Get your name, address, and family off the people-search sites.
Dozens of “people-search” websites publish your address, phone, age, and relatives to anyone who looks. That is how a scam caller knows your grandchild’s name, and how a stranger knows who lives in your house. Every listing can be removed — free, yourself, with the guides below.
Why this matters in Indiana
The scams working across Indiana right now — the grandparent call, the fake bank text, the “sheriff” demanding payment — all start with research, and these sites do the research for the scammer. A caller who knows your relatives’ names, your street, and your age is just reading a people-search page back to you. Clearing those pages does not stop every scam, but it takes away the script.
Start with Google itself
Google has a free, little-known tool that removes search results exposing your address, phone, or email — and keeps watching for new ones. It hides the results rather than deleting the sources, so do it alongside the list below, not instead of it. Remove your information from Google Search →
First — see what's already out there about you, free
Before the list: see your actual file. One second, free — which leaks your email was in, and what is publicly exposed. Most people find at least one password already out there.
The list — work top to bottom
Ordered so the biggest, easiest wins come first. Doing everything takes most people two to four hours, spread over a few evenings.
- TruePeopleSearch — 3–5 minutes. Easy — one of the fastest.
- FastPeopleSearch — 3–5 minutes. Easy.
- Whitepages — 5–10 minutes. Moderate — ends with an automated phone call.
- Spokeo — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- BeenVerified — 5–10 minutes. Easy.
- Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate & US Search — about 10 minutes. Easy — one process covers four sites.
- Radaris — 10–15 minutes. Stubborn — may need a follow-up.
- MyLife — 15+ minutes. Hard — no self-serve form.
- PeopleFinders — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- PeekYou — 5–10 minutes. Easy.
- Nuwber — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- ThatsThem — about 5 minutes. Easy, but slow to take effect.
- ClustrMaps — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- USPhoneBook — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- SearchPeopleFree — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- FamilyTreeNow — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- CyberBackgroundChecks — 5–10 minutes. Easy.
- SmartBackgroundChecks — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- InfoTracer — 5–10 minutes. Easy.
- CheckPeople — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- CocoFinder — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- Dataveria — 5–10 minutes. Moderate.
- IdTrue — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- PeopleWhiz — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- PeopleSearchNow — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- PublicDataUSA — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- SearchQuarry — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- SpyFly — 5–10 minutes. Moderate.
- VeriPages — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- Neighbor.Report — about 5 minutes. Easy.
- OfficialUSA — 5–10 minutes. Moderate — email request.
Or have all of it filed for you
Every guide above is free and always will be. If you would rather hand it off: the Sweep, $99 one time — we file removals across the people-search sites for you, confirm what came down, and tell you what we found. The Fix, $249 one time — the Sweep, plus the full household lockdown: the email account that resets every other password, leaked passwords retired, bank and phone-carrier alerts, and the devices themselves. Flat price, no subscription, nothing renews.
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Common questions
Is removal permanent?
Not always. These companies buy new data feeds constantly, and a listing can reappear after a move, a new phone number, or a new public record. Re-check every three months or so — or let our Sweep’s re-check handle it.
Why is my information on these sites at all?
They compile public records, marketing databases, and data-broker feeds. It is legal in most cases — but so is telling them to remove you, and every site here provides a way to do it.
Do I have to pay anyone to be removed?
No. Every removal on this page can be done yourself, free, and you should never pay the people-search site itself. What we charge for is doing the whole sweep for you and re-checking it — the work, not the right.
Does this stop scam calls?
It cuts off the research that makes scam calls convincing and reduces how easily new callers find you. Pair it with the basics — and if a call or text ever feels wrong, our free 24/7 line gives you a straight answer: 1-888-985-6187.
Steps checked August 2026. These sites change their processes; if a step looks different when you visit, our free line can walk you through it: 1-888-985-6187.