How to Remove Yourself From US Search

To opt out of US Search, go to ussearch.com, follow the privacy or “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link in the footer, and use the opt-out page it points to. You’ll typically verify an email address, search for your record using your name and a few details, and select it for suppression. The process is free, and because US Search is generally listed among a family of related people-search brands, the page it sends you to may be a shared suppression center that covers more than one site.

The ussearch opt out catches people out for two reasons. The opt-out may not live on ussearch.com itself, and the word used is often “suppress”, not “delete”. This guide explains both, walks through the steps, and covers what to check afterward. For a plan covering many sites at once, see our guide to removing yourself from people-search sites.

What US Search is and what it shows

US Search is one of the older US people-search brands. Like others in the category, it compiles reports from public records and commercial data. A report can include your name and age, current and past addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives, and records such as property ownership or court filings where they exist.

A basic search shows a preview, and full reports sit behind a payment. The preview alone can be enough to confirm who you are and roughly where you live.

US Search has for years been associated with the same group of brands as Intelius. Ownership in this industry changes, so don’t rely on that. Instead, look at where US Search’s own footer links take you. If they point to a shared suppression center, one request there may apply across several brands. If they point to a US Search page, use that. Other domains can lead here too: when we checked in September 2026, peoplelookup.com redirected to US Search, as our guide to the PeopleLookup opt-out explains.

Suppression versus deletion

When a people-search site “suppresses” your record, it stops showing it in its search results and reports. It usually keeps a minimal record, in part so it can recognize you and keep you suppressed when new data comes in. Deletion, by contrast, means erasing the data.

For most people, suppression is what matters, because it stops strangers from finding you through the site. If you want deletion as well, and you live in a state with a comprehensive privacy law such as California, you can generally make a separate deletion request through the privacy policy. What the company must do depends on the law and its exemptions. Our guide to the data broker opt-out list explains how these requests fit together across sites.

Before you start

• Set up a separate email address for privacy requests. You’ll need to verify one, and a dedicated address keeps your main inbox out of more databases.
• List your identifiers. Every name you’ve used, including maiden names and middle initials, each state you’ve lived in over the last decade, and your date of birth or age.
• Type the address yourself. Go to ussearch.com directly instead of clicking an ad, so you land on the real site.
• Keep a log of each record you suppress, the date, and the date you checked.

Step by step: the US Search opt-out

1. Follow the official link. On ussearch.com, scroll to the footer and follow the privacy, opt-out or “Do Not Sell” link. Note which domain you end up on.
2. Verify your email. Enter your email address and click the verification link that arrives. Check spam and promotions if it takes more than a few minutes.
3. Search for your record. Enter your name and date of birth or age, and a state if asked. These help narrow the list to records that could be yours.
4. Check each result carefully. Compare cities, relatives and age with your own list before you select anything.
5. Select your record and confirm suppression. Follow the prompts. Some pages let you select more than one matching record; if so, include every one that’s yours.
6. Repeat for name variations. Search again under your maiden name, nicknames and versions with and without a middle initial.
7. Check after a few days. Search yourself on US Search and confirm your record no longer appears in results.

Page layouts and button names change. The pattern (official link, verify email, find record, suppress, check) is what stays the same, so follow the current prompts on the page.

What the opt-out covers and what it doesn’t

Item	Covered by the opt-out?
The US Search record you suppressed	Yes, once processed.
Related brands using the same suppression center	Often, if the center says the suppression applies across its brands. Check each site to be sure.
Unrelated people-search sites	No. Each runs its own opt-out.
Reports already bought by someone	No. Those can’t be recalled.
The original public records	No. They stay with the agencies that hold them.
The Google result for your old record	Not immediately. Google updates it after recrawling, or sooner with a refresh request.

Checking the related sites

If the suppression center you used says it covers several brands, don’t take it on faith. Search yourself on each related site the center names and confirm your record is gone. If one still shows you, go back through that site’s own footer link and submit again.

Our guide on how to opt out of Intelius explains how its suppression center works in more detail. The same principles apply here: verify your email, find every record, and check each brand afterward.

Why a record can reappear

Suppression is designed to hold, but new data can still create a new record that doesn’t match the one you suppressed. A move, a new phone number or a name change is the usual cause. The fix is simple: search, suppress the new record, and note it in your log.

• Search yourself every three to four months, and soon after any move.
• Use the same name variations and states you used the first time.
• Check the related brands as well as US Search.

If keeping up with this across dozens of sites isn’t realistic for you, a paid removal service is one option. Our guide on whether data removal services are worth it sets out what they do well and what they miss.

Clean up the Google result too

People-search pages rank well for names, and Google’s snippet can keep showing your age or city after the page itself has changed. Once your record is suppressed, use Google’s “Refresh outdated content” tool to ask Google to update or drop the result.

Google’s “Results about you” tool can also alert you when your phone number, home address or email shows up in search results, and lets you request removal of those results from Google. The source site and the search result are separate problems. Fix both.

A worked example

This is an illustrative scenario, not a real client.

Renata, a school counselor, is preparing to testify in a family court case and wants her home address harder to find. She searches her name and finds a US Search preview showing her age, her current town and her husband’s name.

• She follows the footer link from ussearch.com and notices it takes her to a suppression center that names several related brands.
• She verifies a new email address set up for privacy requests, searches her name and birth year, and finds three records: current name, maiden name, and one with a misspelled surname.
• She suppresses all three. A week later she checks US Search and each brand the center listed. Two sites no longer show her; one still does under the misspelled name.
• She submits that record again through the site’s own link, and it disappears on her next check.
• She submits a Google refresh request for an old snippet and moves on to the free people-search sites.

Checking each brand, rather than trusting that one request covered them all, caught the record that would have stayed up.

Common mistakes

• Looking for the opt-out only on ussearch.com. Follow the footer link wherever it leads.
• Suppressing one record. Search misspellings, maiden names and middle initials.
• Not checking related brands. Confirm on each site rather than assuming.
• Skipping email verification. The process usually won’t continue without it.
• Paying for removal. The official route is free.
• Forgetting to re-check. Put a reminder in your calendar.

If you’re doing this for safety reasons

Opt-outs reduce exposure, but they aren’t a safety plan by themselves. If someone is using your address to threaten you, save the evidence, report it to local police, and ask whether your state runs an address confidentiality program. Our guide on what to do if you’ve been doxxed covers the wider steps. For protective orders or other legal options, talk to a lawyer or a victim advocate.

When to get help

Most people can handle US Search and its related brands in an afternoon. Help makes sense when your details are spread across many sites, when you need it done fast because of a safety concern, or when people-search listings are only one part of a wider search-results problem. Our personal reputation management service covers opt-outs, re-checks and the broader cleanup. We’ll tell you plainly what can be removed and what will need ongoing monitoring.

Frequently asked questions

Is the US Search opt-out free?

Yes. The official opt-out asks you to verify an email address, not to pay or create an account. A page that asks for payment is not the official route.

Why did the US Search opt-out take me to a different website?

Many people-search brands share a central suppression page. If US Search’s own footer link sends you there, that’s the official route, and one request may cover several related sites. Check each one afterward.

How long does it take for my US Search record to disappear?

It depends on processing, but suppressions typically take effect within days. Google may keep showing an old result longer until it recrawls the page or you submit a refresh request.

Is suppression the same as deleting my data?

No. Suppression hides your record from searches and reports, while the company may keep minimal data to keep you suppressed. If you want deletion and your state’s privacy law gives you that right, make a separate request through the privacy policy.