AnyWho Opt Out & Data Removal Guide

AnyWho.com is a people search site that allows users to find people, places, and businesses, using the Yellow Pages, people search, and reverse phone lookup services. While it provides only basic information such as your address and phone number, it also displays links to Intelius, which owns and operates AnyWho. On Intelius, users can find far more detailed personal profiles. 

Thankfully, you can remove your data from both AnyWho and Intelius by completing the online removal request form on PeopleConnect, another data broker. The process requires you to enter some personal information, which the data broker might then keep and use. The privacy benefits of removing your record from these sites probably outweigh this drawback, however. 

Follow our instructions below and check out our opt-out guides for some of the other major data brokers to get your personal information off the market.  You can also subscribe to Incogni and let us remove your listing from AnyWho automatically.

Opt-out process:  5 – 10 minutes

Removal Requirements: Email

Updated: September 27, 2023

Keep reading for the full opt out procedure with screenshots.

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  1. Click “Get Started” and Create an account.
  2. Pick your plan: Annual Plan or Monthly Plan*. The monthly cost for the annual subscription is $6.49.
  3. Complete the checkout process. Click “Add Discount” and apply the coupon code DataRemovalDec for an additional 10% discount.
  4. Provide your personal details: We need this information to locate your profiles on data brokers’ sites.
  5. Sign the authorization form. This will empower us to opt out on your behalf 💪
  6. You’re done!

*Why does Incogni use a subscription model? Data brokers re-scrape and re-add your information after we remove it. The best way to keep your info off their sites is to automate recurring removal requests.

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Step-by-step AnyWho opt-out guide

Total Time: 5 minutes

  1. Go to https://www.anywho.com/

    anywho removal step 1

    To start the opt-out process, visit AnyWho’s homepage.

  2. Scroll down and click “Exercise My Data Privacy Rights and Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

    You’ll be redirected to Intelius’ data privacy center. Click on “view public data tools,” scroll down and click “manage my suppression rules.”

  3. Click the “VIEW PUBLIC DATA TOOLS” button

    To remove your data from AnyWho, you will need to do it through Intelius and PeopleConnect.

  4. Click the “MANAGE MY SUPPRESSION RULES” button

    You will be redirected to suppression.peopleconnect.us.

  5. Provide an email address 

    step 3 of AnyWho opr out process

    In order to identify your record, provide the email address most likely to be associated with your name. Usually, this would be the email account you use to register online accounts. Then agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue.”

  6. Verify your email 

    step 4 of AnyWho opr out process

    Check your email inbox for an email from PeopleConnect. Open it and click “verify email.” 

  7. Enter your date of birth

    step 5 of AnyWho opr out process

    Enter the month, day, and year of your birth, agree to the terms and conditions, and click “continue.”

  8. Give your name

    step 6 of AnyWho opr out process

    Provide your first, middle, and last names. Tick the box to confirm that this is your legal name and click “continue.”

  9. Select your record 

    step 7 of AnyWho opr out process

    You may see several records matching the information you’ve provided. Choose the one that belongs to you and click “continue.” In case there are multiple records under your name, complete the process again for each one. 

  10. Choose a verification method

    step 4 of AnyWho opr out process

    We recommend using email, as you already provided it in a previous step.

  11. Enter your email address and request deletion

    Find the “right to delete” section below, enter your email address again, and click “delete my user data.” 

  12. Verify your request

    Opt Out TBE 3

    Check your inbox for another verification email. Follow the link inside to confirm your request and delete your data.

13. Continue your data removal journey

With that, you have successfully opted out of AnyWho and Intelius. If your online privacy is important to you, however, this won’t be enough. 

Just like AnyWho and Intelius, many other data broker sites are interconnected and share data with each other. If one site has your personal information, many others probably do as well. And there are hundreds of data brokers in the US alone. 

To find which of these companies deal with your data, you’ll have to do a little research. Look yourself up online for starters. Most people search sites that have your information should show up. Then research data brokers active in your area to find those that won’t show up by searching your name alone. 

Follow our other opt-out guides to help you on this journey. Or you can start from these 10 guides:

It might be a bit time-consuming, but your privacy and security are well worth the effort! If you don’t have enough time to dedicate to this yourself, try Incogni. Our fully automated data removal service handles the entire process on your behalf.  We will keep your personal information off AnyWho and other data broker sites without you having to lift a finger!

Take your data off PSS and hundreds* of data brokers with Incogni

Your data is worth more than oil in the digital age and data brokers are making bank at your expense.

Subscribe to Incogni for just $6.49 per month and get: 

  • A fully automated data removal service
  • Recurring removal from 200+ data brokers
  • Regular progress reports

Use DataRemovalDec at checkout to get an additional 10% discount.

* See the full list of data brokers Incogni covers here.

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