TL;DR: When you buy a home, the old listing photos usually stay online, showing your layout, doors and windows to anyone. To remove them, claim your home as the owner on each site, verify ownership, then delete or hide the photos: on Zillow via Your home > Edit > photos, on Redfin via Owner Dashboard > Edit Photos, and on Realtor.com via My Home > Edit home (usually only after six months from sale).

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Why bother

Listing photos are designed to show off your home. That’s great when you’re selling and less great once you live there. They show floor plans, where the expensive TV hangs, which windows face the back garden and where the side door is. They’re also free intel for anyone who’s already found your address.

What you can and can’t remove

Know this before you start: you can usually hide photos, but not the page itself. A 2026 guide from Offlist says Zillow states that property pages cannot be removed, and Redfin says it does not remove property pages because its data comes from public records.

SitePhotosThe property page
ZillowHide or remove once you’ve claimed and verified ownershipStays up
RedfinHide listing photos; separate route for photos or 3D tours posted without consentStays up
Realtor.comRemove via Edit home, usually 6+ months after saleStays up
BlockShopperDoesn’t remove public-record pages, with narrow exceptions (some officials, police, people with protection orders or documented threats)Stays up

Some recently sold homes on Zillow may only let you hide all but the main photo, and some off-market homes don’t show the edit option at all. If the details (price history, bedrooms) are wrong, report them to the site’s support.

Zillow

From Security.org’s guide:

  1. Search your address and open the listing.
  2. Click More and choose Claim ownership.
  3. Complete Zillow’s verification (property details or documents).
  4. Click your profile icon > Your home.
  5. Open your property, click Edit, go to photos.
  6. Delete all or some photos, then Save Changes.

Redfin

  1. Find your property and claim it as the owner.
  2. Under your profile name, choose Owner Dashboard.
  3. Select the property, click Edit Photos, and tick the box to hide listing photos.
  4. Confirm and Save.

Realtor.com

  1. Click My Home and look up your address (this claims it).
  2. Verify ownership.
  3. From the profile icon, choose your home under My home.
  4. Click Edit home and remove photos.

Note: you typically can’t edit a listing on Realtor.com for six months after a sale. Put a reminder in your calendar.

The address itself lives in county records

Real estate sites pull ownership and sale data from county records. A request to Zillow doesn’t change those. If you have a safety reason (domestic violence, a stalker, certain public jobs), ask your county recorder, assessor or clerk about confidentiality or redaction, which varies by county.

While you’re at it

Your home, your data

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I remove my house from Zillow completely?

No. Zillow says property pages can’t be removed. A verified owner can hide or remove the photos.

Can I remove my house photos from Zillow?

Yes. Claim ownership of your home, verify it, then edit the listing and delete the photos.

How do I hide photos on Redfin?

Claim your home, open Owner Dashboard, click Edit Photos and tick the box to hide listing photos.

Why can’t I edit my Realtor.com listing?

Realtor.com typically blocks edits for six months after a sale.

Do I need to prove I own the home?

Yes. All three sites require you to claim and verify ownership before editing photos.

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