Google has recently added a new option to the Google Business Profile settings to remove that business profile. It is named “Removed Business Profile” and will allow you to mark a business as closed or permanently remove the business.
I think I saw this last week but I had no idea it was new, but Claudia T on Twitter said it is new. She said “Once hit you are able to permanently remove all content added by you, and all managers. Kind of dangerous!” Yep.
Here are screenshots:
Step two:
And if you do it, it is supposedly gone forever – I am not testing this:
No its gone! Google support says no way to retrieve it.
— ClaudiaT (@ClaudiaTomina) December 15, 2022