Is there a Google review removal request form?

The three paths

They look similar and behave very differently.

• Consumer report, in Google Maps. Available to any signed-in user. A category pick with no room for context. Fine for obvious slurs or spam, poor for anything requiring judgement
• Business Profile report. Filed from the account managing the listing. Signals owner intent and routes differently. This is where most owners should start
• Policy-violation escalation form, the owner-facing path for cases already reported and declined. Accepts a fuller written explanation and is where evidence actually gets read

Why the escalation form is hard to find

Google doesn't advertise it, and its URL and answer IDs move without notice, which is why links to it in older articles keep breaking. The stable way in is through Business Profile support: report the review normally first, wait for the outcome, and if it's declined use the support flow to raise a content-policy escalation on that specific review.

One consequence worth planning around: you generally need the first report to have failed before escalation makes sense. Skipping straight to it tends to bounce you back to the standard flow.

What to write in the free-text field

The escalation form's text box is the only place in this process where you can actually make an argument, and most owners waste it describing how unfair the review is. Structure it instead:

• Name the policy clause in the first sentence, 'This review violates the conflict-of-interest policy', not 'This review is fake'
• Quote the specific words in the review that establish the violation
• Point to evidence Google can check itself: the reviewer's other reviews, their timing, their public profile
• State plainly what you are not claiming, that you're not disputing a genuine customer's opinion. It signals you understand the line, and it makes the rest of the filing more credible
• Keep it short. This is read by someone processing a queue, not studied

If all three paths fail

At that point you have three honest options, and more filing is not one of them. Repeated attempts on a review Google has now declined twice put your account standing at risk without improving your odds.

You can reply publicly for the benefit of the next reader; you can concentrate on genuine review velocity so the review matters less; or, if the review is a provably false statement of fact causing real loss, you can take legal advice. Removal isn't the only outcome that fixes the underlying problem.