Guides
Straight answers, every figure sourced and dated. Including the parts where the answer is that something cannot be done, and the parts where the free option is better than ours.
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How do I remove my personal information from the internet?
The four steps that actually work, in order, and the three categories of information that no service can remove.
Updated 2026-08-27
What is a data broker?
The definition that matters legally, where the data comes from, the difference between a broker and a people-search site, and how many are registered.
Updated 2026-08-27
Removal
How do I opt out of data brokers myself, without paying anyone?
A guide to doing it yourself, including which brokers no software can handle and why removed data reappears.
Updated 2026-08-24
How do I remove myself from people-search sites?
The opt-out pattern that works on nearly all of them, the ones that need more, and why your listing comes back.
Updated 2026-08-27
How do I stop spam calls?
Why blocking never keeps up, what the national Do Not Call list does and does not do, and how to cut off the supply of your number.
Updated 2026-08-27
How do I opt out of LexisNexis?
The consumer portal, the opt-out and the file disclosure, what identity checks to expect, and why this one is worth the twenty minutes.
Updated 2026-08-27
How do I remove myself from TruePeopleSearch?
The exact route, who operates the site, and why the listing comes back.
Updated 2026-08-27
Search and AI
How do I remove my personal information from ChatGPT and other AI models?
The honest answer, including the part that is impossible, and the two approaches that actually change what a model says about you.
Updated 2026-08-24
How do I remove my name from Google search results?
What Google's Results about you tool does, what it deliberately does not do, and the order to do the two steps in.
Updated 2026-08-27
Your rights
How do I delete myself from every data broker in California?
California's DROP became mandatory on 1 August 2026. What it covers, what it does not, and why it is stronger than any paid removal service.
Updated 2026-08-24
How do I remove myself from background check sites?
The FCRA line that decides what you can ask for, how to tell which side a site is on, and what to do about each.
Updated 2026-08-27
Choosing a service
What are the alternatives to DeleteMe and Incogni?
An honest comparison of paid removal services, free state platforms and doing it yourself, with current prices and what each actually covers.
Updated 2026-08-24
Is Incogni worth it?
An honest answer from a competitor, including the cases where Incogni is the right purchase and the case where nothing needs buying.
Updated 2026-08-27
Do I need identity theft protection or data removal?
What each category actually does, what the insurance covers, and which one fits which worry.
Updated 2026-08-27
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- See what a stranger findsA 4-second look at what is published about you, before you pay anything.
- The data broker directoryAll 503 sources we track, each one cross-referenced against California's official registry.
- Your rights by stateWhich deletion right you have where you live, each one naming its actual statute.
- Compared with the other servicesPrices read from their own pages, including the rows where they are ahead of us.
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