How to remove yourself from USPhonebook
USPhonebook publishes phone numbers tied to a name, plus addresses and associated people. Here is the opt-out that works, and what to expect afterwards.
Go to https://www.usphonebook.com/removal, find your own listing, submit the removal request, then complete an emailed link that expires in 24 hours, then a confirmation page and email. Removal is quoted by them as 3 days from the moment you submit the form. It is free, and the listing can reappear later because brokers rebuild profiles from fresh public records.
Same operator as FastPeopleSearch and SearchPeopleFree. All three run on Enformion, and their opt-out instructions are word for word identical. That does not mean one request covers the others: each brand takes its own. It does mean that once you have done this one, the other two take about a minute each, so do them in the same sitting. FastPeopleSearch, SearchPeopleFree.
What USPhonebook publishes about you
USPhonebook lists phone numbers tied to a name, plus addresses and associated people. None of it is secret on its own. What makes a broker profile different is that it assembles scattered public records into one page that anyone can read in ten seconds, and that page is indexed.
The emailed link expires after 24 hours, and if you miss the window you start again. The page is also titled removal rather than opt-out, so /opt-out redirects here and most guides send you to the wrong URL.
How to opt out, step by step
- Find your listing on USPhonebook. Search your own name, and check every variation you have used. USPhonebook publishes phone numbers tied to a name, plus addresses and associated people, and people with common names often have more than one listing.
- Open the opt-out page. Go to https://www.usphonebook.com/removal. Email first. You enter your name, email and a captcha, and they send a link to the real opt-out form.
- Submit the request. Give only what the form requires. You will normally need to identify the exact listing you want removed rather than just your name.
- Complete the confirmation. Expect an emailed link that expires in 24 hours, then a confirmation page and email. The request usually does nothing until this step is finished, and this is where most people drop off.
- Check back. Removal is quoted by them as 3 days from the moment you submit the form. Diarise a check at 30 and 90 days, because broker profiles are rebuilt from fresh public records.
What to expect afterwards
Removal is quoted by them as 3 days from the moment you submit the form. Once the page is gone, the search result for it disappears when search engines next crawl, which usually takes days rather than weeks.
Then it can come back. Brokers buy and scrape fresh public records continuously, and a new record with your name and address can generate a new profile that has nothing to do with the one you removed. This is not a failure of the opt-out. It is how the industry works, and it is why we treat this as maintenance.
Use a dedicated email address for these requests. You will be handing your address to a company whose business is collecting addresses, and you do not want those confirmations in your main inbox.
Do this across every broker, not one
Removing one profile while a dozen others carry the same data changes very little. The list is long but finite, and many brokers draw from a small number of upstream suppliers, so working the big ones first has an outsized effect. Start with the full opt-out directory.
If the problem is bigger than data brokers, and there is a news article, a review or a court record involved, that is a different job. See how to remove your name from Google search.
Common questions
Is opting out of USPhonebook free?
Yes. Never pay a broker to remove a listing it will remove on request. If a site charges for removal, that is a signal about the site.
Will the listing come back?
It can, and often does. Recheck at 30 and 90 days, then periodically. Profiles are rebuilt from new public records rather than restored from the old one.
Does this remove me from Google?
It removes that page once Google recrawls. For a private individual, broker profiles are frequently most of what ranks for their name, so the effect can be large. It does not touch news coverage, court records or other brokers.
Do I have a legal right to this?
In several states you do. California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut and a growing list give consumers deletion rights against businesses holding their data, and brokers fall within scope. Citing the applicable statute in your request tends to get faster and more complete compliance.
Doing this across every broker is a job.
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