How to Remove Yourself From Advanced Background Checks

To complete an Advanced Background Checks opt out, search for yourself on the site, note each record that’s yours, then use the removal or opt-out link on the site’s own domain (typically in the footer or privacy section) to request that each record be suppressed. Confirm by email if you’re sent a link. The opt-out is free, and because new data can create a new record, plan to check again every few months.

Despite the name, Advanced Background Checks is best treated as a free people-search site. Its profile pages are open to anyone, so they’re worth removing early. This guide covers finding every record, submitting the removal, what it won’t fix, and how to keep it clean.

What Advanced Background Checks shows

Advanced Background Checks lets anyone search by name, phone number or address and view a profile without paying. A typical record can include:

• Your name, age and aliases or former names.
• Current and previous addresses, sometimes going back many years.
• Landline and mobile phone numbers.
• Possible relatives and associates, each linked to their own profile.

Free profiles like this are the easiest for a stranger to use, and they tend to rank well in Google for people’s names. If you’re removing yourself from people-search sites generally, free sites such as this belong near the top of the list.

Step 1: Find every record that’s yours

1. Go to the site directly. Type the address rather than clicking an ad, since several similarly named sites exist.
2. Search your full name and state. Open any result where the age, cities and relatives line up with you.
3. Search variations. Try your maiden name, nicknames and your name with and without a middle initial or suffix.
4. Run reverse lookups. Search your current and old phone numbers and your past addresses. These sometimes surface a separate record the name search missed.
5. Save each record’s URL in a tracking note with the date you found it.

Having more than one record is common. A move, a name change or a typo in a source database can each create a duplicate, and each one needs its own removal.

Step 2: Submit the Advanced Background Checks removal

Forms on people-search sites change, so treat this as the general shape of the process rather than an exact screen-by-screen walkthrough:

1. Find the removal link on the site’s own domain. Look in the footer for wording about removing a record, opting out or privacy requests.
2. Locate your record inside the removal flow. You’ll typically search again and select the matching profile, or paste its URL.
3. Enter an email address if asked. Use a separate address you keep for privacy requests.
4. Complete any verification, such as a captcha, and submit.
5. Click the confirmation link if one is emailed to you, checking spam if needed.
6. Repeat for every record on your list.

Give it some days, then reload each saved URL. If the page no longer shows your details, the removal has gone through. If it still does after a couple of weeks, submit again and keep a note of both dates.

Check related sites at the same time

Several free people-search sites look alike and appear to share data or technology. If you’re on Advanced Background Checks, you’re very likely on similar free sites too. Rather than guess which ones are connected, search yourself on each of the common free sites, such as FreePeopleDirectory, and opt out of every one where you appear.

Our guides to TruePeopleSearch and FastBackgroundCheck cover two sites with a similar format. The data broker opt-out list gives you a wider checklist to work through.

What the opt-out covers

Item	Covered?
The record you submitted	Usually yes, once processed and confirmed.
Duplicate records under other names or addresses	No. Each one needs its own request.
Your name listed as a relative on someone else’s record	Not always. You may be able to request removal, but results vary.
Other people-search sites, including lookalikes	No. Opt out of each separately.
Google’s search result for the old record	Not immediately. Request a refresh once the page changes.

If your state has a comprehensive privacy law, you may also be able to send a deletion request, which asks the company to delete your data rather than just hide the profile. Look for a privacy rights or “do not sell” link on the site.

Clean up the Google result

An Advanced Background Checks page can keep showing in Google with your age or city in the snippet after the site has removed your details. Once the page no longer shows your information, use Google’s “Refresh outdated content” tool to update the result. Our guide to removing outdated content from Google walks through it.

You can also use Google’s “Results about you” tool to request removal of results showing your phone number, email or home address, and to get alerts when new ones appear.

Keep your record from returning

People-search sites pull fresh data regularly. A new address or phone number may create a new record with a new URL, even though the old one stays suppressed. To stay on top of it:

• Search yourself every three to four months, using the same variations and reverse lookups.
• Check again after any move, number change or name change.
• Keep your tracking note updated, so you can see which records are new.
• Give out your main phone number and address less often, especially on warranty cards, sweepstakes and loyalty sign-ups, which can feed data brokers.

A worked example

This is an illustrative scenario, not a real client.

Elena is a property manager who recently left an abusive relationship and moved. She searches herself on Advanced Background Checks and finds her new address already listed, along with her former partner’s name as an associate.

• She searches her old and new phone numbers and finds two records: one tied to her previous address and one to her new one.
• She submits both through the site’s own removal page from a new email address and clicks each confirmation link.
• She checks lookalike free sites the same day and finds the same data on three of them. She opts out of each.
• She contacts a local domestic violence advocate, who explains that many states run address confidentiality programs for survivors. Her state has one, and she applies.
• She rechecks monthly for the first few months rather than quarterly, given the risk.

If you’re in a similar situation, safety planning matters more than any single opt-out. Our online harassment help page lists organizations that can help.

Common mistakes

• Using a lookalike site’s form. Several sites have similar names. Make sure you’re on the domain that shows your record.
• Missing duplicate records. Always run reverse phone and address searches.
• Skipping confirmation. Click any email link the site sends, or the request may not be processed.
• Assuming it covers background checks by employers. It doesn’t. Those run through regulated consumer reporting agencies.
• Checking once and forgetting. Records can come back with new data.

When to get help

You can handle this yourself in an evening. It makes sense to get help if you need many sites cleared quickly for safety reasons, if records keep returning, or if people-search pages are one part of a wider search result problem. Our personal reputation management service manages opt-outs, rechecks and search cleanup, and is honest about which listings will need ongoing monitoring.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Advanced Background Checks opt out free?

Yes. Removing your record through the site’s own opt-out doesn’t require payment or an account. If you’re asked to pay, you’re likely on a different site.

Will opting out affect a background check my employer runs?

No. Employers generally use regulated background check companies, not free people-search websites. Opting out removes the public web profile, not records held by consumer reporting agencies.

Why do I have more than one Advanced Background Checks record?

Data sources don’t always recognize that two records are the same person. A move, a name change or a different phone number can create a separate profile. Remove each one.

My record came back after I opted out. What happened?

New data, such as a new address, probably created a fresh record with a new URL. Search yourself again and submit the new record the same way.