What Indeed Will Actually Remove — and What It Won’t
A genuine, unflattering review from a real employee stays up. Here’s what does qualify for removal under Indeed’s Company Reviews guidelines, and how the reporting process actually works.
Yes, in specific cases — Indeed removes reviews that violate its published Company Reviews guidelines: unlawful, fraudulent, discriminatory, threatening, abusive, libelous, or defamatory statements; obscene or otherwise inappropriate material, including discriminatory slurs; content that discloses non-public individuals’ identities or personal details unrelated to the reviewer’s own experience; reviews submitted by someone who never actually worked at the company; and reviews Indeed has evidence were compensated or written under pressure. Indeed states it does not edit or alter reviews itself, and a genuine but unflattering account of someone’s real experience is not, on its own, grounds for removal.
Indeed’s Company Reviews Best Practices, Policies, and GuidelinesWhich reviews can be removed?
- The review contains unlawful, fraudulent, discriminatory, threatening, abusive, libelous, or defamatory statements
- The content is obscene or otherwise inappropriate, including sexual, ethnic, racial, or other discriminatory slurs
- The review makes factual claims about the company rather than sharing the reviewer’s own experience, or includes irrelevant content or personal details unrelated to the job
- The content discloses identifying or personal information about a non-public individual unrelated to the reviewer’s own experience
- The reviewer never actually worked at the company, or Indeed has evidence the reviewer was compensated or pressured to post the review
If a flag or dispute is denied
Indeed’s stated process is to review flagged content and remove it within 1–2 business days if it violates its Company Reviews guidelines, but it does not guarantee notifying the reporter of the outcome and does not publish a separate, self-service appeal form beyond the report tool — a follow-up report with more specific evidence of the guideline violated is the most direct path available.
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For reviews that don't qualify for removal, a professional response and a consistent flow of new reviews does more than chasing a removal that isn't coming.
Frequently asked questions
From your Company Page, open the three-dot menu on the specific review, select "Report review," choose the reason that best matches the violation, and submit. Indeed’s own guidance states it reviews flagged content and, if it breaks Indeed’s guidelines, removes it within 1–2 business days — though it does not commit to notifying the person who reported it of the outcome.
Indeed does not publish a separate, self-service appeal form beyond the report tool itself, and it doesn’t always confirm an outcome to the reporter. A report that cites the specific guideline violated, with supporting context, is more likely to be actionable than a generic claim that a review is unfair or inaccurate.
No. Indeed applies its published Company Reviews guidelines the same way to every Company Page, and reviews are only removed for a documented guideline violation — not because an employer would prefer a genuine, unflattering review gone.
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