Removal guide
How to remove personal information from online listings.
Use a careful process to find exposed details, submit removal requests, save confirmations, and recheck over time.
- Email exposure risk
- Phone and address risk
- Name and city matching
- Removal plan included
Step 1: Search carefully
Search your name with your city, phone number, email address, old address, and business name if applicable. Review only results that clearly appear to relate to you.
Step 2: Prioritize risky listings
Start with pages showing your current address, phone number, relatives, old addresses, workplace, business owner details, or other identifying combinations.
Step 3: Use official opt-out pages
Most people-search sites and data brokers have their own opt-out process. Use official removal or suppression forms where available, save confirmations, and set a recheck date.
Step 4: Track everything
Use the Check Privacy Score dashboard to track source names, submission dates, confirmation details, notes, and recheck dates.