Remove a Pinterest Pin About You: What Works
How to remove a Pinterest Pin about you: find who controls it, report it under the rule it breaks, use the right form, and know what to do if it stays up.
To remove a Pinterest Pin about you, you first work out who controls it, then ask that person if it is safe to do so, and report the Pin to Pinterest under the written rule it breaks. Pinterest reviews a report against its Community Guidelines and, for copyright and intimate images, against dedicated forms. A Pin that is unflattering but breaks no rule can stay up.
A Pin is unlike a post. It is usually an image that points to a web page somewhere else, and it can be saved to many boards by many people. That changes the order of work: you look at the Pin, the board it sits on and the page it links to as three separate things, because each has a different owner and a different route.
This guide uses Pinterest's own help pages and policy pages as they read when we opened them for this guide. Pinterest changes its wording and its forms, so read the live page before you file. Several things Pinterest does not state on the pages we read, such as review times and whether a reporter is notified, are marked as such rather than guessed. This is information, not legal advice.
- Sort the Pin by how it involves you: private information, abuse aimed at you, an account posing as you, intimate or manipulated images, your own photograph, or only something you dislike. The category sets the route.
- Save the Pin address, the profile name and the date before you act. If the Pin is removed, your proof goes with it.
- Reporting is done from the menu on the Pin, the board, the profile or the comment. Intimate images and copyright use their own forms.
- The Pin is only the picture. The page it links to is owned by someone else and usually needs its own request.
- Pinterest allows one appeal per decision, within six months of being told of it, and appeals may not exist in every case.
Remove a Pinterest Pin: sort it by how it involves you
How the Pin involves you decides which route can work, so sort before you report. The table below follows the rule areas in Pinterest's Community Guidelines. The last column says where each route is likely to fail, which is the part most guides leave out.
| How the Pin involves you | Route to try first | Who should act | Likely to fail when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your ID, private contact details or a photo of you posted without permission | Report under Private information | You, or someone you trust acting for you | The detail is not personal or the photo does not show you |
| Insults, shaming or a pile-on aimed at you | Report under Harassment and criticism | You or a witness | The Pin is plain criticism without insulting or degrading content |
| An account using your name or face | Report the account as impersonation | You | It is a clearly labeled fan or parody account |
| Intimate images of you, real or manipulated | Dedicated intimate imagery form | You or an authorized representative | The image does not fit Pinterest's definition |
| Your own photograph or artwork, copied | Copyright report | The owner or an authorized agent | You do not own the copyright in the image |
| A claim about you that you believe is false | Source page owner first, lawyer second | You, with counsel | You only tell Pinterest that it is untrue |
The last row is the one people file under most and win least. Pinterest's misinformation section covers named areas such as health, conspiracy theories, civic and climate misinformation, not a general truth check on a claim about one person.
Related readReport a Mastodon Post About Me: Who Can Remove ItWho controls the Pin, the board and the page behind it
Three different things sit behind one Pin, and you contact them in a different order from how you see them. The person who saved or created the Pin can usually take it down, and the owner of the board can usually remove it from the board; Pinterest's help page on deleting a Pin could not be read for this guide, so check it before you rely on this. The owner of the website the Pin links to controls the actual content, and Pinterest does not.
- The Pin. If a person created or saved it, that person can usually take it down. This is the fastest route when the person is reasonable, and the worst one when the person is the source of the problem.
- The board. A board is a collection with a name, a description and a visible owner. A board built around you, with your name in the title, is itself something you can report from the board menu.
- The page. Most Pins link to an outside page. If that page is the real problem, removing the Pin leaves the page where it is. Ask the publisher or website owner, or use a search engine request if that fits your case.
Contact the person only when it is safe. If the Pin comes from someone who has harassed you, do not write to them: report, save your evidence and ask a trusted person to handle any contact.
What to save before you report
Evidence disappears at the moment you win. Once Pinterest removes a Pin, the image, the description, the date and the comments go with it, and you may need them for a police report, a lawyer or an appeal.
- Copy the Pin addressOpen the Pin on a web browser and copy the full address. Do it for the board and the profile too.
- Capture the whole screenTake screenshots that show the image, the description, the username, the board name, the comments and the date on your device.
- Write down the factsNote when you found the Pin, who told you about it, and who else may have seen it. Keep it short and neutral.
- Store copies safelyKeep the files in a folder only you can open, with a second copy elsewhere. Do not repost the Pin to prove a point.
- Ask a helper to lookIf the content is distressing, ask someone you trust to capture it for you. You do not have to look at it again yourself.
Do not comment under the Pin or argue with the poster. A public reply tends to draw more attention to a Pin.
