People-search sites
Spokeo Opt Out: How to Remove Your Info From Spokeo
To remove yourself from Spokeo, open its opt-out form at the Spokeo opt-out page, submit your listing, and confirm by email. Removals take about 3 days under CCPA/CPRA §1798.105 (right to delete).
| What it is | People-search sites |
|---|---|
| Website | www.spokeo.com |
| Opt-out method | Online opt-out form |
| Opt-out link | www.spokeo.com/optout |
| Legal basis | CCPA/CPRA §1798.105 (right to delete) |
| Typical time | about 3 days |
| Relisting risk | High |
The exposure
What Spokeo publishes about you
Requires the listing URL plus an email confirmation click. Relists aggressively after new public-record ingests.
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name
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age
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current address
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address history
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phone
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email
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relatives
Your legal footing
The right you are exercising
Under the CCPA and CPRA (California Civil Code section 1798.105), a resident can require a business to delete the personal information it collected. Spokeo processes deletion requests through the route below, and in practice most people-search sites extend the same process nationwide.
What this can do
Take your public Spokeo listing down and, for a search tool, drop the result out of a name search. Filed correctly, the site is obliged to act on it.
What it cannot do
It does not erase news reporting, court filings or other lawful public records. Honesty about scope is the point: we never claim to delete something we cannot.
Why it comes back
Spokeo re-ingests public records on a schedule, so a removed profile can return. The fix is to monitor and re-file, not to opt out once and hope.
Do it yourself
Remove yourself from Spokeo, step by step
The honest DIY route. It is free, it works, and it costs you time and a little vigilance afterward.
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Find your listing
Search your name and city on https://www.spokeo.com, open your own profile, and copy the full listing URL from the address bar. The form usually needs it.
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Open the opt-out form
Go to the Spokeo opt-out page at https://www.spokeo.com/optout.
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Submit the request
Paste your listing URL, enter a contact email you control, and complete any captcha. You are exercising your right to delete under the CCPA and CPRA.
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Confirm by email
Open the confirmation email from Spokeo and click the verification link. Skip this and the request is quietly dropped.
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Re-check after 3 days
Removals here usually complete within about 3 days. Search your name again to confirm the profile is gone, and watch for it coming back.
Spokeo is rarely the only site listing you. remove yourself from FastPeopleSearch, remove yourself from MyLife, remove yourself from Nuwber. People who found themselves here usually also need to get off BeenVerified and get off Google personal information removal. To do all of them at once, run a free exposure scan or compare Deindex plans.
The same process for every other people-search site is on our data broker opt out list. Once the listing is gone, the cached result can linger, so also remove your name from Google search. Reading on what it takes to remove your home address from the internet.
After removal
Will Spokeo put you back?
Spokeo has a high relisting risk. It re-ingests public records often, so a removed profile can reappear within weeks once a new record source is pulled in. A one-time opt-out is rarely permanent here, which is why we re-scan and re-file automatically.
Let Deindex handle it
We file this removal and watch for it coming back
Deindex runs a real scan of 50 sites, files the lawful removal at Spokeo and everywhere else you appear, keeps a dated before-and-after screenshot as proof, and re-files automatically if you get relisted. You approve, we do the paperwork.
The scan is free and unblurred: you see exactly where you are exposed before you pay anything. Plans are from $19/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly) for one person, $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly) for a family of five, and $119/mo yearly ($149 monthly) for the executive tier, with a Business option from $500 a month. Every tier files lawful removals only, and we tell you what cannot be removed.
People also ask
Spokeo removal questions
Filed correctly with the confirmation clicked, Spokeo usually completes the removal in about 3 days. If you miss the email confirmation step the clock never starts, which is the most common reason a removal appears to stall.
Spokeo has a high relisting risk. It re-ingests public records often, so a removed profile can reappear within weeks once a new record source is pulled in. A one-time opt-out is rarely permanent here, which is why we re-scan and re-file automatically.
Under the CCPA and CPRA (California Civil Code section 1798.105), a resident can require a business to delete the personal information it collected. Spokeo processes deletion requests through the route below, and in practice most people-search sites extend the same process nationwide.
Yes. The Spokeo opt-out is free and the steps are on this page. It costs time, not money. Deindex exists for people who would rather not repeat that across 50 sites, then chase every relisting by hand. We file the request, keep dated proof, and re-file when you reappear.