How to remove yourself from USPhonebook
USPhonebook's free opt-out is at usphonebook.com/opt-out. You enter your name and email, click the link it sends (it expires after 24 hours), and fill in the details on your record. USPhonebook says to allow 3 days.
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Key takeaways
- Go to usphonebook.com/opt-out, enter your name and an email address, and complete the captcha.
- Click the emailed link within 24 hours and fill in the form with details that match your record.
- USPhonebook says to allow 3 days for the request to be fully processed. It is free.
- USPhonebook is built around reverse phone lookup, so check that your number no longer shows your name afterwards.
Why a phone lookup site matters
USPhonebook presents itself as a way to find out who owns a phone number, and it also searches by name and address. For you, that means anyone who has your number (a stranger from a marketplace listing, a scammer who got it from a leak) can type it in and get your name and address back. That is the link worth breaking.
Like other sites of this kind, it says it is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, so its results cannot legally be used for employment, credit or tenant screening.
Step 1: look yourself up three ways
Search your mobile number, your landline if you have one, your name with your state, and your street address. Write down how each matching record spells your name and which city it shows. The opt-out form asks for details that match the record, so this is the information you need.
Step 2: submit the opt-out
As of October 2026, USPhonebook’s own page describes these steps:
- Open usphonebook.com/opt-out.
- Enter your email address and name and complete the captcha.
- Click the link USPhonebook emails you. The site says it may take some time to arrive, and if you wait more than 24 hours to click it you will need to request a new one.
- Enter your information on the form. It should match the record you want opted out.
- A confirmation page and a confirmation email follow. USPhonebook says to allow 3 days for the request to be fully processed.
The site warns that leaving information out or getting it wrong only hinders the opt-out, and says it will not use the details for anything other than processing your request.
Free step
Step 3: confirm your number no longer resolves to you
After three or four days, run the reverse phone search on your own number again. It should no longer show your name and address. If it still does, submit the form again with exactly the name and city that record shows.
Your number can still resolve to your name on other sites. The steps on USPhonebook’s page match those on FastPeopleSearch, TruePeopleSearch and SearchPeopleFree, so it is quick to do them together. Each needs its own request. The full set is in our data broker opt-out list.
For the longer term, stop handing out your real number where you can. A free Google Voice number for marketplace sales and sign-up forms keeps your real one out of new databases.
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Common questions
How do I remove my number from USPhonebook?
Go to usphonebook.com/opt-out, enter your name and email, complete the captcha, click the emailed link within 24 hours and fill in details matching your record. USPhonebook says to allow 3 days. It is free.
How long does a USPhonebook opt-out take?
USPhonebook's opt-out page says to allow 3 days for a request to be fully processed after you submit the form.
Will opting out of USPhonebook stop my number showing on other sites?
No. Each people-search site needs its own request. FastPeopleSearch, TruePeopleSearch and SearchPeopleFree use near-identical forms, so do them in the same sitting.
Your next step
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- How to remove yourself from FastPeopleSearchFastPeopleSearch's free removal starts at fastpeoplesearch.com/optout (the old /removal address redirects there). You give your name and email, click the link it sends within 24 hours, and fill in details matching your record. The site says to allow 3 days.
- How to remove yourself from TruePeopleSearch and FastPeopleSearchTruePeopleSearch's removal form is at truepeoplesearch.com/removal. You enter your name and email, click the link it sends within 24 hours, and fill in details matching your record. The site says to allow 3 days. FastPeopleSearch uses a near-identical form at fastpeoplesearch.com/removal.
- Data broker opt-out list: every link, what each asks for, how long it takes16 data brokers in one table, each read from the broker's own opt-out page in October 2026: the link, what it asks you for, how it verifies you and how long it says removal takes. Every one is free. Start with the 7 marked "do first".
- How to remove your info from data broker and people-search sitesPeople-search sites publish your address, phone number and relatives for anyone to find. You can remove most listings yourself for free. It takes a few hours, and it needs repeating.