Google Ends FAQ Rich Results: Remove the Schema?

Should you strip FAQ schema from your pages now that Google has ended FAQ rich results? No — and that's the headline. Google officially closed support for FAQ snippets in search, but there's no reason to panic-delete your structured data.

This is a documentation update, not a new algorithm. FAQ rich results all but vanished back in September 2023, when Google limited them to government and health sites. Everyone else lost the snippets nearly three years ago; in July 2026 the company simply recorded the final step in its help docs.

What it means in practice:

• no visible traffic drop — most sites haven't had these snippets for years;
• removing FAQ schema gives you zero ranking benefit;
• the markup still helps machines read your content — including AI search and assistants.

Why it matters right now: structured data is shifting away from stars in the SERP toward how clearly language models understand your page. The full breakdown is on the Neil Patel blog. The author's core point: don't chase individual search features — invest in content quality and a clear structure.

So what next? Keep FAQ markup where it honestly reflects the page — real questions and answers that appear in the text. Remove it in one case only: when the Q&A block is gone but the code is left hanging with no matching content. Everywhere else it's a working signal for algorithms and AI, and there's no point losing it for nothing.