What can actually be removed from Google and the web, the right route for each type of content, and what can’t be removed at all.
How to delete your Instagram account or deactivate it instead, what to download first, what deleting does and doesn't remove, and what to do about tags, reposts and old search results.
How to delete your Facebook account or deactivate it instead, what to download and hand over first, what deleting does and doesn't remove, and how to handle photos, Pages and search results.
How to delete a Gmail account safely: removing just Gmail vs your whole Google Account, what to download first, what stays online afterward, and how to recover access if you're locked out.
How Google's Results about you tool finds search results showing your contact details, what its alerts do, why requests get approved or denied, and what it can't remove.
Google has several removal request routes, each for a different kind of content. How to pick the right one, what to include, what Google can and can't remove, and what to do next.
What the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link does, who has the right to use it, how Global Privacy Control works, and why opting out isn't the same as deletion.
Experian, Equifax and TransUnion sell data for marketing in more than one way. Here's how each opt-out works, and why none of them is the same as a credit freeze.
CoreLogic (now also known as Cotality) holds property and consumer data on most US homeowners. Here's what its opt-out can and can't do, and how to send a request.
What the California Delete Act does, how the state's DROP platform sends one deletion request to every registered data broker, who can use it, and what it won't remove.
Radaris.com was transferred by court order in 2026 and no longer shows people-search results. Here's what that means, how to clear old Google results and where your data may still appear.
PeopleFinders lets you request removal of your record for free through its own opt-out page. Here's how to find the right site and record, submit the request and keep it from coming back.
Intelius opt-outs run through its parent company's suppression center, which can also cover sister sites. Here's how to find your record, suppress it and check that it stays hidden.
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