Google has recently added a new option to the Google Business Profile settings to remove that business profile. It is named "Removed Business Profile" and will allow you to mark a business as closed or permanently remove the business.
I think I saw this last week but I had no idea it was new, but The SEO Doc said it is new. She said "Once hit you are able to permanently remove all content added by you, and all managers. Kind of dangerous!" Yep.
Here are screenshots:
Step two:
And if you do it, it is supposedly gone forever - I am not testing this:
Question: Will it still leave an orphaned account on Google Maps?
— Mark Barrus (@MarkBarrusHypno) December 15, 2022
Even if Google has independent knowledge of the business?
— Mike Blumenthal (@mblumenthal) December 15, 2022
So be careful and maybe try never to use this and oh, do not give permission to employees to do this...
Update: Google added another option, which makes this a bit easier to manage:
This is what I am seeing today! pic.twitter.com/UQLIZ6N2v1
— ClaudiaT (@ClaudiaTomina) December 15, 2022
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