MyLife.com Opt-Out & Remove Your Info
MyLife.com opt-out procedure is quick and straightforward – you only have to follow three easy steps, wait one or two weeks, and your data will be deleted.
Like many other data brokers, MyLife.com is notorious for collecting and selling your information again, so we recommend you regularly complete their data removal procedure.
Opt-out process:
5-10 minutes
Removal time:
10-15 days
Requirements:
profile URL, name, location, and email address
Cost:
free
Updated on: 22 June, 2026
How to opt out of MyLife step by step
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Find your MyLife profile
Go to mylife.com, type your full name into the search bar, and click “search.”
MyLife often shows several near-matches. Check the city and middle initial before you click through—you want the listing that’s actually you. -
Copy the profile URL
Right-click your listing in the results and select “copy link address.” On mobile, tap and hold the result, then use your browser’s copy-link option.
It should be a mylife.com link pointing to your specific listing. If it just goes to the homepage, you grabbed the wrong link. -
Open the opt-out form and submit your request
Go to mylife.com/privacyrequest. That’s MyLife’s official privacy request page.
⚠️ Heads up: the older form at /ccpa/index.pubview now returns a 404. Use /privacyrequest instead.
Paste your profile URL, enter your name, city, state, zip, and email, complete the CAPTCHA, and hit submit.
MyLife sends a verification email within a few minutes. Open it and click the link—your request isn’t active until you do.
Alternative MyLife opt-out methods
In short:
If the MyLife form fails or you’d rather skip it, the company also accepts opt-out requests by email and phone. Both go to the same privacy team and produce the same result.
Use these if the form rejects your URL, the verification email never arrives, or you just want a paper trail.
Send a short request to [email protected] ([email protected] works as a backup). The only thing you really need to include is the URL of your MyLife profile.
Adding your name, city, and date of birth helps them match the record faster, but isn’t strictly required. A one-line subject like “Opt-out request” works fine.
Phone
Call MyLife customer service at 1-888-704-1900 during business hours (Pacific time). Tell the rep you want to opt out and have your profile URL ready.
What happens to your “Reputation Score”
The Reputation Score is the hook that makes MyLife so unsettling. It’s a number assigned to you, often paired with vague warnings about court records or background flags, and anyone who searches your name can see it.
But—
It isn’t a real credit, criminal, or background metric. It’s an algorithm running on the same public-records data the profile already shows. In 2021, the FTC and DOJ settled with MyLife and its CEO over misleading teaser reports tied to those scores.
Suppress the profile and the score goes with it. No separate removal step.
Troubleshooting
In short:
Most opt-out problems come down to three things: a wrong URL, a missed confirmation email, or Google’s cache hanging on to an old snapshot. None of them mean the request failed.
1) The form rejects your URL
Make sure you copied the link from the search results page, not from inside the profile. The link should start with mylife.com/pub-…—if it looks different, search again and right-click the listing.
2) No confirmation email
Check your spam folder. If nothing arrives within an hour, resubmit using a different email address—some providers filter MyLife’s confirmations aggressively.
3) Removal is taking longer than 15 days
MyLife’s stated timeline is roughly 10–15 days, but it can stretch to a few weeks during busy periods. If three weeks have passed and your profile is still up, follow up by email at [email protected] with your original request and submission date.
4) Your profile still shows up on Google
Google caches pages independently. Your MyLife page can vanish from MyLife but linger in Google search results for days or weeks. You can speed this up by submitting the URL to Google’s Remove Outdated Content tool once the page actually returns a 404.
Other data brokers that may have your info
MyLife isn’t the source of your data. It’s one downstream buyer.
The same name, address, and phone records that built your MyLife profile are sitting on Spokeo, Nuwber, Crunchbase, and hundreds of others.
Each broker has its own opt-out, and most re-list your data within months.
You can work through them manually with our broker-specific guides.
Or—
Hand the list off—Incogni sends opt-out requests on your behalf, tracks responses, and re-sends them when your data reappears.
FAQ
Is MyLife legitimate?
MyLife is a registered company that operates legally as a people-search site. But its practices have drawn serious scrutiny.
In 2021, MyLife and CEO Jeffrey Tinsley settled with the FTC and DOJ over deceptive teaser reports and hard-to-cancel subscriptions, paying $21 million in consumer redress. The Better Business Bureau gives MyLife an F rating, with over 500 complaints filed in the last three years.
How did MyLife get my information?
From public records, social media, and other data brokers. Court filings, property records, voter rolls, and similar government databases are the main feed. MyLife also pulls from public social media profiles.
None of this requires your permission. And you’ll never get a notice that they’ve built a profile.
Will MyLife re-add my profile after I opt out?
Often, yes. MyLife continually re-scrapes public records, so a new profile can appear weeks or months after removal. Check back every few months and re-submit—or use an automated removal service to keep it suppressed.
Can I check if my data was actually removed?
Save your profile URL before you opt out. After 15 days, paste it back into the address bar. If MyLife returns a 404 or a generic search page, you’re off. If the profile still loads, follow up by email.
