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Privacy & Identity
Customer Match
Google's feature for uploading hashed customer lists to reach or exclude those people across Search, YouTube, Gmail and other Google inventory.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
Customer Match is Google's advertising feature that lets advertisers upload hashed customer lists, such as email addresses, to reach or exclude those people across Search, YouTube, Gmail and other Google inventory. It enables re-engagement, upselling and suppression of existing customers using first-party data, subject to Google's policies and eligibility requirements.