Get your home address and phone number off people-search sites

Search your own name on Google. If your address, phone number, relatives, or a guess at your income show up on sites you have never heard of, those are data brokers and people-search sites — companies you have no relationship with, publishing and selling information about you.

You can remove yourself. It is free, it does not require an account or a credit card, and the official way is always the broker's own opt-out page. What it does require is patience: there are hundreds of these sites, every form is different, and listings come back.

This site exists to make that manageable. Every guide here was checked against the broker's own opt-out page on the date shown, records exactly which steps and verification that broker demands, and gets re-checked on a fixed schedule. Start with the master checklist, or jump to the site that worries you most.

New in California? If you live in California, do the free state request first — one submission reaches every registered broker — then use these guides for what it does not cover: California DROP: the complete guide.

Not in California? You still have options in every state: opting out outside California.

Where to start

The master checklist: removing yourself from data brokers, in the right order — DROP or state rights first, then the sites that cover several others at once, then the big names, then the long tail, then Google search results, then a recheck habit.

And if a site called Radaris brought you here: Radaris is gone — what happened, and where your data still is.

All guides

• California DROP: The Complete Guide to Deleting Your Data From Registered Brokers — How California DROP works, who it covers, what the five statuses mean, and what to do when Google still shows you after a broker deletes your record.
• Data Removal Services Compared Honestly: When Paying Helps and When It Does Not — An honest comparison of Incogni, Optery, DeleteMe, and EasyOptOuts against doing it yourself, using Consumer Reports test data, not marketing claims.
• Google Results About You: How to Remove Your Contact Info From Search — How Google Results About You works, what changed in February 2026, its crucial limit, and step-by-step setup to remove your contact info from search.
• How We Check: Methodology, Rechecks, and Disclosures — How Opt-Out Ledger produces and re-verifies its opt-out guides, what 'last checked' means, how errors are fixed, and how affiliate links and privacy work.
• How to Opt Out of BeenVerified: Step-by-Step Guide — Remove your record from BeenVerified for free — no account, no payment, no ID upload. The official opt-out steps and the ID myth explained.
• How to Opt Out of CheckPeople and Remove Your Record — Step-by-step CheckPeople opt-out: turn off your VPN first, search and select your record, submit the form, and click Confirm Request in the email to finish.
• How to Opt Out of ClustrMaps and Remove Your Listing — Step-by-step ClustrMaps opt-out: use the removal form or the link on your listing, select exactly what to remove, and verify within a few days to 4 weeks.
• How to Opt Out of Nuwber and Remove Your Profile — Step-by-step Nuwber opt-out: bring your exact profile URL, submit the removal tool, confirm by email, and verify with the 410 check and Google cleanup.
• How to Opt Out of Spokeo: Step-by-Step Guide — Remove your name, address, and phone from Spokeo. The official opt-out steps, how long it takes, and how to check your listing is really gone.
• How to Opt Out of ThatsThem and Remove Your Profile — Step-by-step ThatsThem opt-out: copy your details exactly as shown on your profile, use the official form, and check back in 5 to 7 days to verify removal.
• How to Opt Out of USPhoneBook and Remove Your Listing — Step-by-step USPhoneBook opt-out: find your record by phone number, use the removal form before its email link expires, and verify the listing is gone.
• How to Opt Out of Whitepages: Step-by-Step Guide — Remove your listing from Whitepages and 411.com. The standard phone-verification route, plus the email alternative most guides leave out.
• How to Opt Out via PeopleConnect: TruthFinder, Intelius & More — One PeopleConnect request suppresses your report on TruthFinder, Intelius, Instant Checkmate, and US Search. Steps, the 15-minute link, and traps.
• If You Don't Live in California: Your Opt-Out and Deletion Rights by State — No state besides California has a DROP-style one-request deletion platform. Here are the broker registries, state rights, and free tools that work anywhere.
• Remove Yourself From Data Brokers: The Start-Here Checklist — A practical order of operations for removing yourself from data brokers and people search sites, with honest time estimates and a printable checklist.
• What Happened to Radaris (and Where Your Data Still Is) — Radaris was transferred to Atlas Data Privacy by a New Jersey court in August 2026. There is no opt-out form anymore — here is what to do instead, and where.

Doing it by hand vs. paying someone

Doing it yourself is free and, in independent testing, works at least as well as paying: Consumer Reports' 2024 test found manual opt-outs removed listings from 70% of tested sites within a week. Paid services save time and keep re-submitting as listings return. Our honest, commission-disclosed comparison — including the budget service most review sites skip — is here: data removal services compared.

Either way, start with the free steps. Nobody needs to pay to get off any site in the guides above.