.vercel.app domain showing up in google search all of a sudden

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Hello,

We previously deployed a project under the name ets-sanity-cms, which resulted in the autogenerated domain ets-sanity-cms.vercel.app. However, this project has since been renamed, and we are no longer using this domain. We now use custom domains.

How do I remove this domain from appearing in google search? if anybody can help, I would really appreciate it.

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The domain troubleshooting guide can help with most custom domain configuration issues. You might be able to use that guide to solve it before a human is available to help you. Then you can come back here and share the answer for bonus points.

You can also use v0 to narrow down the possibilities.

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Hi @tech-kombeecom, welcome to the Vercel Community!

I understand you no longer want the autogenerated domain to be removed from Google’s indexing.

To remove the ets-sanity-cms.vercel.app domain from Google search results, you’ll need to follow a few steps:

  1. First, make sure the domain is properly removed from your Vercel account. You can do this through your project settings . Navigate to the domains section of your dashboard where you’ll find a list of all domains under your account, and delete the domain using the “Delete” option in the triple-dot menu.

  2. After removing the domain from Vercel, you’ll need to request Google to remove the outdated content from their search results:

    1. Go to Google’s Remove Outdated Content tool: https://search.google.com/search-console/remove-outdated-content
    2. Enter the URL you want to remove (ets-sanity-cms.vercel.app)
    3. Submit the request

  3. If you have access to Google Search Console, you can also:

    1. Add and verify your property in Search Console
    2. Use the “Removals” tool to temporarily hide URLs from search results
    3. Submit a sitemap with your current, preferred URLs to help Google understand your site structure

  4. Consider setting up a redirect from the old domain to your new custom domain if you still have access to the old domain. This will help users who might still have the old URL bookmarked or find it through other sources.

  5. You should also consider adding the canonical-url to your meta tags.

Keep in mind that even after removal from Vercel, the domain might still appear in search results for some time until Google recrawls and reindexes the content.

I hope this was helpful.