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Spokeo

A people-search engine that merges public records, social profiles, and purchased marketing data into a profile anyone can buy for a few dollars.

Start the opt-out ↗See the steps and the catch ↓

What they have
  • Full name and aliases
  • Current and past addresses (often 20+ years)
  • Phone numbers and emails
  • Relatives and associates
  • Social media profiles
  • Court and property records
  • Estimated income and home value
Who they sell to
  • Anyone with a credit card, no vetting or permissible-purpose check for basic reports

How to make them delete it

Email · customercare@spokeo.com
They demand · Email confirmation link, one per listing
Turnaround · 24 to 72 hours per listing
  1. Search your name on Spokeo and copy the exact URL of your listing
  2. Paste that URL into spokeo.com/optout with an email address
  3. Click the confirmation link they send
  4. Search again for name variants, past cities, and old phone numbers. Each separate listing needs its own opt-out
  5. Set a reminder to re-check in 90 days
The catch — why this won't stick

Removal hides the listing rather than deleting the source records. New listings for the same person regularly appear after public-records refreshes, and each variant listing requires a separate request.

Your legal leverage
  • CCPA / Delete Act (CA residents)
  • State deletion laws (CO, CT, TX, others)
Sibling brands — each needs its own opt-out

ThatsThem.com · AnyWho.com · PeopleWin.com · FreePeopleDirectory.com · Family.me

The letter, pre-written

People-search removal follow-up with this broker's name filled in. Fill in your details below (they stay in your browser), keep a dated copy of what you send.Template details →

Fill in your details — stays in your browser

Everything you type is inserted into the letter on this page, in your browser. It is never sent to us or to anyone.

Subject: Second Request: Remove My Listing [LISTING URL]

To Spokeo Support and Privacy Teams:

On [DATE] I submitted a removal request for my listing at [LISTING URL] through your published opt-out process. The listing remains live [or: has reappeared] as of [DATE].

I am renewing my demand that you remove all listings and profiles about me, including variants under prior names, prior addresses, or misspellings. For your search:

- Name variants: [NAMES]
- Cities associated with me: [CITIES]
- Age: [AGE]

[If applicable:] As a resident of [STATE], I am also formally exercising my deletion rights under [statute], which obligates you to delete my personal information, including from any sibling sites you operate on shared data.

Please confirm removal in writing within 10 business days. Absent confirmation, I will file complaints with the FTC and [the California Privacy Protection Agency / my state Attorney General], and I am keeping a dated record of this correspondence.

[NAME]
[DATE]