How to Remove Yourself from Whitepages: Step-by-Step Guide

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Easy ways to delete your info from Whitepages

Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor and Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: November 13, 2024 Fact Checked

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This wikiHow guide teaches you how to remove yourself from the Whitepages website. There are two types of information you may find about yourself on Whitepages.com: Free info, which is available to everyone, and premium info, which only paid users can see. Fortunately, it's easy to opt out of Whitepages no matter which type of information you find about yourself. Once you submit your removal request, your data should be deleted from Whitepages in 24 to 48 hours.

Quick Steps

Search for yourself on Whitepages.com.
Click View details next to your name.
Copy the URL of your profile.
Submit the URL at whitepages.com/suppression-requests.
Enter your phone number and click Call now to verify.
Verify the 4-digit code to confirm.

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Removing Free Information

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Go to your Whitepages.com details. To do this, go to https://www.whitepages.com and search for yourself. Click the View details button to open your details.
- Click the View details button next to your name to open your profile.^{[1]
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- If you don't see "View details" and only see View full report, the information is considered "premium" data. To remove premium data, see Removing Premium Information.
- Information such as your name, address, phone number, and age are free to view. Removing this information from Whitepages will prevent anyone from seeing it.^{[2]
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Copy your listing's page URL. Here's how:
- Use your mouse or finger to select the URL in the address bar.
- If you're using a phone or tablet, long-press the highlighted URL and select Copy.
- On a computer, right-click or control-click the highlighted URL and select Copy.
- Your Whitepages listing's URL should look something like this: https://www.whitepages.com/name/Your-Name/Your-City/(reference number)
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Go to https://www.whitepages.com/suppression-requests in a web browser. This is the official tool for opting out of Whitepages.com.
If you're using a computer, right-click or control-click the "Copy and paste URL of profile here" text box and select Paste. On a phone or tablet, long-press the field and select Paste. You should see your copied URL in the text box. Clicking Next takes you to a confirmation page.
This button should appear below your personal information.
Click the "Select a reason" drop-down menu near the top of the page, then click a reason (e.g., I just want to keep my information private) in the drop-down menu. Click Next to continue.
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Enter your phone number and click Call now to verify. You'll also need to check the box to affirm that you are the person whose information you're removing. When you click the button to continue, you'll receive a phone call.
- WhitePages won't use your phone number for anything other than verifying that you want to remove your listing.
- If you don't want to use your real phone number, try using Google Voice instead.
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Confirm your Whitepages.com listing removal. On the verification code page, you should see a four-digit code. When your phone rings, answer it, and the automated system will prompt you to enter the code.
- Once the code is confirmed, you'll hear confirmation that your data will be removed, and the page will refresh to show "Your request to opt-out has been accepted."
- It can take up to 24 hours for your information to be removed from Whitepages.
- Unfortunately, search engines like Google and Bing may still show snippets of your information for up to two weeks after deleting your WhitePages listing.

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Removing Premium Information

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Search for yourself on Whitepages. If you see a button next to your information that says "View full report," people can pay Whitepages to retrieve a premium report on you. These reports may include contact information, current and past addresses, email addresses, criminal and traffic records, property information, and other public records. To opt out, you'll need to submit a removal request.
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Copy the address of your premium report. Click the View Full Report button to open a report description, which tells potential buyers what information will be included. Then, to copy the address:
- Use your mouse or finger to select the URL in the address bar.
- If you're using a phone or tablet, long-press the highlighted URL and select Copy.
- On a computer, right-click or control-click the highlighted URL and select Copy.
Go to https://support.whitepages.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. This opens the Support Request page.
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Fill out the form. To complete your removal request, do the following:
- Enter your email address in the "Your email address" text box.
- Paste the URL of your premium report into the "Listing URL" field by right-clicking, control-clicking, or long-pressing the field and selecting Paste.
- Type your full name, city, state, and phone number as they appear on the report.
- Select the reason you want to remove the listing, such as I am being harassed or stalked by someone.
- Enter a brief explanation of why you want your listing removed in the "Description" text box.
- Type Please remove my premium listing into the "Subject" field.
- Type Please remove my premium listing again into the "Description" field.
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Click Submit at the bottom of the form. This submits your removal request to Whitepages. You should see a confirmation page, and you will also receive a confirmation email.
- Your Premium Whitepages listing should deleted within 48 hours.

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Does removing myself from WhitePages listing remove me from WhitePages premium as well?

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No. Once you remove yourself from WhitePages basic site, your listing is advertised on the Premium site. It will NEVER give you the URL you need to remove your information. Additionally, they require you to jump through multiple hoops filling out a manual form and giving them even more information to verify (or rather collect more data). But again you need the URL to remove anything. It's a vicious cycle. Contact your state legislators to initiate congressional intervention. It truly is the only way to stop this kind of unauthorized data linking and collection.

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It appears I have to join to remove my name. Is there something I can do besides join?

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Apparently not, I have been trying to remove myself without joining because the purpose is to not have my information out there. Unfortunately, they get you coming and going.

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Whitepages gets their information from publicly available sources like phone directories, social media, and public records, as well as third-party brokers.^{[3]
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Attempting to take legal action against Whitepages is usually futile; WhitePages obtains all their information by accumulating freely (and legally) available information from various sources online, including public records, not by hacking you.

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