How to remove yourself from data brokers

Find your matching people-search listings and use each site's official opt-out. Brokers combine public records and commercial data.2 Listings can reappear when brokers receive new records, so recheck the same listing later.1 If asked for ID, confirm the official route and what that request needs before sharing personal data.

Frequently asked questions

Why did my listing come back after I opted out?

Listings can reappear when brokers receive new public records or partner data. An opt-out covers the listings or searches its provider names, not every source behind them. Recheck the same listing and keep the date, response and result in a private record.

Should I do it myself or pay a service?

Doing it yourself costs time rather than money, and for a handful of sites it's very manageable. A paid service is buying repetition: filing across many sites and re-checking after each refresh. Either way the work is the same work, and no one can promise a permanent result.

Can I get my data erased from everywhere for good?

No. Opt-outs reach the listings or searches the provider names. They do not delete government records behind a listing. Whether access to a property deed, voter file or court record can be limited depends on the record and where you live. No service can promise to erase every copy across the internet.

Do I have to give a broker my Social Security number to opt out?

Check before you send it. Some opt-outs ask only for the listing URL and an email address, sometimes a phone number; others ask for more, and some requests need identity verification. California's CCPA guidance, for example, says a request to opt out of sale or sharing should not require identity verification, though a business may ask basic questions to find your record, while a deletion request must be verified. Before you send an ID image or your SSN, confirm you reached the company's official privacy or opt-out page from its own website, check what that request needs, and send only that, covering unrelated details where its instructions allow. A request for payment to remove a listing is a signal to stop and check what site you're actually on. The identity verification guide and the site-by-site opt-out guide cover the details.

What does Delist do here?

Delist scans the open web for listings that publish your personal details, meaning people-search sites, public records, data brokers, and breach-source signals (signals are not live listings). A paid plan files the removals we're authorized to file and re-checks them afterward. We do not erase government records and we do not remove anything from a breach dump.