If you've changed your name, data brokers often keep the old one on file, listed as an alias next to your current name and tied to every address you've lived at. For a lot of trans and nonbinary people, that's how a private part of your history becomes something anyone can look up. Delist finds the sites doing it, files to take the listings down, and runs a full scan every month to keep them down.
Start your free scan →Data brokers build profiles by matching public records — voter rolls, deeds, court filings, utility hookups. When you change your name, the old one stays in those sources, so brokers link it to the new one and publish both together. The result is a single searchable listing connecting who you were, who you are, and where you live now. That listing is the data trail behind deadnaming and being outed to people you never chose to tell.
Brokers list prior legal names in an alias field right next to your current one. Search either name and the same profile comes up. The connection between the two is made for anyone who looks.
Your listing carries years of prior addresses. That's the thread a hostile relative, an ex, or a casual acquaintance can follow from a former name straight to your current door.
A coworker, a landlord, a date, a family member you're not out to: people-search sites put your name history a few clicks away, with no notice to you and no control over who looks.
Brokers rebuild from the same public records on a schedule, so a former name you removed can resurface weeks later. One-time cleanups don't hold. Monthly full scans are what keep a listing down.
See which sites are publishing your former name and address history, and start taking them down.
Start your free scan →The free scan searches the open internet for your name, former names, and the addresses tied to them, not a fixed list of sites. You see the full picture before deciding anything.
CCPA and GDPR-backed requests go out to each site, covering the whole record: current name, former names, and address history.
Brokers rebuild from public records within weeks. We run a full scan every month and re-file when a former name or address reappears, so you don't have to track it.
Single-person by default, not linked to family or anyone else. Adding household members is opt-in, and it's worth thinking through before you do.
| Manual opt-outs | Generic privacy tools | Delist.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Places covered | 10-20 | 50-200 | Brokers, AI, search, breach databases |
| Former-name & alias removal | Often missed | Current name only | Full record |
| Address-history removal | Often missed | Current only | Full history |
| Re-listing detection | You notice it | Periodic | Monthly |
| Account isolation | You manage | Varies | Single-person default |
| Legal deletion requests | Draft yourself | Rarely | CCPA/GDPR |
Your former legal name usually appears inside a broker listing as an alias next to your current name. We file removals on the listing itself, which takes that alias field down with it. Some records come back because brokers rebuild from public records, so we watch for that and re-file when it happens.
Court and name-change filings stay in the government system by design, and brokers re-aggregate them. Removing broker listings cuts the easily-searchable public surface, which is the version a coworker, a landlord, or an acquaintance would actually find in a search. The underlying court record is a separate legal matter an attorney or the court clerk handles.
No. Your account is single-person by default and not linked to anyone else. Adding household members is opt-in, and you control it. If you share an account with someone you are not out to, keep this one separate.
No. We target data-broker and people-search listings that publish your name history, address, and phone. Anything you choose to make public, like your social media, a professional profile, or a personal site, stays untouched. You decide what stays visible.
It varies by broker. Some process removals in days, others take a few weeks or need follow-up and re-filing. We start as soon as you run the scan, and we keep pushing on the ones that stall.
Background reading: How people-search sites work
The free scan shows exactly which sites publish your former name and address history. No card required.
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