Delete page and tell it to Google

[pompero99]

Hello everybody,

i have a problem with some pages of my website. I have had to removed 5-10 pages because these pages linked to 404 pages and i removed it. Need i to tell to Google or Only removed?

Thanks so much

[OlegKorneitchouk]

Did you delete the pages that linked to 404s or remove the links to those 404s?

Google will recrawl your site and pick up on the missing pages and remove from their index. However, you should make sure that you remove all links pointing to those pages first!

[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi there

My first question is are you sure removing these pages were your only option? Did you check to see if these pages you removed had decent traffic and rankings? You may have just needed to update your links!

If these pages didn't matter in that regard and you can go on without them, I would take a look at your internal links, sitemap, and backlinks to make sure they are updated and don't contain a link to the pages removed.

Google also offers resources on how to remove pages from their index if you don't want them to appear anymore.

But again, I would run through your Analytics, Search Console, SEMRush data, and Moz analytics (if you have it) to see if those pages you removed had value! You may have removed some great opportunities!

Hope this helps! Good luck!