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Google Search retired features: a dated list from Google's own posts
52 rich result types, search operators and Search Console reports that Google retired, removed or cut back since 2019. Each row is dated and links Google's post.
Since January 2019 Google has announced the end, or a cut, of at least 52 Search features. That is 24 rich result types, 2 search operators and 26 Search Console reports and tools. The latest is the FAQ rich result. Google’s changelog entry of 8 May 2026 says it stopped appearing on 7 May 2026.
Every row below comes from the Google Search Central blog or from Google’s documentation changelog. We fetched each source on 8 November 2026. For each row we kept the sentence that establishes it. A feature that was only announced somewhere else, such as a post on X, is not on the list.
Dates are the day Google published the post or the changelog entry. “Effective” is the day it gives for the change itself, where that differs.
“None named” means the post names no replacement, not that none exists.
Rich results and structured data
| Announced | Feature | Change | Replacement | Google's post |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review rich results for self-serving LocalBusiness and Organization reviews | Limited | None named | Making Review Rich Results more helpful | |
| data-vocabulary.org markupGoogle postponed the April 2020 date, then said on 6 July 2020 that the rollout had started. | Retired | schema.org markup | Sunsetting support for data-vocabulary | |
| Social Profile structured dataThe changelog says it was deprecated in June 2019. We found no Google post from that month. | Removed | Automatic discovery for knowledge panels | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Corporate Contact structured dataThe changelog says it was deprecated in June 2019. We found no Google post from that month. | Removed | Automatic discovery for knowledge panels | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Place Actions structured dataThe changelog says it was deprecated in June 2019, and that partners who added the markup before 17 June 2019 stay supported. | Removed | Maps Booking API | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Critic review structured data | Deprecated | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Job training structured data | Removed | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Video thumbnails where the video is not the main content | Limited | None named | Simplifying video presentation on Google Search Results | |
| FAQ rich results, outside well-known government and health sites | Limited | None named | Changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results | |
| How-to rich results on mobile | Limited | None named | Changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results | |
| How-to rich results, all devicesAn update dated 14 September 2023, added to the August post. Google said the Search Console report and Rich Results Test support would go 30 days later. | DeprecatedEffective | None named | Changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results | |
| Video carousel (limited access) markup | Removed | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Home activity structured data | Removed | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Sitelinks search boxGoogle said its Search Console report and Rich Results Test support would go with it. | RemovedEffective | None named | Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box | |
| Breadcrumbs in the URL line of mobile results | Limited | None. Still shown on desktop | Simplifying the visible URL element on mobile search results | |
| Special announcementAlso on the list in the 12 June 2025 post. | DeprecatedEffective | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Course infoSearch Console reporting ended on 9 September 2025, per an update to the post. | Retired | None named | Simplifying the search results page | |
| ClaimReview (fact check)Search Console reporting ended on 9 September 2025, per an update to the post. | Retired | None named | Simplifying the search results page | |
| Estimated salarySearch Console reporting ended on 9 September 2025, per an update to the post. | Retired | None named | Simplifying the search results page | |
| Learning videoSearch Console reporting ended on 9 September 2025, per an update to the post. | Retired | None named | Simplifying the search results page | |
| Vehicle listingSearch Console reporting ended on 9 September 2025, per an update to the post. | Retired | None named | Simplifying the search results page | |
| Practice problem | Deprecated | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Dataset, in Google Search | Retired | None in Google Search. Dataset Search still reads the markup | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| FAQ rich results, all sites | DeprecatedEffective | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates |
Book Actions is missing on purpose. It was on the June 2025 list. Then the changelog entry of 5 November 2025 took its deprecation notice down, “as there’s still a feature using the markup in Google Search.”
Search operators
| Announced | Feature | Change | Replacement | Google's post |
|---|---|---|---|---|
related: | Removed | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
cache: | Removed | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates |
Both dates are changelog entries that took the operator out of Google’s documentation, because that is where Search Central recorded them.
