{"id":9005,"date":"2025-02-18T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/?page_id=9005"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:25:48","slug":"delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete your personal info from the internet for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-metadata ngl-metadata\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;text-align:center;font-size:12px\" data-padding=\"10px,10px,20px,20px\" data-margin=\"0px,0px\">\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f90913d341018d607d40669240a3cf67eafc9b5137813ab1d0762959403220c?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" class=\"avatar avatar-32 photo\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-author\">Jared Newman<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-sep\">|<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-date\" data-date-format=\"F j, Y\">February 18, 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-200x140.jpg 200w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-450x314.jpg 450w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove-900x629.jpg 900w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/googleremoveapprove.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-table-of-contents-block ub_table-of-contents\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-8abe381b-5da1-4e0f-8f57-6195aa7669c3\" data-linktodivider=\"false\" data-showtext=\"show\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" data-enablesmoothscroll=\"false\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\" data-initiallyshow=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\" style=\"background-color: #587a6c; color: #FFFFFF; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\" style=\"text-align: left; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\">In this guide:<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column \">\n<ul style=\"\">\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free\/#0-googles-search-results-removal-tool\" style=\"\">Google&#8217;s search results removal tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free\/#1-a-deeper-cleanse\" style=\"\">A deeper cleanse<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free\/#2-making-manual-opt-out-requests\" style=\"\">Making manual opt out requests<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/delete-your-personal-info-from-the-internet-for-free\/#3-should-you-pay-for-data-removal\" style=\"\">Should you pay for data removal?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For years, Google made it incredibly easy to look up someone&#8217;s address, phone number, age, and other personal info.<\/p>\n<p>All you had to do was type in a person&#8217;s name and where they live, and you&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 20px 20px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Hold up!<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is for <a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/subscribe-to-advisorator\/\">Advisorator&#8217;s paying members<\/a> only. 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