How to Remove Yourself from PeopleSearchNow (2026 Guide)

Quick answer: Go to https://www.peoplesearchnow.com/opt-out, search your name, city, and state and open your record, click “Remove Record,” then click the link in the confirmation email the site sends you. Free, about 10 minutes. Listings usually come down within 72 hours.

What is PeopleSearchNow?

Running since 2004, PeopleSearchNow turns a name, phone number, or street address into a free profile that can show someone’s age, address history, phone numbers, relatives, and associates. Profiles like these are the raw material behind the call sheets and mailing lists that bury older people in spam and scam attempts. When anyone with a browser can pull up your mother’s age, number, and home address in one search, the con artists do not have to work very hard.

Before you start

You will not pay a cent, and you should refuse anyone who says otherwise; removal fees are their own little scam economy. Grab a browser and an email inbox you can open immediately, since the last step happens there.

Doing this for a parent? PeopleSearchNow’s own opt-out terms allow it: the requester must be the subject of the record or have “direct authorization” from that person. Get the go-ahead, then handle the clicks yourself. Every listing you pull down means fewer robocalls interrupting their afternoon and fewer scam texts that look one notch too convincing.

Fair warning that this site brings its own flavor of tedium, the same way each of the twenty-odd brokers on a family’s list does. Here the trap is the web address itself.

How to opt out of PeopleSearchNow

1. Go to https://www.peoplesearchnow.com/opt-out. Mind the hyphen: the lookalike address without it is literally a directory of people whose last name is “Optout,” not the removal page. You can also reach the flow through the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link in the footer of any page on the site.
2. If the page asks first, check the boxes agreeing you are the record’s subject or have their authorization, enter your email address, complete the CAPTCHA, and click “Opt Out My Info.”
3. Search for the record: first and last name, city, and state, then click the magnifying glass.
4. In the results, find the right person and click the green “View All Info” button beside the name.
5. On the profile, click the red “Remove Record” button.
6. Open the confirmation email from PeopleSearchNow and click the “Click here to remove” link inside. The request is not complete until you do. Check the spam folder if nothing shows up within a few minutes.
7. A screen confirms the request was received. Repeat from step 3 if extra records exist under old addresses or a maiden name.

How long it takes

PeopleSearchNow’s confirmation states that information is removed within 72 hours. Give it three days, then search the name again to verify. Guides published in 2025 note that a stubborn listing sometimes lingers for a few weeks; if yours does, run the process once more and keep the confirmation email as your paper trail.

Check back in a few months

The database behind this site keeps drinking from public records, so a lease, a new phone line, or a county filing can generate a fresh profile your earlier request never covered. Put a repeating 90-day note on the calendar: search the name, and if a listing is back, spend the ten minutes again. KinKeeper’s Data Removal does this automatically across dozens of broker sites and re-checks every 90 days.