Report a photo (takedowns)

If a photo shouldn’t be in the group, anyone can ask for it to be taken down. This is how you flag a picture of yourself you’d rather not share, or content that doesn’t belong.

Request a takedown

Open the photo so it fills the screen, and choose Request Takedown in the panel beside it. You can add a reason. Every member can do this, including view-only members.

What happens next depends on your role and the group’s settings:

• Requests from viewers, and requests on locked collections, always go to an owner or admin for review before anything is removed.
• Owners and admins can act on takedowns directly.

What a takedown does

When a takedown is approved, the photo is removed from the group, and that exact file is blocked from being uploaded again to the group. The block is specific to that group and to that exact file, so an edited or re-saved copy would be treated as a new photo.

Reviewing requests (owners and admins)

Owners and admins see pending takedown requests and can approve or deny each one. Approving removes the photo and adds the re-upload block; denying leaves the photo in place.

Related

• To simply delete a photo you added, with a 30-day recovery window, see delete photos and restore from trash.
• For anything involving harmful content, harassment, or safety, you can also reach our Safety team from contact us.