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411.com
411.com is a Whitepages-family directory site; suppression works the same way as Whitepag…
4chan
4chan does not use a registration system, so there is no account or profile to remove. To…
AbqMugshots.com
AbqMugshots.com published booking photos from the Albuquerque, NM area. As of 2026 this…
Acxiom
Acxiom is a giant marketing-data broker selling consumer profiles to advertisers. Opting…
AlachuaMugs.com
AlachuaMugs.com published bookings from the Alachua County, FL jail system. As of 2026 t…
AlbanyMugshots.com
AlbanyMugshots.com published bookings from the Linn County, OR jail system. As of 2026 t…
AnyWho
AnyWho is a free phone-directory site. Find your listing at anywho.com and copy the pro…
Arena Junkies
Arena Junkies, the World of Warcraft arena forum, shut down on July 1, 2018 and now red…
Arre.st
Arre.st is a mugshot and arrest-record aggregator that republishes sheriff and jail booki…
ArrestFacts
ArrestFacts republishes arrest records and mugshots. Email the removal address listed o…
ArrestFiles.org
ArrestFiles.org published thousands of mugshots, arrests and crime records. As of 2026 t…
BeenVerified
BeenVerified is widely used for casual background checks. Go to beenverified.com/f/opt…
BustedNewspaper
BustedNewspaper republishes county booking photos and arrest records, and unlike most def…
CheckPeople
CheckPeople sells background reports built from public records. Go to checkpeople.com/…
Clearview AI
Clearview AI scraped billions of face images from the web and sells face-matching to law…
ClustrMaps
ClustrMaps publishes names and addresses scraped from public records, often ranking high…
Cubib
Cubib indexes public records including voter files, addresses and phone numbers. Go to…
CyberBackgroundChecks
CyberBackgroundChecks publishes detailed free profiles sourced from public records. Fin…
FamilyTreeNow
FamilyTreeNow is a free genealogy site that exposes your age, relatives, addresses and ph…
FastPeopleSearch
FastPeopleSearch is a free lookup site run by the same operators as TruePeopleSearch. G…
Google (Results About You)
Even after opting out of data brokers, your info can linger in Google results. Google's f…
Google Street View
You can permanently blur your house, face, car or license plate on Google Street View.…
Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate is owned by the same company as TruthFinder; the process is identical b…
Intelius
Intelius owns several other people-search brands, including PeopleLookup, Addresses.com a…
Junk mail (DMAchoice & Catalog Choice)
Physical junk mail comes from marketing lists you can centrally opt out of. Register at…
LexisNexis
LexisNexis is one of the master data aggregators — its records feed insurers, employers,…
MyLife
MyLife publishes "Reputation Profiles" with public records, reviews and background detail…
National Do Not Call Registry
The FTC's Do Not Call Registry stops most legitimate telemarketing calls — fitting, since…
Nuwber
Nuwber compiles names, addresses, phones and background data into public profiles. Find…
PeekYou
PeekYou indexes social media profiles, usernames and web mentions into a single profile p…
PeopleFinders
PeopleFinders is a long-running people-search and background-report site. Go to people…
PeopleLooker
PeopleLooker is a BeenVerified-family brand; opting out mirrors the BeenVerified process…
PeopleSmart
PeopleSmart is a people-search brand related to BeenVerified. Go to peoplesmart.com/op…
PimEyes
PimEyes is a facial-recognition search engine: anyone can upload a photo of you and find…
Pipl
Pipl is a deep people-search engine used by investigators and businesses; it is not fully…
Pre-screened credit offers (OptOutPrescreen)
The credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, Innovis) sell your data for pre-screen…
PrivateEye
PrivateEye is a people-search site in the PeopleFinders network. Go to private-eye.com…
PublicRecordsNow
PublicRecordsNow surfaces names, addresses and phone numbers from public records. Go to…
Radaris
Radaris aggregates hundreds of public sources and often shows more detailed address histo…
SearchPeopleFree
SearchPeopleFree is a free people-search site run by the TruePeopleSearch/FastPeopleSearc…
SmartBackgroundChecks
SmartBackgroundChecks is a sister site of CyberBackgroundChecks with the same data. Go…
Spokeo
Spokeo is one of the most-searched people-finder sites; listings typically show your addr…
Spy Dialer
Spy Dialer offers free reverse phone lookups that reveal names and voicemail greetings.…
ThatsThem
ThatsThem offers free reverse lookups of names, phones, emails and addresses. Go to th…
TruePeopleSearch
TruePeopleSearch is a free people-search site that surfaces addresses, phone numbers and…
TruthFinder
TruthFinder sells background reports compiled from public records. Go to truthfinder.c…
US Search
US Search is one of the oldest people-search sites, now part of the Intelius/PeopleConnec…
USPhoneBook
USPhoneBook publishes phone numbers with names, addresses and relatives. Go to usphone…
VoterRecords.com
VoterRecords.com republishes state voter registration data — name, address, party affilia…
Whitepages
Whitepages is the largest people-search site by traffic and feeds many third-party lookup…
ZabaSearch
ZabaSearch is a free people-search site (owned by Intelius/PeopleConnect). Go to zabas…
Zillow
Old listing photos of your home's interior stay public on Zillow long after you buy — a c…