Delete Yourself: The Master List to Remove Your Address for Free

Two years ago, a client of mine, a high-net-worth divorce attorney - called me at 11 PM. She was hiding in her bathroom.

An angry ex-husband of a client was pounding on her front door. He didn't follow her home. He didn't hire a private investigator. He paid $0.99 on Whitepages.com.

He found her home address, her cell phone number, and her son's name in less than 30 seconds.

We scrubbed her digital footprint the next day. But here's the thing: most people think "privacy" means deleting their Facebook account. It doesn't. Your privacy is being sold by Data Brokers - companies like Acxiom and Spokeo that scrape public records and sell them to anyone with a credit card.

You probably think you need to pay a service like DeleteMe $129 a year to fix this. You don't. I'm going to show you the manual override.

I'll give you the "Master List" in a minute-the exact three sites you need to nuke to make the others disappear-but first, you need to understand the game.

The "Whack-a-Mole" Cycle

If you Google yourself right now, you will see your address on 50 different sites. Radaris. ClustrMaps. That weird one called "OfficialUSA."

Your instinct is to go to every single one and click "Opt Out."

Stop. You are wasting your time.

These smaller sites are "feeders." They don't collect data; they just scrape the major aggregators. If you delete your profile on Radaris but leave it on Whitepages, Radaris will just scrape it again next week. It is a game of whack-a-mole you cannot win.

(Personally, I think the existence of these sites should be illegal, but Congress is too busy arguing about TikTok to protect your physical safety. So we have to do it ourselves.)

You need to remove the primary source.

The "Master List" (The Big Three)

In my 15 years of digital security audits, I have found that 90% of your personal data comes from just three sources. If you delete these, the downstream sites starve and die.

Here is exactly how to do it. Do not skip steps.

Target 1: Whitepages (The Public Face)

This is the big one. It ranks highest on Google. If you are on Whitepages, you are everywhere.

The Protocol:

1. Go to whitepages.com and search for your name.
2. Find the record that matches you. Do not click the record.
3. Copy the URL of your profile from the search results page.
4. Go to the Opt-Out Page (they hide this deep in the footer).
   • URL: https://www.whitepages.com/suppression-requests
5. Paste your URL. Verify your identity with a phone call (use a burner number if you have one, but a real one works too).

Time to vanish: 24 hours.

Target 2: Acxiom (The Invisible Giant)

You've probably never heard of Acxiom. But they know what car you drive, what medication you take, and how much debt you have. They are the "root" database for marketing junk mail.

Last year, a real estate agent came to us because she was getting harassment mail at her home. We scrubbed Whitepages, but it kept happening. Then we scrubbed Acxiom. The mail stopped instantly.

The Protocol:

1. Go to the Consumer Data Portal.
   • URL: https://isapps.acxiom.com/optout/optout.aspx
2. Select "Delete all data."
3. You will need to enter your email to verify.
4. Crucial Step: They will send you a "confirmation" email. If you don't click it within 1 hour, the request is voided. They rely on you forgetting.

Time to vanish: 14 days (they are slow on purpose).

Target 3: FastPeopleSearch (The Creepiest)

This site requires no account, no credit card, and gives instant results. It is the favorite tool of stalkers and road-rage drivers.

The Protocol:

1. Go to the Removal Page directly.
   • URL: https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/removal
2. Enter your email and check "I am not a robot."
3. Search for your name within the removal tool.
4. Click "Remove My Record."

Time to vanish: Instantly. (It's surprisingly efficient for a scumbag company).

THE "DARK MODE" TIP

When these sites ask for your email to "verify" the removal, do not use your primary email.

Create a throwaway Gmail account (e.g., [email protected]). Why? Because sometimes they take that email and add it back to their marketing database. Never give them fresh data.

The Google Shield (Automated Defense)

Google finally realized that having people's home addresses in search results is a liability. In late 2025, they rolled out a tool that actually works.

It's called "Results about you."

Most people don't know this dashboard exists. It allows you to set up an automated dragnet.

1. Open the Google App on your phone (or go to myactivity.google.com/results-about-you).
2. Add your legal name, phone number, and home address.
3. Turn on "Auto-Delete."

Now, whenever Google's crawler finds a page that contains your cell phone number, it will alert you and ask if you want to de-index it.

Do this today. It puts the work on Google's algorithm, not your manual searching.

The "Advanced Option" (For Homeowners)

Look, if you own a home, you have a bigger problem.

Your name is on the County Deed. That is a public government record. Data brokers scrape county sites daily. Even if you scrub Whitepages, it will pop back up the next time the county updates its database.

There is only one way to fix this permanently. And it's not cheap.

You must remove your identity from the deed.

If you are buying a house in 2026, do not buy it in your name. Buy it in an Anonymous Trust or a Wyoming LLC.

We had a client-a tech CEO-who had stalkers showing up at his gate. He sold his house and bought the new one under "The Blue Sky Trust." Now, when you search his address, you see a law firm's name. When you search his name, you see nothing.

If you already own the home, you can "quitclaim" the deed into an LLC, but it triggers transfer taxes in some states. Check with a lawyer. But if you value your safety over $1,500 in legal fees, do it.

Summary Checklist

You can spend $129 on a subscription service, or you can spend 20 minutes doing this:

1. Whitepages: Suppression Request (The face).
2. Acxiom: Opt-Out Portal (The root).
3. FastPeopleSearch: Direct Removal (The speed).
4. Google: "Results about you" dashboard (The shield).

Your privacy isn't gone. It's just buried under a pile of forms designed to make you give up. Don't let them win.