Guides · 20 September 2026 · 6 min read

What Is MyLife.com Used For?

MyLife.com sells background reports and Reputation Scores built from public and consumer data. Learn what it does and how to remove your profile.

MyLife.com is a people-search and background-report site. It builds a profile on you from public records and consumer data, then displays it publicly and sells access to the fuller version. The most recognisable part of a MyLife listing is its Reputation Score, a number the site assigns to a person along with hints about "court records", "personal reviews" and other flags. Much of this is designed to prompt people to pay to see what the profile supposedly contains.

What MyLife actually collects and shows

A typical MyLife profile pulls together a mix of data points. The exact fields vary from person to person, but commonly include:

• Full name, current and past age
• Current and previous addresses
• Phone numbers and possible email addresses
• Relatives and known associates
• The Reputation Score and vague references to court or arrest records
• Prompts suggesting there may be reviews, background details or financial information behind a paywall

Some of this comes from genuinely public sources. Some is aggregated from other data brokers and marketing feeds. The Reputation Score itself is a MyLife invention, not an official record, and it is often built from thin data padded out with alarming language.

Why your profile exists even if you never signed up

MyLife does not need your permission to create a listing. It scrapes and buys data in bulk, then generates a profile automatically. This is how nearly all people-search sites work. You can appear on MyLife without ever having visited the site, created an account, or agreed to anything.

Because the data is assembled from other sources, removing a profile does not stop the underlying feeds. Brokers rebuild their records from upstream data, so a listing you remove today can reappear within a few months once the site re-ingests the same source material. Removal is worth doing, but treat it as maintenance rather than a one-off fix.

What you can and cannot remove

You can ask MyLife to take down the profile it publishes about you. What you cannot do is erase the original public records behind it. Court filings, property records, corporate registrations and voter rolls are public by law. Those stay where they are. What you are removing is MyLife's packaged copy and its Reputation Score, not the source documents.

How to remove your MyLife profile

MyLife provides an opt-out process. The exact wording and page layout change over time, so follow the general path rather than relying on a fixed link.

1. Search for your own name on MyLife.com. Add your city or age if there are several matches, and open the profile that is clearly yours.
2. Copy the full web address of that profile page from your browser's address bar. You will likely need it to identify which listing you want removed.
3. Look for MyLife's privacy or opt-out option. This is usually reached from a link in the site footer, often labelled with wording about privacy, your California rights, or removing your listing. If you cannot find it on the profile page, check the footer of the homepage.
4. Follow the opt-out instructions on that page. You may be asked to provide the profile address you copied, plus a contact email or phone number so MyLife can confirm the request.
5. If MyLife directs you to contact them to complete the request, send the removal demand using the contact method they specify. State clearly that you want the profile and the Reputation Score removed, and include the profile address.
6. Complete any verification step. MyLife may send a confirmation email or a code you have to enter. Finish this promptly, because unverified requests are often ignored.
7. Keep a record. Save the confirmation message, the date, and a screenshot of the profile before removal. This helps if the listing reappears and you need to file the request again.

If MyLife's process is unclear, invoke your rights under privacy law directly. If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives you the right to ask a business to delete personal information it holds about you. State in your request that you are exercising your CCPA deletion rights. Businesses subject to the law must have a way to receive these requests.

What to expect after you submit

A confirmed removal usually takes the profile out of MyLife's public search results after some processing time. Do not expect it to vanish the moment you press send. If it is still visible after a reasonable period, resubmit and reference your earlier request and its date.

Check back and repeat

Set a reminder to search for yourself on MyLife again in a few months. Because the site rebuilds from upstream data, a fresh profile can appear even after a successful removal. When it does, run the same process again. There is no permanent switch that keeps you off for good.

Removal is not one and done. It is a recurring task, because the data broker keeps buying the same source data that created the profile in the first place.

Doing this across many sites

MyLife is one of dozens of people-search sites that carry similar data. Removing yourself from one does not touch the others, and each has its own opt-out steps. If you want to handle it by hand, expect to repeat the process across many sites and to revisit them periodically.

Vanish is a Mac app that automates this. It scans for where brokers publish your details and sends CCPA deletion demands on your behalf, then keeps checking for reappearances. It is one option if the manual approach becomes too much to track. The steps above work perfectly well on their own if you prefer to do it yourself.

Common questions

Is MyLife.com a scam?

MyLife is a real, operating company, not a scam in the strict sense. It does sell genuine reports. The criticism is that its Reputation Scores and profile teasers use alarming language to push people into paying, and that it publishes data without consent. Its practices have drawn legal complaints and regulatory attention over the years.

Is the MyLife Reputation Score accurate?

Not reliably. The Reputation Score is a number MyLife invents from the data it holds, which is often incomplete or drawn from other people with similar names. It is not an official record and carries no legal weight. Treat it as a marketing device rather than a factual assessment.

Will removing my MyLife profile delete my public records?

No. Removal only takes down MyLife's copy of your information. The original public records, such as court filings, property records and voter registration, remain public by law and are not affected.

How long until my MyLife profile comes back?

There is no fixed timeline, but listings often reappear within a few months. MyLife rebuilds profiles from the same upstream data feeds, so the only reliable approach is to check periodically and resubmit the removal when a new profile shows up.

Do I need to pay to remove my MyLife listing?

No. Opting out of MyLife is free. You should never have to buy a subscription or a report to have your profile removed. If a step asks you to pay to opt out, you are likely looking at the wrong page.