FastPeopleSearch.com Removal: Opt Out & Delete Your Info

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A step-by-step guide to deleting your personal information from FastPeopleSearch

Co-authored by Tyrone Showers and Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: August 16, 2024 Fact Checked

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FastPeopleSearch Removal

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Did you find your personal information on FastPeopleSearch.com? People-finder sites like FastPeopleSearch collect data from public records to publish on the web, making it possible for anyone to find your personal information with a quick Google search. If you don't like the idea of knowing that anyone can find your address and phone number by searching for your name, you're not alone! Fortunately, FastPeopleSearch removal is both easy and free. This wikiHow article will walk you through the simple steps of removing yourself from FastPeopleSearch.com.

Quick Steps

Go to www.fastpeoplesearch.com/removal.
Type your email address and check both boxes.
Click Begin Removal Process.
Type your name and location and click Free Search.
Click View Free Details below your record.
Click Remove My Record and follow the on-screen instructions.

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Go to https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/removal in your web browser. You can use any web browser on your computer, phone, or tablet to use the FastPeopleSearch removal tool.
- Note that you must start the removal process from this page—before searching for your name. If you've already opened your record or are beginning at fastpeoplesearch.com/removal/search, you will not see the option to remove your record.
- We've tested this process in the Google Chrome web browser and confirmed it works. If you don't have Google Chrome, you can download it from https://www.google.com/chrome.
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Fill out the form and click Begin Removal Process. You must provide your email address and check a few boxes to continue:
- Type your email address into the field.
- Check the box to confirm that you are the subject of the FastPeopleSearch record (or authorized by the subject) that you're requesting to have removed.
- Check the box next to "I'm not a robot." This just tells the removal tool that you're a real person.
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Type your name and location into the fields to perform a search for yourself. A list of matching results will appear.
When you find yourself in the search results, don't click your name. Instead, scroll to the bottom of your information and click the "View Free Details" button. Additional information about you will appear, including your current and previous addresses.
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Click the red Remove My Record button. You'll see it at the top of the page. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you entered.
- Make sure you don't "View Full Background Report" by accident. If you do, you'll be taken to another website (PeopleFinders) that will try to charge you a fee.
- If you don't see "Remove My Record," you may be using an ad blocker like uBlock Origin or Adblock Plus. If so, you may need to disable your ad blocker so the button will appear. Alternatively, open an incognito window and try following this method in that window.
- If you still don't see "Remove My Record," it may be because you've requested too many removals from the email address you've entered. Try starting this process again using a different email address.
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Open the email from FastPeopleSearch and click the removal link. The link will say Click here to remove (your name). This opens a new page in your web browser that displays the message "Record Removal Complete."
- Allow 72 hours for FastPeopleSearch to remove your records from the website.
- If FastPeopleSearch needs more information to process your removal request, they'll contact you via email.

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How FastPeopleSearch Got Your Data

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Sites like FastPeopleSearch get your information from public records. Despite our best efforts at staying private online, a lot of our personal info is more public than we think. FastPeopleSearch and similar sites can build profiles about us from a variety of sources, including:
- Public records, including voter registration data, driving records, property records, marriage and divorce records, birth and death records, and professional license databases.^{[1]
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- Information you share on the web, including on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
- Information you indirectly share while browsing the web and shopping online.
- Purchasing information from other data brokers.
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You can opt out from any people search site. Even after removing yourself from FastPeopleSearch, your personal information may still be available on other people search sites, such as WhitePages.com. Check out our guide on Removing Yourself from People Search Sites for more tips on deleting yourself from similar sites.
- As long as your data appears in public records, other websites may still publish your data online. Google your name periodically, and submit opt-out requests from sites that make you uncomfortable.