How to Remove a Glassdoor Review

Glassdoor reviews shape how candidates see a company before they apply, but Glassdoor removes a review only when it violates its Community Guidelines or Terms of Use. This page covers the flagging process and the options if a flag is denied.

Researched: October 2026

Quick overview

  • Glassdoor takes no side in factual disputes and removes a review only for Community Guidelines or Terms of Use violations.
  • Flagging is free, and Glassdoor's final decisions are at its sole discretion.
  • You can't pay Glassdoor to remove a review, and it generally doesn't consider evidence from someone with a vested interest.
  • Legal action is the last resort. Glassdoor says it will object and often fight in court to protect reviewer anonymity.
  • If there is no violation, the alternatives are a public response from a free employer account and search suppression.

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What actually qualifies for removal

Glassdoor states that it doesn't take sides in factual disputes, so a negative or unflattering review isn't itself grounds for removal. For an actual removal, the review needs to violate its Community Guidelines or Terms of Use, in a category like these:

  • Threats, harassment, or discriminatory language
  • Confidential or proprietary company information
  • Content about an individual that isn't about their behavior or performance at work
  • Abuse of the "one review per year per company" policy
  • Other Community Guidelines or Terms of Use violations

How to flag it yourself

This costs nothing but time, and it's the correct starting point even if you plan to bring in help later.

  1. 1

    Sign into Glassdoor

    Sign into Glassdoor, ideally with a free employer account, which also lets you respond publicly to reviews.

  2. 2

    Flag the review and select a violation reason

    Locate the review, click the flag icon below it, and select the Community Guidelines category that applies.

  3. 3

    Explain the violation and submit

    Explain which Community Guideline the review violates and submit it to Glassdoor's Trust & Safety team. Glassdoor generally doesn't consider evidence from someone with a vested interest in removal, so the case rests on the content itself.

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If the flag is denied

Glassdoor says its final content decisions are not open to negotiation, and that you cannot pay it to take reviews down. A public response is the other option: with a free employer account, your reply is the only comment published on a review.

Legal action is the last resort: a cease-and-desist letter, a "John Doe" lawsuit, or a defamation claim against the reviewer. It is slower and more expensive than flagging, and Glassdoor states that it will often fight in court to protect anonymity and that lawsuits tend to draw more attention to the reviews.

When a review has no real violation and legal action isn't realistic, removal usually isn't either. The alternative is search suppression: building other content that outranks the review in search results.

What we don't do

We won't post fake reviews, or pay for them, to push a negative one down, and we don't promise removal. Glassdoor decides at its sole discretion, and it doesn't accept payment for removal.

Common questions

Can we get a negative Glassdoor review removed just because it's unfair?

Not on its own. Glassdoor says it doesn't take sides in factual or contractual disputes between employers and reviewers, and that final content decisions are at its sole discretion. A review needs to violate its Community Guidelines or Terms of Use.

Can we pay Glassdoor to remove a review?

No. Glassdoor states that you cannot pay it to take down reviews and that the same moderation rules apply to all users, including clients. The paths are a valid flag, a public response, or legal action against the reviewer directly.

What if the review names a specific person?

Glassdoor allows reviews to name people in the highest positions, such as C-suite, owner, or founder, when the content describes their behavior or performance at work. Content about other individuals is a more likely basis for a flag. Flag the review on the site and explain which guideline it violates.

Can we identify and sue an anonymous reviewer?

A "John Doe" lawsuit is possible, but Glassdoor states that the law protects it from responsibility for user content and that it will object and often fight in court to protect users' anonymity. It is slow and costly, and it doesn't guarantee the review comes down.

How long does Glassdoor take to decide on a flagged review?

Glassdoor hasn't published a fixed timeline for reviewing flagged content, so no one can promise one. Contested cases involving unclear evidence or disputed facts can take longer.

Do I pay if the review isn't removed?

Our removal services are no-removal, no-fee: you're invoiced only once we achieve the removal defined in your Service Agreement. Search suppression is billed for the work performed.

Related

Also dealing with an Indeed review? See our Indeed removal guide, Google or Yelp, or the full Review Removal & Suppression service. If a review stays up, search suppression moves it down, and Google De-indexing covers pages that shouldn't appear in Google at all.

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