How to report a Pin, a board, a profile or a comment
Pinterest's help page on reporting lists the same pattern for each item: open the item, open the ellipsis menu, choose the report option, pick a reason and confirm. The page names the report option for a Pin as "Report Pin", and the mobile app may show a plain "Report" in the menu. A profile is reported from its own menu, a board from the board menu, a comment from the menu next to the comment, and a message from the menu in the conversation.
Related readRemove a Tumblr Post About Me: Reblogs and ReportsThe page tells you to "select your reason for reporting" but does not list the reasons, so the choices on screen are what you work with. Pick the reason that matches the rule you identified in the table, not the one that describes how you feel. A reviewer reads the reason against the policy. A report that says "privacy" for what is really an insult is a poor match.
The page says reported content is sent to Pinterest "for us to review", and that you can still see the reported account until you unfollow or block it. It does not say who may report, and it does not say whether the person who made the Pin is told who reported it. Do not assume anonymity.
The Community Guidelines say all guidelines apply to comments, so a comment that harasses you or reveals private details can be reported on the same grounds as a Pin.
Which Pinterest rule fits your situation
The Community Guidelines are the document the reviewer uses. The sections that matter most for a Pin about a person are below, with only what the page says.
Private information
The guidelines say Pinterest does not allow content or behavior that reveals personally identifiable or other sensitive information. The listed items include government IDs and identity documents, private contact details, health records, login credentials and personal financial information. The page also bars "photos of private people posted on Pinterest without their permission." The page lists no exception for public figures or for newsworthy material, which does not mean such an exception does not apply in practice, only that the page does not describe one.
Related readRemove a Blogspot Post About Me: Blogger and WordPress.comHarassment and criticism
The page says Pinterest "isn't a place to attack or antagonize individuals or groups of people." The listed behavior includes cyberbullying, content that is synthetically generated or manipulated to degrade or shame, body or sexual-history shaming, sexual remarks about people's bodies, personal attacks with name-calling or insulting language, and mocking someone for sadness, grief, loss or outrage. Read the list. If the Pin is blunt criticism of your work or your business without the behaviors on the list, this rule is a weak fit.
Impersonation
The page prohibits accounts that impersonate or misrepresent their affiliation with a person or organization, and also bars synthetic or manipulated content that impersonates a person. It also says that fan, parody or commentary accounts for public figures or brands are allowed in certain contexts, as long as the account makes clear it is not officially affiliated. If the account that shares the Pin is a fan page for you, expect the reviewer to ask whether it is labeled.
Intimate images, manipulated images and children: use the dedicated track
Images of a sexual or intimate nature, whether real or manipulated, and anything involving a child are not handled by an ordinary report from the menu. They should go on the most urgent track available, and the first move is support from someone you trust.
Pinterest's Community Guidelines prohibit non-consensual intimate images, including intimate image abuse and upskirting and hidden-camera images, and bar tools or services for creating sexually explicit content, such as "nudifiers." The general content safety section says the policies apply to everyone and to all types of content, including synthetically generated content, and the adult content section itself does not mention synthetic content, so describe the Pin by what it shows.
Related readRemove a Medium Post About Me: What WorksPinterest has a dedicated form for this. Its help article on intimate imagery says people depicted in images or videos that violate its policies, or people authorized to act for them, can submit a report. The report asks for the location of the content (an address and a description), information showing the content was posted without consent, your name as an electronic signature, your contact details and a statement of good-faith belief that the content is non-consensual. The article says Pinterest will review and remove violating content, aims to remove or disable access to it as soon as possible, makes reasonable industry-standard efforts to identify duplicates and keeps the reporter's information confidential, used only to investigate the report.
The same article points to StopNCII, along with NCMEC and Alecto AI, as resources for other platforms, and says Pinterest is not affiliated with them. If the images are spread across several sites, the work goes beyond one platform, and our leak removal service covers that case.
The Community Guidelines say Pinterest does not tolerate child sexual exploitation of any kind. If the Pin involves a child, report it at once and, where it is illegal, involve the police. The guidelines also say minors or their authorized representatives can contact Pinterest's privacy support about unwanted photos or information, and the contact is on the live page.
When the photograph is yours: the copyright route
If the Pin copies a photograph you took or artwork you made, copyright may be faster than a policy argument, and it does not depend on how the Pin makes you look. Pinterest's copyright help page says only the owner of the copyright, or an authorized agent, can submit a report.
Related readRemove a Substack Post About You: Rules and RoutesA report must identify the work you believe was infringed and the Pinterest content, such as its address. It must give your mailing address, phone and email, a statement that you are the owner or authorized to act under penalty of perjury, and your full legal name with a signature, electronic or physical. For images, you can ask Pinterest to remove all Pins that contain the image, though the page says only identical copies can be removed, not resized or altered versions.
