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Price captures verified 2026-08-09; overall scores unpublished

How to Remove Personal Information From People Search Sites

People-search sites aggregate names, ages, relatives, phones, and addresses into public profiles you did not create. You can shrink that exposure with free official opt-outs, but expect reappearances as brokers re-ingest data. Start with a private-window inventory, file the highest-visibility opt-outs, harden email with MFA, then re-check before shopping. We invent no listing totals or clearance rates. Optional paid cards use claim-ledger prices from 2026-08-09 (Incogni Standard $7.99/mo billed annually; DeleteMe 1 Person $129/yr comparison-only; Aura Individual $12/mo billed annually). Overall scores stay unpublished. Who should not buy: anyone who has not filed a single free people-search opt-out, or who needs a published overall score first.

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  • Guide · Free-first · ~15 min read

Fastest free path

  1. 1Search your name + city variants in a private window and save profile URLs
  2. 2File free official opt-outs on the worst people-search hits first
  3. 3Avoid sites that demand passwords, bank data, or government IDs just to “check”
  4. 4Harden email with a unique password and MFA in the same week
  5. 5Re-check priority listings after a few weeks and log outcomes
  6. 6Consider paid automation only if DIY volume stays unsustainable
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Step-by-step guide

  1. 1

    Inventory people-search profiles, not the whole web

    Free

    Focus on people-search and people-finder domains that publish dossiers about you. Capture the site name, URL, and which fields are exposed so you can measure progress later.

    • Private window; name + city and name + phone variants
    • Save listing URLs you can act on
    • Skip “full background check” ads that ask for payment to see your own data
  2. 2

    File free official opt-outs first

    Free

    Each people-search brand usually publishes its own removal or suppression form. Follow those paths. Results are uneven and often temporary, which is normal, not proof of a vendor’s unpublished success rate.

    • Use the site’s official opt-out or privacy request page
    • Record submission dates and confirmation emails
    • Do not upload government IDs unless the form is clearly required and you accept the risk
  3. 3

    Harden the accounts that enrich listings

    Free

    Cleaning a people-search page helps less if email and financial accounts stay easy to take over. Do authentication work in parallel with opt-outs.

    • Unique email password
    • MFA on email and finance
    • Review recovery phone and alternate emails
  4. 4

    Re-check and expect reappearances

    Free

    Brokers re-ingest public and licensed data. A clean week is not a permanent wipe. Schedule a boring re-check instead of panic shopping after the first return.

    • Calendar reminder for a few weeks later
    • Note which sites returned and with which fields
    • Prioritize repeats that expose home address or phone
  5. 5

    Decide whether automation is worth the subscription

    Optional paid

    Pay only when listing volume outruns your time. Incogni may fit recurring broker/people-search cleanup ($7.99/mo billed annually, 2026-08-09). DeleteMe may fit if you want assisted-support research at $129/yr for 1 Person (comparison-only; no /go/ deal). Aura fits when identity monitoring matters more than pure removal ($12/mo billed annually).

    • Estimate monthly DIY hours before buying
    • Read who should not buy on product pages
    • Use /go/ only for pack merchants you choose

What cannot always be removed

  • Public records outside people-search control
  • Information other people publish about you
  • Guaranteed permanent deletion on every people-search site
  • Anything that requires Security Checklist to collect passwords or IDs
  • Invented statistics about how many sites still hold your data

Sources

  • People-search opt-out pages (public), Procedural references; follow each site’s current official form
  • Incogni claim ledger, data/claim-ledgers/incogni.json#incogni-starting-price; Standard $7.99/mo billed annually captured 2026-08-09
  • DeleteMe claim ledger, data/claim-ledgers/deleteme.json; 1 Person $129/yr captured 2026-08-09; comparison-only
  • Aura claim ledger, data/claim-ledgers/aura.json#aura-starting-price; Individual $12/mo billed annually captured 2026-08-09
  • Vendor marketing pages, aura.com / incogni.com / joindeleteme.com / lifelock.norton.com feature and pricing claims, not independent evidence; re-verify same-day
  • Security Checklist methodology, How commercial pages are structured before scores publish, /methodology/
  • Claim ledger (T014), data/claim-ledgers/aura.json, incogni.json, deleteme.json, lifelock.json, surfshark.json: starting prices verified 2026-08-09; overall scores unpublished

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