Guides · 08 October 2026 · 6 min read

How to Remove Your Spokeo Information

Step-by-step instructions to remove your personal information from Spokeo using its opt-out page, plus what to expect and why listings return.

To remove your information from Spokeo, find your profile on the site, copy its URL, and submit it through Spokeo's opt-out page along with a confirmation email. Spokeo processes the request and removes the listing, usually within a few days. Below is the full process.

Before you start

You will need two things: the exact web address of the Spokeo profile that shows your data, and an email address you can check. Spokeo asks you to confirm the request by email, so pick an inbox you can open quickly.

One listing is rarely the whole picture. Spokeo often holds more than one profile for the same person, built from different name spellings, past addresses or old phone numbers. Search for yourself more than once using different combinations so you catch every version.

Find your Spokeo listing

1. Go to the Spokeo website and search for your full name. Add a city or state if the results are too broad.
2. Open the result that matches you. Check the age, relatives and past addresses to be sure it is yours and not someone with the same name.
3. Copy the full URL from your browser's address bar. This is the link you will paste into the opt-out form. Do not shorten or edit it.
4. Repeat the search for any nicknames, maiden names or former names, and copy each matching profile URL separately.

Submit the opt-out request

1. Open Spokeo's opt-out page. You can reach it from the link in the site footer, usually labelled with a privacy or opt-out option, or by searching for "Spokeo opt out" and following the result on the spokeo.com domain.
2. Paste the profile URL you copied into the field provided.
3. Enter the email address where you want the confirmation sent.
4. Complete any human-verification check, such as a checkbox or image puzzle.
5. Submit the form. Spokeo will show a message saying a confirmation email is on its way.

Confirm by email

1. Open the inbox you gave on the form. The email usually arrives within a few minutes. If you do not see it, check your spam or junk folder.
2. Open the message from Spokeo and click the confirmation link inside. This step is required. Without it, the request will not go through.
3. You should land on a page confirming the listing is scheduled for removal.

Repeat the whole process for every profile URL you found. Each listing needs its own submission and its own email confirmation. There is no single action that removes them all at once.

How long it takes

Spokeo normally removes a confirmed listing within a few days. After that, searching the removed URL should return a page that no longer shows your details. If the listing is still live after a reasonable wait, submit it again and keep a note of the date you sent each request.

Why your information comes back

Removal from Spokeo is not permanent. Data brokers rebuild their records from upstream sources: other brokers, marketing databases, and public records feeds. When those sources refresh, a new profile can be generated even though you opted out before. It is common for a listing to reappear within a few months.

This is not a mistake on your part. It is how the industry works. The practical approach is to treat opt-out as maintenance rather than a one-time fix. Re-check Spokeo every few months, and resubmit any profile that has returned.

What cannot be removed

Some of the information Spokeo displays comes from records that are public by law. Court filings, property ownership records, corporate registrations and voter rolls remain publicly accessible regardless of any opt-out. You can ask Spokeo to stop showing a profile that aggregates this data, but you cannot delete the underlying public record itself. If a detail about you reappears, it may be because the original public source still holds it.

If the data also appears on other sites

Spokeo is one of many people-search sites, and they often draw on overlapping sources. Removing your Spokeo listing does nothing for the copy of your data sitting on a different broker. If your goal is to reduce your overall exposure, you will need to repeat a similar opt-out process on each site that lists you. Each one has its own form and its own quirks.

Keep a record

Whether you remove one listing or many, keep track of what you have done:

• The profile URL you submitted.
• The date you sent the request.
• The date you confirmed by email.
• Whether and when the listing reappeared.

This record makes resubmission faster and helps you spot which sites keep rebuilding your profile.

Doing this at scale

Opting out of Spokeo by hand is manageable for one or two listings. Across dozens of brokers, each with its own form, confirmation step and refresh cycle, it becomes a repeating chore. Vanish is a Mac app that finds where brokers publish your details and sends deletion demands under the CCPA on your behalf, then re-checks over time as listings return. It is an automated alternative to the manual process above, not a replacement for understanding how it works.

However you handle it, the core routine is the same: find every profile, submit each one, confirm by email, and check back regularly because the records come back.