How to delete your personal info from the internet for free

Jared Newman

February 18, 2025

In this guide:

Google’s search results removal tool
A deeper cleanse
Making manual opt out requests
Should you pay for data removal?

For years, Google made it incredibly easy to look up someone’s address, phone number, age, and other personal info.

All you had to do was type in a person’s name and where they live, and you’d get all kinds of details from sites like Whitepages and Spokeo, which pull together that info from public and private sources. Creepy as this is, doing anything about it has always been a slog, and most people never bothered.

Almost there.

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