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subtitle: Remove unwanted, redundant and out-of-date content to help users find what they need.
category: Content Strategy
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Help for government agencies to know how to remove unwanted, redundant and out-of-date content. It’s the first step in reducing content and helping users find what they need.

## [3]Why remove content?

We know that there are over 40 million GOV.AU web pages across the internet today. So, it’s no wonder users get confused when they interact with government. It’s time that we started cleaning up our digital estate.

There are **5 steps** to removing your content from the web.

## [3]How to remove content

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subtitle: Remove unwanted, redundant and out-of-date content to help users find what they need.
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category: Content Strategy
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Help for government agencies to know how to remove unwanted, redundant and out-of-date content. It’s the first step in reducing content and helping users find what they need.

## [3]Why remove content?

We know that there are over 40 million GOV.AU web pages across the internet today. So, it’s no wonder users get confused when they interact with government. It’s time that we started cleaning up our digital estate.

There are **5 steps** to removing your content from the web.

## [3]How to remove content

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