How to Delete or Edit a Glassdoor Review

Who can delete a Glassdoor review

The author controls their own review. Glassdoor treats a review as the reviewer's contribution, so only the account that posted it can change or withdraw it. Glassdoor itself can remove any contribution at any time if it breaks the Community Guidelines.

Employers sit outside that control. Glassdoor's policy on removing content states that employers cannot pay to have reviews removed and that company profiles are not taken down on request. The only employer action is a flag, which asks Glassdoor to check the review again.

How to delete your own Glassdoor review

Authors can remove their own review from the account that posted it. The steps below follow the path Glassdoor describes for managing contributions; labels may change slightly as the site is updated.

1. Sign in to the Glassdoor account you used to post the review.
2. Open the profile menu and choose Contributions.
3. Select the contribution type, such as company reviews.
4. Find the review and choose the delete option.
5. Confirm the deletion.

If the review is not in the list, it may have been posted from another account or removed by Glassdoor already. A review with a "Removed" status has already been taken down by moderation.

How to edit a Glassdoor review

Editing follows the same path: open Contributions, find the review and choose the edit option. The changed version goes back through Glassdoor's moderation before it appears, so it can be pending for a short time.

Third-party guides report that edit options can be limited in some situations, for example after an employer has responded to the review. If the edit option is missing, the delete option or a fresh review the following year may be the only routes.

Glassdoor's page on authentic reviews states that updating a review archives the old one, and that each person may post one review per company per year. An update is not a second review; a separate new review inside 12 months is.

When to edit rather than delete

Editing makes sense when the review is broadly accurate but contains something that could get it removed or create risk, such as a junior colleague's name, client details or confidential figures. Removing those details keeps the honest opinion online and inside the rules.

A useful test is to reread the review as a hiring manager at another company would. If it describes the job, the pay and the management clearly and without names or secrets, it is worth keeping. If it reads as a personal attack or depends on details only insiders know, editing is the better choice.

Deleting makes sense when the author no longer stands behind the review, when circumstances have changed and a fresh review after 12 months would be fairer, or when the author wants to limit legal exposure from factual claims they cannot support. Our article on whether you can get in trouble for a bad Glassdoor review covers that risk.

Does deleting your Glassdoor account delete your reviews?

Deleting a review directly is the reliable way to take it down. Account deletion and review deletion are separate actions, and Glassdoor's handling of contributions when an account closes is not something to assume. Authors who want both should delete each review first and then close the account, then check the company profile to confirm the review is gone.

Why employers cannot delete Glassdoor reviews

Employers often ask how to delete a Glassdoor review about their company. The short answer is that they cannot. Glassdoor's model depends on candidates trusting that companies cannot erase criticism, so there is no employer delete button and no paid route to removal.

What employers can do is flag a review that breaks the rules. Flagging is free through a Glassdoor account, and Glassdoor reviews the content against its guidelines. Reviews written by non-employees, duplicates within a year, leaks of confidential information, abusive language and attacks on named junior staff are the grounds that succeed most often. Glassdoor declines evidence from parties with a vested interest in getting a negative review removed, so the flag should point to something moderators can check themselves.

The full list of grounds is in our guide to Glassdoor's review guidelines, and our article on whether Glassdoor removes negative reviews explains why honest criticism stays.

Can an employer ask a former employee to delete a review?

An employer can ask, but it should be careful. A polite, one-time request that accepts a "no" is very different from pressure, repeated contact or offers of something in return. Glassdoor bans incentives for reviews, and in the United States much employee discussion of working conditions is protected by federal labor law, so pressure on a reviewer can create legal risk.

In most cases a public response and visible change do more than a deletion request. Our guide on how to respond to Glassdoor reviews includes examples.

Mistakes to avoid

• Posting a second review instead of editing. A new review of the same company within 12 months breaks the one-review-per-year rule and can be removed.
• Deleting the account and assuming reviews go with it. Delete each review first, then confirm on the company profile.
• Employers offering something for deletion. Any incentive tied to reviews breaks Glassdoor's rules and can lead to related contributions being removed.
• Employers paying a service that claims it can delete reviews. Glassdoor calls guaranteed-removal claims untrue and misleading.

Employers who believe a review breaks the guidelines can ask our Glassdoor review removal team for a free assessment before flagging it.