One domain at a time · No Search Console required
How it works
Check copyright-removal activity in seconds
Search Google’s available copyright-removal records by domain, inspect recorded activity and create a free account to reveal the complete details.
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Enter a domain
Check one website at a time using the free tester. No Google Search Console access or website verification is required.
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Review the request history
See how many requests involve the domain, when they were submitted and how activity has changed over time.
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Reveal the complete details
Sign in free to view reporting organisations, copyright owners, affected URLs, hit counts, statuses and available notice links.
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Monitor new activity
Save up to five websites with a free account and identify requests that have appeared since the previous check.
If a URL on your site was named in a request, read what to do after a Google copyright-removal request.
Industries
Search Console only tells you about your own verified sites
Google does message verified Search Console owners when a copyright removal affects their URLs — but only for properties you have verified, and Google itself calls meaningful notice for Search "extremely difficult". Client sites, partner and affiliate domains, regional domains you inherited and any domain you are evaluating send you nothing at all. The public record covers all of them.
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iGaming, Casinos & Sports Betting
Monitor operator, sportsbook, affiliate and regional domains for copyright-removal activity that could affect branded search visibility.
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Ecommerce & Online Retail
Identify requests involving product pages, category pages, buying guides, product descriptions and images.
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Publishers, News & Media
Monitor requests affecting articles, investigations, images, archives and other published content.
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SEO & Digital Marketing
Investigate copyright-related visibility losses and monitor activity across client, affiliate and comparison websites.
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SaaS & Online Platforms
Track requests involving product websites, documentation, marketplaces, communities and user-generated pages.
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Legal & Brand Protection
Review request histories, reporting organisations, copyright owners and affected URLs across protected domains.
What you get
What a result actually looks like
Each request naming your domain comes back as a dated record. This is every field, and what each one is good for.
| Field | What it tells you | Guest |
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| Request count & dates | How much activity names the domain, and whether it is historic or ongoing. | Visible |
| Reporting organisation | Who filed it — often an enforcement vendor rather than the rights holder. | Sign in |
| Copyright owner | Who the work belongs to. Usually the party worth contacting. | Sign in |
| Affected URLs | Which of your pages were named in the request. | Sign in |
| Status per URL | Removed, no action, or pending. This is the field that decides whether anything happened. | Sign in |
| Lumen notice link | The underlying complaint text, where a record exists. | Sign in |
Most domains come back clean — that is the normal result
Finding nothing does not mean the check failed. It means no copyright-removal request on the public record names your domain. And being named is not the same as being removed: Google reviews requests and declines a meaningful share of them, which is why the status field matters more than the count. How to read each status.
Learn
How Google copyright removal works
Plain-English guides to the public record and the process behind it: what a DMCA check looks at, how a takedown reaches Google in the first place, and what to do when a request names one of your URLs.
How to run a DMCA check on any domain
What the check covers, why no site verification is needed, and how to read the result without over-interpreting it.
What is a DMCA takedown?
Where notices are sent, what happens after they land, and why a request is an allegation rather than a finding.
Google copyright removal, explained
Who files requests, what Google does with them, what gets published, and what a removal actually costs you.
“Removed following a copyright removal request”
What that message means, how to find out who filed it, and what your options are.
DMCA removal from Google Search
How delisting works in both directions — requesting one, and diagnosing one that hit your pages.
What is a copyright infringement notice?
Who sends them, what they contain, and what a claim does and does not establish about your content.
What a DMCA dashboard should show you
Moving from one-off checks to portfolio monitoring without drowning in records you have already read.
Answers
FAQs
What is a DMCA check?
A DMCA check searches Google’s public copyright-removal records for requests naming a domain. It tells you how many requests involve the site, when they were filed, who filed them and which URLs were listed. How a DMCA check works.
How do I check if a website has a DMCA complaint against it?
Enter the bare domain in the checker above. The records are public, so you can check any domain — including one you do not own — without Search Console access or site verification.
Why did my page disappear from Google with no error in Search Console?
If a page will not surface even for an exact-match search of a unique sentence from it, while the rest of the site ranks normally, a copyright delisting is one explanation worth ruling out. How to tell a delisting from a ranking drop.
Doesn’t Google Search Console already tell me about this?
Partly. Google states that where owners have registered a site in Search Console, “we will notify them there” — the message is titled Notice of DMCA removal from Google Search. But it only covers properties you have verified, Google itself calls meaningful notice for Search “extremely difficult”, and the message reports removals of your URLs rather than the full public record. Nothing reaches you for client, partner, affiliate or unverified domains. More on what does and does not reach you.
What does DMCA Detector check?
DMCA Detector searches available Google copyright-removal records for requests involving the domain you enter. It does not currently scan the internet for copied content or submit takedown notices.
Does a request mean that Google removed my website?
No. A submitted request does not automatically mean that a page or website was removed. Depending on the available data, a request may have resulted in removal, no action or may still be pending.
Can I use DMCA Detector without an account?
Yes. The free tester lets you check one domain at a time, subject to rate limiting. You can see the complete request count and activity dates, while detailed information remains locked.
What does the free account include?
A free account reveals complete request details and lets you monitor up to five websites.
Do I need Google Search Console?
No. DMCA Detector checks available copyright-removal records without requiring access to the domain’s Search Console property.
What does Lumen add?
Where available, Lumen information can provide additional notice details, affected URLs, jurisdiction and links to underlying records.
Is DMCA Detector legal advice?
No. The results are provided for monitoring and informational purposes. Review important cases using primary records and seek qualified legal advice where appropriate.
What does the Pro plan include?
Pro costs $29.99 per month and lets you monitor up to 50 websites, with scheduled checks, alerts, digests and request-history reporting.