How to Remove Yourself From IDCrawl

To complete an IDCrawl opt out, find the page IDCrawl shows for your name, then use the removal or opt-out link on IDCrawl’s own site (usually in the footer) to request that it be taken down, and confirm the request if you’re emailed a link. That hides IDCrawl’s page. Because IDCrawl gathers much of what it shows from other sites, you’ll also need to tighten or remove the social profiles and people-search listings it draws on, or similar information will keep turning up.

IDCrawl works differently from a classic data broker, so the order you do things in matters. This guide explains what IDCrawl shows, how to remove the page, and how to deal with the sources behind it.

How IDCrawl differs from other people-search sites

Most people-search sites, such as Spokeo or Whitepages, build their own profiles from public records and commercial data. IDCrawl presents itself more like a search engine for people. When someone searches a name, it pulls together results from across the web onto one page, which can include:

• Social media profiles that match the name, often with profile photos.
• Photos found on public web pages.
• Summaries of people-search results, such as age, cities and possible relatives, with links to paid background reports on other sites.
• Other web mentions, such as professional pages or articles.

The practical consequence is simple. IDCrawl’s page is a window onto other sources. Opting out of IDCrawl closes the window. It doesn’t change what’s behind it, and it does nothing about Google showing the original sources directly.

Step 1: See exactly what IDCrawl shows for you

1. Search your name on IDCrawl. Type the site’s address directly rather than clicking an ad. Add your state or city if the site lets you narrow results.
2. Look at every section. Note which social profiles, photos and people-search details are actually yours, and which belong to someone else with the same name.
3. Copy the URL of the page that shows your information and save it in a tracking note with the date.
4. Record the sources. For each item that’s yours, note where it came from: which social network, which people-search site, which website. This list becomes your to-do list in Step 3.
5. Take screenshots. They help you check later whether anything changed, and they’re useful evidence if the page is part of a harassment problem.
6. Search your name variations. Maiden names and nicknames may produce separate pages.

Step 2: Submit the IDCrawl opt-out

Sites like IDCrawl update their forms from time to time, so the screens may not match any guide exactly. The durable process is:

1. Find the opt-out or removal link on IDCrawl’s own domain. Check the site footer and the privacy policy.
2. Identify your page or listing. You’ll typically be asked to paste the URL of the page or search for yourself inside the removal flow and select the matching result.
3. Provide an email address if asked. Use a separate address you keep for privacy requests.
4. Complete any verification such as a captcha, then submit.
5. Confirm by email if the site sends a link. Check spam. Many sites don’t act until you confirm.
6. Repeat for any other page that’s yours.

After a few days, reload the saved URL. If your items no longer appear, the opt-out has worked for IDCrawl itself.

Step 3: Deal with the sources behind IDCrawl

This is the step that makes the removal last. Work through the source list you made in Step 1.

Source type	What to do
Your own social profiles	Set profiles to private where possible, remove or change profile photos you don’t want public, and check whether the platform lets search engines index your profile. Delete accounts you no longer use.
People-search sites	Opt out of each one separately. IDCrawl often links to paid background report sites; removing yourself there removes the underlying data.
Photos on other websites	Ask the site owner to remove the photo. If you took the photo yourself, a copyright takedown may be an option.
Someone else’s profile mislinked to you	Usually nothing to fix at the source. Mention the mismatch in your IDCrawl request so the whole page is reviewed.

For people-search sources, our guides to removing yourself from Spokeo and our broader people-search removal guide cover the main sites. For a photo that shows up in image searches, see how to remove images from Google.

What an IDCrawl opt-out won’t fix

• Google results for the original pages. Your social profiles and people-search listings can still rank for your name on their own.
• Other aggregators. Several sites work the way IDCrawl does, including PeekYou’s profile pages, and reverse search services such as Social Catfish draw on the same public sources. Each one needs its own request.
• New pages built from new data. If a new profile, photo or listing appears online, an aggregator may pick it up again.
• Information someone has already copied. Screenshots or saved reports can’t be recalled.

Keep the page from coming back

Aggregators refresh as the web changes. A short routine keeps things under control:

• Search your name on IDCrawl every few months, and after you open a new social account or change your name.
• Recheck the people-search sites you opted out of, since their listings can reappear too.
• Set up Google’s “Results about you” alerts so you hear when your phone number, email or home address appears in Google results. Our guide to Results about you explains how.
• Think before making a new profile public with your full name and photo.

Once IDCrawl no longer shows your information, use Google’s “Refresh outdated content” tool if the old IDCrawl result still appears in Google with your details in the snippet.

A worked example

This is an illustrative scenario, not a real client.

Marcus, a physical therapist, finds an IDCrawl page for his name near the top of Google. It shows his public social media profile photo, an old personal blog, and a people-search summary with his age, city and two relatives.

• He submits the IDCrawl opt-out through the site’s own removal page and confirms by email.
• He works through the sources. He makes his social profile private and swaps the photo, takes the old blog offline, and opts out of the three people-search sites the summary linked to.
• A week later the IDCrawl page no longer shows his details. He submits a Google refresh request for the stale snippet.
• At his three-month check nothing has come back, because the sources are gone.

Had he only used the IDCrawl opt-out, the same photo and people-search details would still have been one click away through the original sites.

Common mistakes

• Stopping at the IDCrawl form. The sources are the durable fix.
• Paying a site to remove the listing. IDCrawl’s own opt-out doesn’t require payment. Be wary of lookalike pages.
• Reporting another person’s profile as yours. Only remove what’s actually about you. Note mismatches instead.
• Deleting accounts before noting what they showed. Save screenshots first so you can check the aggregator updated.
• Forgetting Google. The IDCrawl result, and each source page, can keep ranking until Google recrawls.

When to get help

IDCrawl is manageable on your own, but the source cleanup can snowball when you have a common name, many old accounts, or a safety concern. If someone is using this information to harass you, see our online harassment help page and consider involving law enforcement.

Our personal reputation management service handles aggregator opt-outs, source cleanup and rechecks, and tells you honestly which pieces are likely to stay gone.

Frequently asked questions

Is the IDCrawl opt out free?

Yes. Requesting removal through IDCrawl’s own site shouldn’t require payment or an account. If a page asks you to pay, check that you’re on IDCrawl’s own domain.

Why does my information still show on other sites after I opted out of IDCrawl?

Because IDCrawl gathers much of its content from other sites. Opting out hides IDCrawl’s page but doesn’t touch the social profiles and people-search listings it drew on. Remove or lock those down separately.

Can I get my photo removed from IDCrawl?

Include it in your opt-out request, and then deal with the source. If the photo comes from your own social profile, change it or make the profile private so it can’t be picked up again.

How long does an IDCrawl removal take?

There’s no fixed timeline. Recheck the page after about a week. Google may show the old result for longer until it recrawls the page or you request a refresh.