Google’s dark web report was a feature that was initially bundled with a Google One subscription. However, it was later made available to all Google accounts, giving users a heads-up about their personal information that might be circulating on the dark web.
Now, in an ideal scenario, you’d be able to do something about this, but in reality, there’s just so much information out there already that it’s best to just be on alert utilizing services that monitor your credit cards and personal accounts.
Google felt the same
And it looks like Google pretty much felt the same way, as it is now shuttering its dark web reports feature (via Ars Technica). While you’ll have some time to get some last-minute checks in, Google plans to stop scanning for new breaches on January 15, 2026. And the following month, on February 16, 2026, Google’s dark web report will no longer be available to access.
As far as why Google is discontinuing the service, it shares that “the report offered general information, feedback showed that it didn’t provide helpful next steps.” But it looks like the brand isn’t giving up entirely on this movement, as it will focus on some of its other security tools, and create “actionable” solutions for customers.
There are alternative solutions
The dark web report isn’t the most critical thing to lose, but if you are curious about it, there are other services that offer similar reports. Naturally, it’s best just to monitor all the things that are important to you, because through one leak or another, unrelated to your own behavior, your information is already most likely out there.
What you need to do
Most people won’t have to do anything ahead of this change. The reports will cease to update in January, and then in February, the data for these reports will be deleted. If you’re not keen on leaving it up to Google, you can head into your account right now and delete the data yourself.
Just head to your account, and navigate to the dark web report section, then click the “Edit monitoring profile” and delete the profile. This will get rid of any reports that were created. And if you need some tips on how to keep your data safe, we have some great suggestions on how to protect your privacy on Android.
