How to Remove a Booking.com Review

How Booking.com reviews are different from other platforms

Booking.com applies its own booking-experience eligibility and moderation rules. A relevant experience may include arriving but not completing a stay. Follow the current policy and available property-support route rather than treating every no-stay experience as ineligible.

This means fake reviews from non-guests are structurally much harder to generate on Booking.com than on open platforms. However, it also means that a guest who had a genuinely bad experience — and who is writing about that experience accurately — cannot have their review removed simply because the property disagrees.

What Booking.com will remove

Reviews Booking.com's content policy qualifies for removal

Personal information: Reviews containing full names of staff, phone numbers, email addresses, or other personal identifiers
Hate speech or discriminatory content: Reviews containing language targeting protected characteristics
Promotional content: Reviews that appear to be marketing (positive or negative) rather than genuine guest feedback
Content unrelated to the stay: Reviews discussing matters unrelated to the property, room, or guest experience
Abusive or threatening language: Reviews containing personal threats or abusive content directed at staff
Mention of ongoing legal matters: Booking.com may remove or withhold reviews where an active legal dispute is in progress between the guest and property

What Booking.com will NOT remove: A negative review that accurately describes a guest's genuine experience — even if you believe the guest's expectations were unreasonable, or the issues they describe have since been fixed. Booking.com does not adjudicate factual disputes between properties and guests. The correct response is a professional property reply.

How to flag a review through the extranet

Log in to the Booking.com extranet

Go to the Booking.com extranet at admin.booking.com and log in with your property credentials.

Navigate to Guest reviews

From the extranet dashboard, go to Property > Guest reviews (or Reviews in the main navigation, depending on your extranet version).

Find the review and click "Report this review"

Locate the review you wish to flag. Click the "Report this review" option (sometimes shown as a flag icon). This option is available next to each review in the extranet.

Select the policy violation and provide context

Choose the specific reason why you believe the review violates Booking.com's content guidelines. Provide a clear, factual explanation and include any supporting evidence — reservation records, communication logs, or documentation of the violation.

Submit and await Booking.com's decision

Booking.com typically responds within 3–24–72 hours. You will receive notification in the extranet of their decision. If they decline removal, the reason will be stated.

Write a property response instead

For reviews that do not qualify for removal, a property response is more effective than attempting further removal requests. A well-written property response:

Shows future guests that management is professional and responsive
Provides your side of the story without being defensive
Demonstrates that issues mentioned have been addressed
Is visible to every future guest who reads the review — often read more carefully than the original review

Properties with professional, consistent response practices maintain higher booking conversion rates even with some negative reviews than properties with high scores but no responses.

Frequently asked questions

Can hotels remove negative Booking.com reviews?

Only if the review violates Booking.com's content guidelines. Genuine negative guest opinions — even ones the property believes are unfair — cannot be removed. The correct response to a genuine review you disagree with is a professional property response.

How long does Booking.com take to respond to a review report?

A guest left a review mentioning a staff member by name. Does this qualify for removal?

Booking.com's guidelines restrict reviews that contain personal information (phone numbers, email addresses, personal identifiers). The mere mention of a staff first name in context ("the receptionist Maria was rude") is generally considered review content rather than personal information disclosure. Reviews that name staff with specific personal details (full name + contact information) are more likely to qualify for removal on privacy grounds. Report it and Booking.com will assess the specific content.

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Document the issue and follow the current platform route

Keep a source reference, the review text and relevant evidence. Identify the specific policy ground rather than simply stating that the account is unfair. A platform determines whether its own rules justify removal.

Current interface labels and response times can change. Use the official guidance linked below and the available account support/reporting route. No removal outcome or fixed processing deadline is guaranteed.

A record not matching a customer name is not conclusive proof of inauthenticity. Genuine experiences can include interactions that do not result in a completed purchase or stay. Keep any public response factual and avoid publishing private records.

Sources and further reading

Reviewed by ReviewsBlender on 1 November 2026. External policies and product terms can change; consult the linked official source for the current requirements.