How to remove yourself from people-search sites
Each guide uses the site's or the tool's own steps. Pick one to start.
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People-search sites
- SpokeoPaste your listing's link, then click the link Spokeo emails you.
- WhitepagesPaste your listing's link, then confirm with a phone call.
- TruePeopleSearchAsk by email, click the link, then fill in its short form.
- BeenVerifiedSearch your name, pick your record, confirm by email.
- FastPeopleSearchAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- Intelius and its sister sitesOne page for Intelius, Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder and their sister sites.
- MyLifeOne deletion form, then a confirmation email when it's done.
- PeopleFindersTap Right to Opt-out, confirm by email, fill in the form.
- USPhoneBookAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- ThatsThemOne form with your name, address, email and phone.
- SearchPeopleFreeAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- FamilyTreeNowStart a privacy request, click the link, finish its longer form.
- SmartBackgroundChecksAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- AdvancedBackgroundChecksAsk by email, fill in its form, wait for the result email.
- CheckPeopleConfirm your email, then follow its Suppression Center steps.
- FastBackgroundCheckAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- USA People SearchAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- PeopleSearchNowAsk by email, click the link within 24 hours, fill in the form.
- PeopleLookerSearch your name, pick your record, confirm by email.
- NeighborWhoSearch your name, pick your record, confirm by email.
- VeripagesVerify your email, confirm who you are, follow its steps.
- NumLookupRemove your number on the Phone tab, your name on the Name tab.
- Instant CheckmateIts opt-out link opens PeopleConnect's Suppression Center.
- TruthFinderIts opt-out link opens PeopleConnect's Suppression Center.
- ZabaSearchPowered by Intelius: opt out in PeopleConnect's Suppression Center.
- Addresses.comIts data comes from Intelius: opt out in PeopleConnect's Suppression Center.
- Spy DialerPick your state, add your details, then choose the records to remove.
- AnyWhoIts opt-out link opens Spokeo's form: paste your listing, click the email.
Data brokers and marketing lists
- AcxiomA marketing data broker. Send its opt-out request, then answer its email.
- LexisNexisOne form for its marketing data and its prescreened offer lists.
- EpsilonA marketing data company. Opt out with its privacy request form.
- DMAchoiceThe ANA's mail list: fewer catalogs and offers from companies you don't buy from.
- OptOutPrescreen.comThe credit bureaus' own site: opt out for 5 years online, or by mail.
- ExperianEmail, call or write to come off its mail, phone and ad lists.
Google and California's DROP
The basics
- Remove your info from the internetWhere your info shows up, and how to take it down yourself.
- How scammers get your numberBreaches, people-search sites, auto dialers, forms and posts.
- What is a data broker?What they collect, who buys it, and how to opt out.
- Stop spam calls and textsFree carrier filters, phone settings, Do Not Call and 7726.
- Protect elderly parents from scamsThe scams to know, and steps to take together as a family.
- After a data breachThe steps for what leaked, a credit freeze, and scams to watch for.
- Prevent SIM swappingLock your number at T-Mobile, Verizon or AT&T, and what the FCC's rules say.
- Got a scam textDon't reply or tap. How to check it, report it, and what to do if you already tapped.
Registered data brokers
Before you start
- Use an email address you check. Most sites send a link you have to click.
- Keep a list of each site, the date and your listing's web address.
- Check again in about a month. Listings can come back.
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