benefit that an extensive and complete web archive provides to current and future generations. Reviewing and processing requests requires significant resources. When requests can be reduced, limited, or simplified, it enables the Internet Archive to direct more of its resources to its core mission of preservation and access. We truly appreciate your consideration and cooperation in these efforts.

Please review the form carefully and fill it out truthfully before submitting your answers. You may only submit a request to exclude URLs for one domain or user account at a time.

Contact Email (if requesting a domain - please do not use a general customer service address)*

What type of URL are you wishing to have excluded?*

Account on a platformWebsite/Domain/Subdomain (Not An Account)Subdirectory/Subdomain - Domain NOT Controlled by Me (Not An Account)

Enter the URL (Account/Domain/Subdomain) you wish to have excluded (Non-Valid URLs will be ignored and void the request):*

If you are the owner/controller of the domain - are you wishing to have the entire domain excluded, or just specific subdirectories/subdomain?*

Entire DomainSpecific Subdirectories/Subdomain Only

Does the platform your account is registered on have multiple forms of URLs? (Example: Internet.Archive.org vs Archive.org/Internet)*

YesNo

What are the alternative URLs of the account? (Please note that if you are submitting multiple accounts in this field, they will be ignored)*

What are the URLs of the specific subdirectories/subdomain you are wishing to have excluded? (Please note that non-URLs will be ignored)*

Do you still have control over the identical account? (Account IDs may be checked and verified, if they exist)*

YesNo

I registered and held this account from (enter current date in the second field if you still currently control the account):*

Please help us verify your ownership of the relevant user accounts by selecting one of the following verification options*

Post your request/verification to a publicly available location on the live webpage that only the account owner would be able to edit and send us a link.If your email contact is publicly identified for the account on a live webpage or in the archives, send us your request from that address (and include a link to the place on the website where the contact is listed).If your personal information (full name, point of contact, verifiable image of self) appears on the website in a way that identifies you as owner, send us a scan of a valid photo ID bearing the same unique personal information (other sensitive information such as birth date, address, or phone number can be redacted). Please also send us a link to where it appears.

Please help us verify your ownership of the relevant user accounts by selecting one of the following verification options*

If your email contact is publicly identified for the account in the archives, send us your request from that address (and include a link to the place on the website where the contact is listed).If your personal information (full name, point of contact, verifiable image of self) appears on the website in a way that identifies you as owner, send us a scan of a valid photo ID bearing the same unique personal information (other sensitive information such as birth date, address, or phone number can be redacted). Please also send us a link to where it appears.

Did you own the domain for all periods shown in the Wayback Machine archives? (We will verify the WHOIS history against the history of the archives)*

YesNo

I registered and held the domain name through a registrar from:*

I am wishing to have the mentioned URL(s)/Domain excluded from the period(s) of:*

Select and follow the applicable section(s) below for the URL(s) you wish to exclude from the Wayback Machine - we ask that you do not submit screenshots in relation to any of these verification options:

Choose one (1) of the verification options shown below*

Add a text file with your request to the website’s root directory (e.g., website.com/waybackverify.txt) or to your DNS records.If a main email contact is identified on your website, send us your request from that address (and include a link to the place on the website where the contact is listed). Note: For companies with general customer service addresses listed as contacts and the like, we may request further verification.If the registrant email is publicly viewable on a WHOIS lookup listing, send us an email from that address (and a link to the public WHOIS lookup listing where it is displayed).If your personal information (full name, point of contact, verifiable image of self) appears on the website in a way that identifies you as owner, send us a scan of a valid photo ID bearing the same unique personal information (other sensitive information such as birth date, physical address, or phone number can be redacted). Please also send us a link to where it appears.

Choose one (1) of the verification options shown below*

If a main email contact is identified on your archived website, send us your request from that address (and include a link to the place on the website where the contact is listed). Note: For companies with general customer service addresses listed as contacts and the like, we may request further verification.If your personal information (full name, point of contact, verifiable image of self) appears on the website in a way that identifies you as owner, send us a scan of a valid photo ID bearing the same unique personal information (other sensitive information such as birth date, physical address, or phone number can be redacted). Please also send us a link to where it appears.Send us invoices/receipts for the registration/renewal of the domain/website, addressed to you as the owner, and dated in accordance with the archives you have requested exclusion of (the files should reference the domain/website specifically). To satisfy this option, please send the invoices/receipts to us as unmodified PDFs, downloaded directly from the domain registrar. To satisfy this option - the PDF will need to be digitally signed by the domain registrar.

Choose one (1) of the verification options shown below*

If a main email contact is identified on your archived website, send us your request from that address (and include a link to the place on the website where the contact is listed). Note: For companies with general customer service addresses listed as contacts and the like, we may request further verification.If your personal information (full name, point of contact, verifiable image of self) appears on the website in a way that identifies you as owner, send us a scan of a valid photo ID bearing the same unique personal information (other sensitive information such as birth date, physical address, or phone number can be redacted). Please also send us a link to where it appears.

(PLEASE NOTE: The simple mention of someone's name/username, and/or a hyperlink/redirect between websites/webpages/accounts in itself is typically not sufficient to have archives excluded.)

File Upload (Only accepts JPG, JPEG and PNG file formats; Do not submit screenshots in this field)*

File Upload (Only accepts PDFs; Screenshots, or emails, saved as PDFs are not acceptable)*

Please provide us with a direct URL to where your verification (selected above) can be publicly seen. Make certain that it is not behind a login. (A URL to a screenshot is not an acceptable form of verification)*

Please trace the captcha figure below to prove you are a person:*