The non-consensual sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images and videos of minors can cause deep emotional trauma, lasting harm, and serious safety risks. Once something is online, it can feel impossible to remove—spreading across social media, websites, and messaging apps beyond the control of the person it affects. For young people, trying to get that content taken down can be overwhelming, confusing, and sometimes unsafe. That’s why Take It Down exists.

Take It Down is a free and confidential service from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) that helps remove nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos of children and teens from the internet.

If you’re under 18 (or were when the content was created), you or a trusted adult can use Take It Down to create a special digital fingerprint (a hash) of the image or video—without uploading or sharing the actual content. This fingerprint is then used to help participating platforms find and remove that content.

You stay anonymous throughout the process. No content is uploaded, and your privacy is protected.

Take back control.
Visit TakeItDown.NCMEC.org to get started.