How to remove photos and videos from Reddit and X

What the rules prohibit

Reddit’s Rule 3 says it plainly: never post or threaten to post intimate or sexually explicit media of someone without their consent.

X’s rules prohibit sharing, creating or threatening to share content that sexualizes or exposes an identifiable adult without their consent. That includes images made with AI.

You can report under the rules even if you don’t own the copyright. It’s enough that the image shows you.

Reporting on Reddit

Open the “…” menu on the post or comment, choose “Report” and pick the “Non-Consensual Intimate Media” reason.

• Report every post and comment with the leak, not just the profile or the community.
• If the leak is posted in several communities, report it in each one.

Reddit also points people to StopNCII, which helps stop the same images from being uploaded again on partner platforms.

Reporting on X

Open the menu on the post, choose “Report post” and then “Private or Non-Consensual Content”.

The same flow has an option called “Report content under the US Take It Down Act”. For people in the US, X also has a separate form under this law, and you don’t need an X account to use it.

The TAKE IT DOWN Act in the US

The TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12) was signed on May 19, 2025. Platforms had one year to set up a process for requests to remove intimate images shared without consent, so the deadline was May 19, 2026.

A request under the Act needs:

• a signature, which can be electronic;
• enough information for the platform to find the content, such as direct links;
• a brief statement that you believe in good faith the image was shared without consent;
• your contact details.

The platform has to act on a valid request within 48 hours and make reasonable efforts to remove identical copies it knows about. The FTC enforces the law.

Reddit’s form under the Act asks for an email address, your full legal name as a signature and a direct link. Reddit tells users outside the US to report under its rules instead.

If you own the copyright

If you took the photo yourself, you can file a DMCA notice. On Reddit, use the Copyright Report Form or email copyright@reddit.com. On X, use the form at help.x.com/forms/ipi or email copyright@x.com. Only the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them can file.

The person who posted the content can respond with a counter-notice. That’s why, for a leak of intimate images, it’s better to start with a report under the rules or the TAKE IT DOWN Act: neither one asks you to prove you took the photo.

What to have ready

• Direct links to every post and comment.
• Screenshots with the date, the poster’s username and the community name.
• An email address where replies can reach you.
• Your report numbers and the replies from each platform.

If a post has been removed but the link still shows up in search, use the deleted page forms of Google and Yandex.