Fill it out, providing the URL you copied and as much other info as you can. Fill out the Subject and Description sections like you were writing an email — just explain that you're making this request because you don't want your info on the site.
Click "Submit. Within a few minutes, you should receive an email saying that your request is being processed and reviewed. Within a day after that, you'll receive another email from Whitepages, confirming that your information has been removed.
Within two or three days, your Premium info should be deleted off the site. People may still be able to find your name through the Whitepages search, but they won't be able to find anything more. So, that's how you get your info off Whitepages.
But what about the other prominent people search sites? Spokeo is another commonly used people search site. They don't display as much information as Whitepages, but it's still worth wiping your data off the site if you have privacy concerns. Here's how to do it. Navigate to Spokeo's homepage. In the text box provided, enter your full name. Spokeo will take a minute to aggregate results. Once it's finished, you'll be presented with a long list of names.
Find your name on the list. Like Whitepages, you can usually locate it by looking for your age and the names of your relatives, which are among the first items displayed. This will bring you to your public info profile. Head to the Remove Listing page, which you can find here. You'll receive an email from Spokeo, which will contain a URL you need to complete the process.
Click on it, or copy and paste it into your URL bar. You'll be taken back to the Remove Listing page, but now there will be a green bar at the top of the page that reads: " We've received your request to remove this listing: [insert your profile's URL here]. Please allow days for all updates to be reflected on the site. Within a few days, your profile should disappear. However, as Spokeo notes on their Remove Listing page pictured in step 7 above , you should occasionally search yourself again on Spokeo, as they may put your profile back up without warning.
Head straight to FamilyTreeNow's opt out page, which you can find here. Search for your profile, filling in as many details as you need to specify yourself.
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Whitepages uses powerful data-collection technology to comb the web for your personal info. This tool crawls consumer info lists , third-party sites, social platforms and more to collect your data and populate its database.
Whitepages uses this info, pulled from multiple sources across the internet, to create your Whitepages listing. Your basic info is then made available to users for free. Whitepages provides options to buy more detailed personal info for a one-time or monthly subscription fee.
It also features a number of details on your personal listing, including your:. In fact, the site receives tens of millions of unique visitors every month. Removing your records from White Pages helps eliminate a serious risk to your privacy almost immediately. Note: your White Pages listing will likely display info located on other data aggregates, such as Ancestry. This can sometimes make information removal a little more complicated. Deleting your personal information from Whitepages is only possible by submitting an opt-out request.
Ever wondered "How do I remove my information from Whitepages? Go to Whitepages. Entering the right name is key to finding and removing the correct Whitepages listing. Find the listing that best matches your personal information. This gives online criminals even more time to find your data and use it to hurt you. Visit the Whitepages opt-out page. Paste the profile link you copied in Step 3 into the space provided.
Look yourself up in online white page sites four to six weeks after your requests for removal. If your name is still showing up, send the company an e-mail directly or locate a customer service phone number and complain. Ask that your request be escalated immediately as it was not processed appropriately when sent through the correct channels the first time. Request formal confirmation of your removal from their listings.
Based in Austin, Texas, Carrie Burns has been writing professionally since , primarily ghostwriting corporate white papers and reviewing local theater productions. She has also spent time devising new works with cutting-edge theater ensembles. You can also asked to be removed via snail mail if you prefer. Other popular people search engines, like Pipl and Intelius , have similar opt-out options. Of course, the only way to keep your information off these sites entirely is to remove the sources , like social network profiles, court documents, articles, and anything else that mentions your name.
But paying a monthly fee in perpetuity may not be an option for you, so make a dent by deleting your records from public search engines first. This story was originally published in January and updated on March 4, to check links and updated outdated processes and screenshots, and to add information about DeleteMe subscriptions. My parents are fucked up people, with a paranoid streak. I was on my own at 16 related to some serious physical abuse.
I am still getting things for my genealogy, but in a way, I have to start off like an adoptee looking for my blood relatives.
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