Take your name off.
Whitepages, Spokeo and dozens of sites like them post your home address, cell number, age and relatives’ names for anyone to look up, a scammer included. Each has a free way to take you down. Here are 15 of them, with every link in one place. I just went through them all myself.
Find yourself, fill in the form, then click the link they email you.
That last step is the one people miss. Nothing comes down until you click it, so check your spam folder too.- Search your name and town. Check the age and past towns to be sure it’s you.
- Copy your listing’s web address. Some forms ask for it.
- Fill in the form with an email you check, and tick “I’m not a robot.”
- Click the link they email you that same day. Some expire in 24 hours.
- Tick the site off below, then set a reminder to check again in three months. These sites put people back.
Your ticks stay with you. The Done boxes save on your own phone or computer and are never sent to me or anyone else. The forms you fill in go straight to each site.
Start with the big five
The big ones. Do these first.
Whitepages
Search your name on Whitepages and copy your listing’s web address. Paste it into the form, choose Remove me, and they’ll call you with a code, so keep your phone handy.
Spokeo
Search your name on Spokeo and copy your listing’s web address. Paste it in with your email, then click the link they send you.
BeenVerified
Search for yourself on their removal page and choose “Do Not Sell My Information.” That’s the one that takes your listing down. It may ask for your street and zip. It covers sister sites like PeopleLooker too.
TruePeopleSearch
Enter your name and email and pass the robot check. Their email link expires in 24 hours, so click it the same day, then pick your listing and remove it.
FastPeopleSearch
Name, email and the robot check, then click their email link and pick your listing.
Then these eight
Same steps on each: fill in the form, pass the robot check, click the email link.
Intelius
One form covers Intelius and its sister sites, such as Instant Checkmate and TruthFinder. Enter your email, click their link, then search your name and birth date to find your record.
PeopleFinders
Use the Record Suppression Form. Your street address and birth date help it find you.
ThatsThem
One short form. Your street and zip help it match.
USPhoneBook
FamilyTreeNow
SearchPeopleFree
CyberBackgroundChecks
It may show a “verify you are human” box first. Tick it, then fill in the form.
SmartBackgroundChecks
Two that may need an email
MyLife
Their online form wasn’t working when I tried. Email [email protected] with your full name, city and state, and the link to your MyLife profile, and ask them to delete it. It can take a few weeks.
ZoomInfo
Own a business? Check this one. ZoomInfo lists business owners and their staff. Use their privacy page, and if its “press and hold” check won’t work, email [email protected] instead. They’ll remove your personal profile but won’t delete a company profile.
Then tell Google
Google “Results about you”
This one doesn’t take you off the sites. It asks Google to stop showing search results with your home address, phone number or email, and it can tell you when new ones turn up. You’ll sign in with your Google account.
Not on this list: Radaris, which a New Jersey court order shut down in 2026, and Nuwber and ClustrMaps, which were offline when I checked.
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