Pinterest removes the flagged content and applies strikes to users whose Pins are removed under its repeat infringer policy. The user can file a counter notification, which Pinterest forwards to the reporter with the contact information. If the reporter does not tell Pinterest of a court or Copyright Claims Board action, Pinterest says it will reinstate the content, which can take up to 14 business days. The page warns of legal and financial consequences for fraudulent or bad-faith notices.
Check ownership before you file. Your contact details can reach the other side if they counter, and copyright does not help when the Pin shows a photograph of you taken by someone else: the photographer, not the subject, usually owns that right.
After you report: status, appeals and a realistic timeline
Pinterest has a reports and violations center. Its help page on reviewing reports says you can see the status, the violation and the last updated date for each report you made. For content you posted that was actioned, you can appeal a decision you think is wrong. The page says appeals must be submitted within six months of being notified of the decision, that each decision can only be appealed once and that appeals may not be available in every case.
Related readReport a Threads Post About Me: What Meta RemovesThe page gives no review times. The table below is our experience of the order and rhythm of work, not Pinterest's promise, and every duration is a usual range, not a rule.
| When | What you do | What usually happens |
|---|---|---|
| Day 0 | Save evidence, sort the Pin, choose the rule | Nothing visible yet |
| Day 0 to 1 | File the report or form; ask the owner where safe | The report appears in your reports tab |
| Days 2 to 7 | Check the status; do not file duplicates | Some reports are decided in this window, but it varies widely |
| Weeks 2 to 4 | If rejected, review the rule and add facts; consider the source page | A new, better-matched report sometimes succeeds |
| Within six months | Appeal once, if the option is shown | One appeal per decision, and not always available |
Do not file the same report ten times. Repeat reports add nothing and make it harder for you to tell which one was decided. If a report is refused, read the stated violation, compare it with the guideline text and change the facts you give, not the volume.
When the Pin stays up: the source page, search results and the lawful routes
A Pin can remain after a refusal, and the choice is then about which lawful route is left. A Pin is an entry point to content that lives somewhere else, so the harm may continue even after the Pin is gone.
- The source page. If the Pin links to a page that holds the real problem, treat that page as its own case. Ask the owner, use the platform report on that site if there is one, or use a search engine request if it fits. For a false claim about you, the owner of that page is the party that can correct it, and a lawyer can write to the publisher.
- Your own account. If the Pin is on your own profile or your own board, you control it. Pinterest also says that search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo may show your profile or boards in results, and that you can turn on search privacy to tell search engines to exclude your profile and boards. The help page mentions profiles and boards, not individual Pins, so do not rely on it for individual Pins.
- A lawyer. If the content is unlawful, such as defamation, harassment or a privacy breach, counsel can send a formal letter or seek a court order. Rules vary by country, and the cost can exceed the benefit for a single Pin.
A worked scenario, invented and with generic parties. A person finds a board called by their full name, filled with screenshots of their workplace and a caption listing their street. The route is: save the board and Pin addresses, report the board under Private information, report the Pins that show the street, ask the website owners of any source pages to remove the details, and write down every report.
Know when not to push. A Pin that shows accurate, lawful, public-interest reporting about a person's conduct is not something we help hide, and a refusal on those grounds is the rule working as intended. A second article about your attempt to remove a Pin can also draw more attention than the Pin did.
Next step: the decision you can make today
Start with the Pin that does the most harm, sort it using the table, save the evidence and file one well-matched report.
If a Pin about you is spreading, or a refusal leaves you unsure what to do next, a short private review can show which route fits and which will fail. Reputation Partners starts with that review, with no promise about the outcome. Request a private audit.
Questions people ask
Does Pinterest tell the person that I reported their Pin?
The help page on reporting does not say whether the person who made the Pin is told who reported it, so do not assume you are anonymous. For intimate imagery, Pinterest's article says the reporter's information stays confidential and is used only to investigate. Check the live help page before you file.
Can someone else report a Pin on my behalf?
For intimate imagery, Pinterest says a person depicted or someone authorized to act for them can submit the form. For copyright, only the owner or an authorized agent can. The general reporting help page does not state who is eligible, so a trusted person can use the menu on your behalf, but the outcome rests on the rule.
Will removing the Pin also remove it from other people's boards?
We could not confirm from the pages we read what happens to copies saved by other people when a Pin is reported or deleted. For copyright, the page says Pinterest can remove all Pins that contain an identical image, but not resized or altered versions. Report each copy you find, and keep the addresses.
What if the Pin is a screenshot of a news article about me?
The Pin is a copy of a link to an article that someone else wrote, so the main question is about the article, not the Pin. Pinterest will only act if the Pin breaks a named rule, such as private information. Accurate public-interest reporting is not something we help hide. If the article is inaccurate, the publisher is the party to contact.
