The short answer
To remove your content from Thotsbay, file a DMCA notice listing the exact thread and attachment URLs, sent to whatever abuse contact the forum lists and, more reliably, to its current hosting provider or CDN. Thotsbay is a leak forum with no dependable DMCA contact, so the host route usually wins. De-list the pages from Google and re-file when mirrors repost.
What Thotsbay is
Thotsbay is a forum and message board built around leaked paywalled content, the kind of OnlyFans, Patreon, and celebrity material people repost without permission. It works like a classic file-sharing board: users open threads, attach or link the stolen files, and others request more. That structure matters for removal. Your content is not sitting on one tidy page. It is scattered across threads, posts, and external file hosts the threads point to, which is why one notice rarely clears everything.
It is also a moving target. The original thotsbay.com was taken down through a copyright lawsuit (Xialand LLC v. the Schedule A defendants, N.D. Ill., case 1:22-cv-01276, filed 2022, per the public docket on Justia). The forum has since resurfaced under mirror domains such as thotsbay.to and thotsbay.ac, with uptime that comes and goes. Treat whatever domain is live today as temporary.
Step-by-step: removing your content from Thotsbay
- List every URL. Capture the exact thread URLs and the direct attachment or post links on the current Thotsbay domain, not just the forum homepage. If a thread points to an outside file host, note those links too, because you will often file there separately.
- Find the DMCA route, then go over its head. Check the forum footer and any rules or contact page for a DMCA or abuse address. Leak forums like this rarely keep a working one. When there is no reliable contact, identify the current host or CDN with a WHOIS or host lookup. These domains are usually proxied behind Cloudflare, so you may need to file with Cloudflare to surface the origin host, then send your notice to that host. Verify the current host every time, since it changes.
- Send a § 512-compliant notice. Include your copyrighted work, the infringing URLs, a good-faith statement, the under-penalty-of-perjury statement, your contact details, and a signature. Remember that a takedown notice can become a public record, so file under a name you are comfortable having on file, or have a service file under its name so your real identity stays off the paperwork.
- De-list from Google in parallel. Submit the URLs to Google's copyright removal form so the threads stop showing up in search even while you chase the host. For a lot of creators, getting it out of search results matters as much as deleting the file itself.
- Re-file when it reappears. Forums repost fast, and a thread that got cleared often comes back under a new post or a new mirror domain. Keep watching and re-send. By hand, this is the part that turns into a second job.
Why Thotsbay is hard to remove from
Three things stack against you. The forum has already shown it will move domains rather than comply, so the address you filed against last month may be dead today. It typically hides behind a CDN, so the real host takes a WHOIS hunt to find. And the content is spread across many threads and external file hosts, not one page, so a single notice clears a fraction of it. None of that makes removal impossible. It makes it repetitive, which is exactly where people give up.
Let Fanlock handle Thotsbay for you
We do the host hunt so you do not have to. We identify the real host and CDN behind whatever Thotsbay domain is live, file under Fanlock's name so your identity never lands in a public takedown record, and escalate to the host, registrar, or payment processor when the forum ignores the first notice. We de-list the pages from Google, Bing, and Yahoo, and we re-file when the threads come back under a new post or a new mirror. The Telegram channels and leak sites that feed forums like this are exactly what we monitor, so we tend to catch copies as they spread. Our Pirate-Intent Search method runs the same Google searches a leak-hunter would use to dig up your content, so a fresh thread gets caught the moment it surfaces instead of weeks later. Our Google removals run about 97.5%, which you can confirm yourself in Google's public Transparency Report.
FAQ
Is it legal to remove my content from Thotsbay?
Yes. You own the copyright to your content the moment you create it, and that gives you the right to demand removal of unauthorized copies under the DMCA. You do not need a registered copyright to file a notice.
Does Thotsbay have a DMCA process?
Not a dependable one. The forum may list an abuse or DMCA contact, but leak boards like this routinely ignore notices or let the address go dead. The reliable path is to identify the current host or CDN and file there instead.
How long does it take to remove content from Thotsbay?
A compliant host usually acts within days of a valid notice, and Google de-listing is similar. The forum itself can be slow or silent, which is the whole reason you escalate to the host and to search engines at the same time.
What if Thotsbay re-uploads my content or moves to a new domain?
Expect both. Thotsbay has already changed domains to stay online, and threads get reposted. The fix is monitoring plus automatic re-filing, including against the next mirror, rather than treating a single takedown as the finish line.
Will my real name be exposed if I file the notice myself?
It can be, because DMCA notices can become public records. Filing under a service's name keeps your legal identity off the document while still getting the content removed.
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1Kyle8 is an OnlyFans creator who removed her own leaks with Fanlock. She writes these removal guides from experience; the technical and legal steps are reviewed by Zander Small, Fanlock co-founder. More about the Fanlock team →