Data brokers collect your name, address, phone number, relatives, and personal history, then publish it where anyone can find it. Delist finds your listings, files the removals, and re-submits when they come back.
Broker listings are the supply chain for the spam calls, scam texts, and unwanted contact that follow. The consumer-facing people-search sites are the ones you'd recognize. The wholesalers upstream do the most damage, quietly selling your data to downstream sites you've never heard of.
You can opt out yourself. Where applicable law gives you deletion or opt-out rights, brokers must process qualifying requests. The workflow still varies by site: some require email confirmation or identity verification, and a listing can return after new source data is ingested. Delist handles supported filing and monthly monitoring, and flags cases that need you.
Grouped by impact. Umbrella operators and wholesalers cover the most ground per removal, so tackle those before the independents.
PeopleConnect’s suppression tool covers name-search reports on Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, and US Search. BeenVerified and NeighborWho belong to LTVCo; Whitepages is separate.
→Step-by-step removal guides for every major broker we cover. Sorted by traffic and re-listing rate.
→Sells consumer data to other brokers, marketers, and people-search sites. Removing yourself here cuts off the supply to dozens of downstream operators.
→FCRA-governed data used in tenant screening, insurance underwriting, and background checks. The opt-out goes through the consumer-disclosure request flow.
→One of the largest consumer-facing people-search sites. Removal requires email verification and typically takes 24 to 72 hours to process.
→Listings can return after the site ingests new source data. Processing time varies, and email verification may be required. Re-check after the request is processed.
→Assigns a "reputation score" to your profile without your consent, on top of the standard broker data model. Opt out via CCPA request.
→Fast removal turnaround, one of the simpler opt-outs on the list. Free search tier means your data is indexed and searchable by anyone.
→Free scan plus our opt-out guides and a tracker template. Same scan that powers the paid plan. Figure on about 10 hours of your time per year, counting re-submissions when brokers relist you.
→We file removals across the major broker sites we cover, watch for re-listings, and re-submit when they put you back. Start with a free scan, no commitment until you decide.
→A completed opt-out can remove or suppress a broker listing, but results and processing times vary. A listing can return if the broker later ingests fresh source data, and there is no universal re-listing window. Periodic monitoring can identify when another supported removal request is needed.
Not entirely. Some records, such as property deeds, court filings, and business registrations, are public by law and can't be erased. What you can remove is the commercial layer: the people-search and data-broker listings that package your address, phone, age, and relatives for anyone to buy. That's the bulk of your exposure and the part removal actually reaches.
Yes. Every major broker is legally required to offer a free opt-out, and you can file them yourself. The catch is volume and recurrence: brokers each have their own process, and they re-list you over time. Free works if you have the hours and the patience to repeat it; a service exists to handle the volume.
Opt out at each broker that lists it. The same removal that covers your address and name also pulls the phone number on that record. Because brokers re-aggregate from telecom and public-record feeds, numbers tend to reappear, so a single pass rarely holds. Removing the underlying listing is more effective than chasing the number alone.
They buy and scrape it, from public records (voter rolls, property, court files), commercial sources (loyalty programs, warranties, app data), and other brokers. You never opted in; aggregation is legal in most of the US. That's why the burden of removal falls on you, and why opting out is a right worth exercising.
The free scan shows you which brokers have your information, and what AI assistants say about you. That list is the starting point for whichever path you take.