Google is retiring its free darkish internet monitoring software subsequent yr

Google will cease sending out darkish internet reviews beginning early subsequent yr, because it shuts down the free tool that may inform you in case your private info has appeared on the seedy underbelly of the web. The software was completely out there to Google One subscribers till the corporate opened it up to everyone in mid-2024. When you swap it on, you’ll obtain a notification at any time when your identify, e-mail deal with and cellphone quantity leak on the web, sometimes on account of information breaches.

In Google’s e-mail announcement, nonetheless, it mentioned it was discontinuing darkish internet reviews as a result of “suggestions confirmed that it didn’t present useful subsequent steps.” A report simply lets you understand that your info has appeared on the darkish internet. You can even see an inventory of all of the hits you get in your Google account, together with what information breach leaked that exact element. Nonetheless, it doesn’t provide you with steering on what to do afterwards.

The corporate defined that it’s going to give attention to instruments that can provide you clear, actionable step to take as an alternative. Google will cease monitoring for brand new darkish internet outcomes on January 15, 2026 and can take away entry to the report out of your account on February 16. You can even remove your monitoring profile proper now by going to the “outcomes along with your data” part on the software’s official web page.