Search Console reports and tools
| Announced | Feature | Change | Replacement | Google's post |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawl Errors report (desktop, smartphone and site-wide) | Removed | Index Coverage report | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Crawl errors API | Deprecated | None named | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Old Sitemaps report | Removed | The new Sitemaps report | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Structured data dashboard, for types with no rich result | Removed | A rich result report per type | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| HTML suggestions | Removed | None named | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Property Sets | Removed | Domain-wide properties (announced as coming) | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Android Apps | Removed | Firebase console | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Blocked resources report | Removed | URL Inspection tool | Focusing on the new Search Console | |
| Preferred domain setting | Deprecated | rel=canonical, sitemaps and 301 redirects | Bye Bye Preferred Domain setting | |
| Android app search appearances in the Search Analytics API | Removed | None named | Minor cleaning up in the Search Console API | |
| Indexed field in the Sitemaps API | Removed | None named | Minor cleaning up in the Search Console API | |
| Old Search Console home, dashboard and many old reports | Retired | The matching pages in the new Search Console | Saying goodbye to the old Search Console | |
| Webmasters API discovery documentThe date is when Google planned to stop supporting it, as stated in the post. | DeprecatedEffective | None named | Search Console API announcements | |
| Structured Data Testing ToolOn 9 August 2021 Google began redirecting the old tool to a page that points to both replacements. | RetiredEffective | Rich Results Test, and the Schema Markup Validator | An update on the Structured Data Testing Tool | |
| Generic Rich results search appearance in the Performance report | RetiredEffective | A search appearance per rich result type | Sunsetting the generic rich results search appearance on Search Console | |
| Safe Browsing and Ad Experience widgets in the Page Experience report | Simplified | Safe Browsing issues elsewhere in Search Console, and the standalone Ad Experience report | Simplifying the Page Experience report | |
| URL Parameters tool | Deprecated | None. Google handles parameters itself. robots.txt rules where more control is needed | Spring cleaning: the URL Parameters tool | |
| International Targeting reportThis changelog entry already calls the report deprecated. We found no earlier Google post, so the date is the latest it can be. | Deprecated | None named | Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | |
| Page Experience report | Simplified | A page linking to the Core Web Vitals and HTTPS reports | The role of page experience in creating helpful content | |
| Mobile Usability report | RetiredEffective | Lighthouse, among other tools | The role of page experience in creating helpful content | |
| Mobile-Friendly Test tool and API | RetiredEffective | Lighthouse, among other tools | The role of page experience in creating helpful content | |
| First Input Delay in the Core Web Vitals report | RetiredEffective | Interaction to Next Paint (INP) | Introducing INP to Core Web Vitals | |
| Sitemaps ping endpointAn endpoint of Google Search, listed here with the Search Console tools. | Deprecated | A Sitemap line in robots.txt, or Search Console | Sitemaps ping endpoint is going away | |
| Indexing crawler on the Search Console settings page | Removed | None named | Mobile-first indexing has landed - thanks for all your support | |
| Good page experience filter in the Performance reportAn update dated 8 November 2023, added to the April post. | Retired | None named | The role of page experience in creating helpful content | |
| Crawl rate limiter tool | DeprecatedEffective | Server responses to Googlebot, and the Googlebot report form for emergencies | Upcoming deprecation of Crawl Rate Limiter Tool in Search Console |
What this list leaves out
- Changes Google announced only outside Search Central, or that we could not find there. That includes any retirement of the Q&A rich result, of an AMP report or of Fetch as Google.
- Results-page elements that are not structured data, such as cached links and the host group.
- Features outside the three groups: Discover, Assistant, sitemap extension tags and Search Labs experiments.
What to do with markup for a retired type
For each type in the first table, Google’s post says the rich result is gone or limited. Where it is gone, the markup no longer earns that result in Google Search. Our instant audit flags FAQPage markup for that reason, and its methodology quotes the source.
Synapse keeps this list by hand. If Google posts another retirement, we add the row with its date and source. If a row is wrong, tell us and we will correct it and date the correction.