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How to Remove Yourself From Intelius (and Its Sister Sites)


Intelius is part of the PeopleConnect family of background-check sites — which is actually good news: a single suppression request covers several of them at once.

What Intelius exposes

Name and aliases · age · current and past addresses · phone numbers · email addresses · relatives and associates · and, in paid reports, court/criminal and other public records.

One request covers four sites

The PeopleConnect Suppression Center handles removal for Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, and US Search together. Note: Classmates.com, also part of PeopleConnect, is not covered — handle it separately.

How to opt out (step by step)

  1. Go to the PeopleConnect Suppression Center: suppression.peopleconnect.us (Intelius also links to it from intelius.com/unsubscribe).
  2. Enter your email address and submit.
  3. Open the verification email and click the link to proceed.
  4. Provide or confirm your name and location so the tool can locate your report(s).
  5. Complete the identity-confirmation step — a phone/SMS verification is used to finalize.
  6. Confirm suppression of your listing(s).
Verification Email link plus a phone/SMS step. No account required.
Timeframe Intelius states up to about 48 hours.
Cost Free — you never pay to remove your own listing

Gotchas

  • It's "suppression," not deletion. PeopleConnect suppresses your report from name searches, but your info may still surface in some phone/address/email lookups, and the underlying user data isn't necessarily deleted.
  • Authorized-agent requests may be refused. PeopleConnect properties often require you to submit the request yourself rather than through a third party — relevant if you use a removal service.
  • Classmates.com is separate. Not covered by this suppression request.
  • It can reappear under new name variants or addresses — re-check periodically.

FAQ

Does one request cover TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate?
Yes — plus Intelius and US Search. Not Classmates.
Is it free?
Yes.
Do I need an account?
No.

Last verified: July 2026. Broker opt-out processes change often — confirm the current steps on the live page before relying on them.

Free scan — no account required

This is one site. There are hundreds more.

Run a free scan to see which monitored sources list you — no card, no account, about 60 seconds. Do the opt-outs yourself with our guides, or let us file the supported ones and re-check month after month. We'll never tell you we erased you from the internet.

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