Let’s say…. you have two Google Places listings showing; one you made yourself, and one someone must have created in the past. You want to remove the other Google Maps listing. Both listings say “Owner-Verified Listing”, but you have no idea what email address/Google account it was created under. How can we remove a Google Places listing that you can’t even verify?
An owner-verified listing means someone else has PIN verified the listing. In order to claim the listing and have access to it, you need to follow these steps.
1) Click on a link of “owner-verified listing” with a green check mark that you will see on the top right side of the listing.
2) It will ask you to log in your Google Place account, and then, you will be taken to your account’s dashboard. Here, add a new listing with the exact same details as the listing you want to claim., but it will ask you your business phone number before you do, then, it will show the listings that you have listed in the past. Click “add a new listing” button, and then, input the exact same details as the listing that you want to delete.
3) Once you do that, and hit submit, you should see the exact listing that you wanted to claim. Go ahead and claim it.
4) After that, you’ll have to PIN verify this listing. Please follow these instructions to verify the listing.
One you verify the listing, you can control the listing. Then, you can remove the Google Places listing.
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