Google loves to send its services off with the Grim Reaper. The latest casualty: Google Dark Web Report, which scans the internet’s underbelly for your personal information and alerts you of fresh sightings. Starting January 15, 2026, Dark Web Report will cease looking for new results. A month later, the scythe makes a final swing on February 16, 2026, when Google removes all collected data. Users will not be able to view the information starting on this date. In the email notification sent, Google attributes this death to feedback stating the feature lacked helpful next steps. Instead, the company plans to “focus on tools that give [users] more clear actionable steps to protect [their] information online.” Whether those tools still plumb the dark web for information remains to be seen—which I personally view as a bummer. Forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes. True, Google gave no context to these dark web reports, but why not add such information to results instead of killing the whole thing off? The death notice itself includes general advice like changing passwords, switching to passkeys , enabling two-factor authentication , and making use of Google Password Manager. There’s still about a month for you to run a Dark Web Report, if you’re curious to see what Google can find on you. PCWorld Without Dark Web Report, consumers will have one fewer source for data breaches—one that sometimes gave a heads-up days before disclosure from the affected companies, allowing users more time to lock down vulnerable accounts. As a free service, it was an easy recommendation as an online security tool. Time will tell whether Google’s next moves will be as effective at helping users avoid the flood of spam and scams hitting their inboxes. Meanwhile, the company will maintain its Results About You feature , which lets you find and request removal of Google search results containing personal information like your home address and phone number. I also recommend signing up for Have I Been Pwned if you haven’t already—while it’s not always as fast as Google’s Dark Web Report with notifications, this data breach database is still a valuable method of keeping tabs on where your details end up. Be sure to register all the email addresses you actively use, so that you don’t miss any important alerts.