Free tools exist to get intimate images removed from the internet. No one will see your images during this process. Here's exactly how to use them.
Companies charging money to remove your images are almost always scams — some are run by the same criminals who sextorted you. The tools below are free, run by NCMEC and nonprofits, and actually work.
takeitdown.ncmec.org is a free service from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It helps remove nude or sexually explicit images of minors from participating platforms.
You can remain completely anonymous. You don't need to create an account.
The tool creates a unique digital fingerprint (hash) of the image. The image never leaves your device. No one at NCMEC or any platform ever sees it.
Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Yubo, OnlyFans, Pornhub, and others use this hash to automatically detect and remove matching content.
If the image appears on any participating platform — now or in the future — it gets taken down.
Do NOT share, send, or download the image to submit it. Select it directly from where it already exists on your device. After submitting, do not repost the image anywhere — it could trigger a block on your own account.
StopNCII.org (Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Images) works the same way for adults. It's operated by the Revenge Porn Helpline and uses hash-matching technology to remove images from participating platforms.
The process is private and anonymous.
Like Take It Down, only a hash is generated. Your images are never uploaded or viewed by anyone.
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Bumble, Reddit, Snap, Threads, Pornhub, OnlyFans, and others participate.
Since May 2025, federal law requires platforms to remove non-consensual intimate imagery — including AI-generated deepfakes — within 48 hours of a valid request. This applies to any platform, not just those participating in Take It Down or StopNCII.
When you report content to a platform, you can reference the TAKE IT DOWN Act. If they don't act within 48 hours, the FTC can impose penalties.
This is the scenario everyone fears most. Here's the reality:
We know it feels that way right now. But images get removed. People forget. The internet moves on. And you have more tools than ever to fight back.
Platform safety teams take intimate image reports extremely seriously — especially when the victim is a minor. Most content is removed within hours, not days. And scammers are typically mass-operating across thousands of victims — they're not personally invested in ruining your life. Once you stop responding and stop paying, you become unprofitable and they move on.
If the image is AI-generated, you have an additional advantage: it can be proven fake through forensic analysis. Tell people it's a deepfake. File reports citing the TAKE IT DOWN Act specifically. See our AI & Deepfakes page for more.