How can I remove my publicly available data?

Searching for your first and last name online can bring up multiple websites that show private information about you. These websites scan the Internet and public resources for all of your publicly available data and combine it on one webpage.

For example, when you search your first and last name along with "home address" (e.g. "Jane Doe home address"), you will find websites such as mylife.com, truepeoplesearch.com, spokeo.com, or beenverified.com showing lots of information about you.

Even though these websites are legally allowed to display your personal public information, you can still contact them and ask them to remove it.

Click the links below to contact the various websites directly and request to have your info removed.

High Priority — Remove your data from these first:

Remove your data from BeenVerified
Remove your data from Spokeo
Remove your data from TruePeopleSearch
Remove your data from FastPeopleSearch
Remove your data from Whitepages (requires phone verification)
Remove your data from MyLife
Remove your data from Radaris
Remove your data from Intelius (also removes data from TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, and US Search)

Additional sites to consider:

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Important tips:

Don't sign up to any of the above websites. If they ask you to provide an email address, use a free temporary one. You could create a free Gmail account solely for this purpose — either deactivate it once you're done, or keep it as an alternative address for spam and junk emails.
Use caution if asked to upload ID. Some sites request a government ID to verify your identity for removal. If you must do this, redact all information except your name, address, and date of birth.
Whitepages requires phone verification — they will call you with a code to confirm your removal request. Do not sign up for a paid account to complete this.
Your data may reappear. Data broker sites continuously pull from public records, so information you had removed may come back after a few months. Check regularly and resubmit removal requests as needed.
Some websites will resist or refuse to remove your personal data, claiming that it is public information. While they are legally right in many cases, you can persist and keep sending requests.
Search your own name regularly to ensure you don't show up on any new websites. Try different combinations such as your name + city, your name + phone number, or your name + home address.
Consider setting up a Google Alert for your name — Google will notify you by email whenever your name appears in new search results.