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How to Remove Yourself from TruePeopleSearch

TruePeopleSearch is a completely free people-search site, which makes it the first stop for anyone looking you up: no account, no payment, just your name, addresses, and phone numbers on a page. Here is how to remove your record from TruePeopleSearch for free, step by step.

What TruePeopleSearch shows about you

A TruePeopleSearch record shows your full name, current and past home addresses, phone numbers, age, relatives, and possible associates. Because viewing it costs nothing, it is one of the most visited people-search sites in the United States, and it is often the listing a scammer, a stalker, or a nosy acquaintance finds first. The record is assembled from public records and data bought from other brokers. You never signed up for it.

Step 1: Start at the removal page

Go to truepeoplesearch.com/removal. Do not start from the homepage search: the removal page is a separate flow. Enter the email address where TruePeopleSearch should send your confirmation, tick the box confirming the record is yours and you are asking for its removal, and complete the captcha.

Step 2: Find and select your record

The removal flow then asks you to find your record. Search your name and city, and select the record that matches you. Check the details carefully before selecting: an age, a past address, or a relative's name should line up. If you have more than one record, for example one per old address, each one has to be selected and removed separately.

Step 3: Confirm by email and verify

TruePeopleSearch emails a confirmation link. Click it, or the removal does not happen. Records are usually removed within about 24 hours of the confirmed request. Search your name on TruePeopleSearch the next day to confirm your record is gone, and keep the confirmation email as your record of the request and its date.

If the removal page will not cooperate

TruePeopleSearch blocks many VPN and data-centre connections, and the removal page sometimes refuses to load or loops the captcha on those connections. If that happens, turn off the VPN and try again from your regular home connection. If the confirmation email never arrives, check spam, then run the removal flow again and double-check the email address you entered.

Why your record comes back

TruePeopleSearch rebuilds records from fresh public records and broker data, and a record removed today can reappear within a few months. This is not a failure of the removal. It is how the business works. Set a calendar reminder to re-search yourself every 3 to 6 months and repeat the removal whenever your record is back. Each round takes a few minutes, because you already know the flow.

What removal does and does not do

Removal takes your record off TruePeopleSearch. It does not delete the underlying public records, and it does not remove you from other brokers. Whitepages, Spokeo, BeenVerified, and dozens of others hold the same data, and each one needs its own opt-out. The full list, with the exact link for each broker, is in our DIY guide to removing yourself from data brokers.