Google’s short-lived ‘Dark web report’ tool shuts down this week

Unless you get the occasional warning email that your Runescape email was found on the dark web, you’d be forgiven for forgetting Google had a tool that scanned the dark web for your leaked info. This is a reminder that it shuts down this week.

Google sent out an email in December 2025 detailing new information on the future of its dark web report tool. The message noted that the feature wasn’t executed very well, leaving very little in the way of “next steps” for users. Google is shifting its focus to existing tools, such as its Security and Privacy Checkups, which are action-based.

Google noted that the dark web report would stop monitoring for new entries on January 15. The data it finds will be available for another month, leaving Google’s system on February 16. In essence, the program is shutting down this week, and the data it has collected over the past year and a half will be available for another month after that.

The feature has always been a free part of your Google Account. Even though it doesn’t make taking action obvious, it’s a good reminder to change account passwords when they appear in that malicious part of the internet.

As a user, the best thing you can do going forward is to regularly check your Google Account’s Security page. That feature will provide you with information similar to what the dark web report tool offers, but it makes it easier to take action and address security vulnerabilities for your account.

Google also suggests keeping your 2FA and Passkey settings up to date and ensuring your Google Password Manager – if you use it – isn’t showing any breached results. The Password Checkup feature doesn’t seem to be part of this shutdown, which is great news since it leaves breach results available in some capacity.

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