How to remove yourself from Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate's opt-out link opens PeopleConnect's Suppression Center, which handles opt-outs for the people-search sites PeopleConnect owns.
Updated October 16, 2026
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What Instant Checkmate shows
- Your name, age and the places you have lived
- Relatives and other people linked to you
- Phone numbers, email addresses and more, in its paid reports
PeopleConnect says its Suppression Center manages your report on all the people-search sites it owns, Instant Checkmate included, when someone searches you by name.
How to opt out of Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate's opt-out address, instantcheckmate.com/opt-out, opens PeopleConnect's Suppression Center. Go there: suppression.peopleconnect.us (opens in a new tab)
Enter your email address and tick the box to agree to its terms. Open the email it sends you and click the link inside.
Enter your legal name and your date of birth. Check the date: it can't be changed once saved.
Pick the record that describes you.
Pick a phone number or email address on that record that you control, and enter the code it sends there. A text may cost your normal text rate.
Under Desired Behavior, choose Suppressed and tap Save.
How long does it take?
Once you save, the record shows as suppressed in the Suppression Center. Search Instant Checkmate for your name again after 7 days.
Will my Instant Checkmate listing come back?
It can. PeopleConnect says suppression covers searches by your name, and new records can appear, for example after you move. Search your name, phone number and email again in about a month, then every few months, and after you move or change numbers.
Does it cost anything?
PeopleConnect says its Suppression Tool is free. If a step asks you to pay, stop.
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- NumLookup
- TruthFinder
- ZabaSearch
- Addresses.com
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- DMAchoice
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