Ghost Delete vs DeleteMe: Which Removal Service Should You Pick?
DeleteMe is the longest-running removal service, with a human privacy expert on every account. Ghost Delete is cheaper, offers monthly billing, and puts proof on your dashboard as each removal confirms. Here is the honest tradeoff.
Price: Ghost Delete is cheaper, and has a monthly option
| Ghost Delete | DeleteMe | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $6.99 USD a month / $9.99 CAD a month | No monthly plan |
| Annual billing | $55 USD a year / $79 CAD a year ($4.58 USD / $6.58 CAD a month) | $129 a year ($10.75 a month) |
DeleteMe costs $129 a year and has no monthly billing at all. Ghost Delete costs $55 a year, a $74 difference, and lets you pay month to month at $6.99. DeleteMe also sells Couples ($229 a year), Family ($329 a year), and Premium ($180 a year) plans. Ghost Delete at launch is one plan for one person.
Coverage and the human expert
DeleteMe covers about 100 automated brokers on Standard, plus 40 custom removal requests a year, handled by a named privacy expert. That human expert is DeleteMe's real advantage: custom requests for sites the automation misses, and a person to talk to. Ghost Delete starts with 30 to 50 Tier 1 brokers in the US and Canada, fully automated, with the set growing over time. It does not offer a human expert or custom removal requests at launch.
If you want a person working your case and custom removals for unusual listings, DeleteMe is the stronger choice. If you want the lowest price and automated coverage of the biggest brokers, Ghost Delete is the better fit.
Proof: both show evidence, on different schedules
DeleteMe shows a status dashboard and quarterly privacy reports with removal screenshots. Ghost Delete puts screenshot proof for every confirmed removal on your dashboard as each removal confirms, and a removal is only shown as confirmed when proof is attached. If a broker refuses or a listing comes back, your dashboard says that too.
Reports and follow-up
Ghost Delete reports weekly on removals, pending jobs, and relistings. Confirmed brokers are re-checked, and a relisting automatically opens a new removal. DeleteMe reports quarterly. Removals are not permanent: brokers re-list people as they buy fresh data, typically within 60 to 90 days.
Canada
DeleteMe is US-focused, with Canada and several other countries covered. Ghost Delete covers the US and Canada from day one, with PIPEDA-style requests for Canadian brokers.
Free scan, trial, and guarantee
Both services offer a free scan, no card required. DeleteMe offers a full refund before the first report, prorated after. Ghost Delete has no free trial and no money-back guarantee decided yet, so none is promised.
How long removals take
Both services face the same reality: brokers make removals slow. Some confirm in days. Many take 30 to 45 days. A 2024 study by Consumer Reports and Tall Poppy found that paid removal services removed about 35 percent of participants' records on average over four months, while manual opt-outs removed about 70 percent. That is the honest baseline.
The honest reading
Pick DeleteMe if you want a human privacy expert, custom removal requests, and the longest track record, and you are fine with annual-only billing at $129 a year. Pick Ghost Delete if you want the lowest price, monthly billing, and proof on your dashboard as each removal confirms. Ghost Delete is coming soon. For the full four-way comparison, see Ghost Delete vs Incogni vs DeleteMe vs Aura.
See what is exposed before you pay
Ghost Delete starts with a free scan that shows breach exposure and broker exposure by category. No card required.
Start with a free scan