Title: Date in Google Preview
Last modified: January 23, 2020

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# Date in Google Preview

 *  Resolved [aljohn23wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aljohn23wordpress/)
 * (@aljohn23wordpress)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/)
 * Hi,
 * Recently I turned off the “Date in Google Preview”. My click through rate has
   become lower since then however, not sure if that is what caused it.
 * I turned the dates back on in Yoast and google has since indexed my site. The
   issue is the dates did not come back in the google search results.
 * Can you provide support to determine why the date have not come back?

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 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/#post-12378845)
 * The settings in Yoast don’t affect whether the date appears in Google. We have
   additional information on removing the date in Google’s search results in the
   following article: ​https://kb.yoast.com/kb/date-appears-search-results/#remove.
 *  Thread Starter [aljohn23wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aljohn23wordpress/)
 * (@aljohn23wordpress)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/#post-12381480)
 * Thank you. I am aware settings in Yoast don’t affect whether the date appears
   in Google. Therefore we need to confirm yoast is working without relying on google
   search results. Could you please let me know how to verify the date setting in
   yoast is indeed working?
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by [aljohn23wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aljohn23wordpress/).
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/#post-12389263)
 * The “Date in Google Preview” changes only one thing; whether or not the date 
   shows in the preview that is displayed when editing a post/page.
 * Screenshot of show vs hide: [https://pasteboard.co/ISIyzav.png](https://pasteboard.co/ISIyzav.png)
 * This doesn’t make any changes to the front end of your site which is why it has
   no impact on search results. The option allows you to pick the preview style 
   that best matches how Google displays your content.
 *  Thread Starter [aljohn23wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aljohn23wordpress/)
 * (@aljohn23wordpress)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/#post-12399075)
 * That is interesting. It seems my date turned off in google right around the time
   I turned them off in yoast.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-in-google-preview/#post-12399075)
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