Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

how to get rid of a question on here forever?

i deleted it, but when i google the question it still comes up. if i delete this account will all of my deleted questions ACTAULLY be deleted?

4 Answers

Relevance
  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Can't be done.

    Deleting a question does not remove it from the internet. It will ALWAYS be out there, on sites you've never visited, and on sites you never WOULD visit. Other sites borrow and steal from Yahoo! Answers all the time ... you agreed to allow your posted content to be used that way when you signed up.

    Sorry. That's a tough lesson to learn! What's posted online stays online forever. Deleting your account will not remove it. Google and other sites are not obligated to remove content posted to and deleted from Yahoo!.

  • 7 years ago

    If you delete your account, nothing will happen to any resolved questions. Who told you it would? That person was soundly mistaken and misinformed of how things work here.

    Once closed, all questions and their answers become property of Yahoo. Your activity has no effect on it since it is no longer yours. This was clearly explained in the material you had to read (or lie and say you'd read -- never a wise move) when you signed up to use this site.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    unfortunately, most people don't read the Terms of Service before they open an account

    in it, Yahoo clearly states that anything posted in their website is their property to do with as they please

    things posted in Yahoo! Answers appears in other sites that "borrow" from this website plus Yahoo operates other sites

    you can delete something before a Q is resolved

    you can have a buddy with reporting ability report stuff for you

    but even if something is deleted from this site, it will still show up in those other sites and in a web search in cached results

    when you deactivate your account, nothing is deleted and even your page with your URL remains

    unless you are suspended and only if what you posted is so serious, will Yahoo wipe what you posted

    even in that case, it can still be found in other sites and with web searches

  • 7 years ago

    -You Don't ! Y-Answers is a lot like Vegas: What Goes on Here- STAYs on Here... -LONG After we're ridden off into the Sunset... :o

    Source(s): So WATCH -Your "Q's & A's..."
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.