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Get off the lists you never signed up for.
Removing your details from a sales database is worth doing. It is not the same as removing your details from the internet. Start with the places that expose them, and keep the confirmation emails.
1. Make a small inventory
Search for your name, your current and old work addresses, your phone number and your company. Write down the actual profile URLs. You are looking for a manageable list of records to correct or remove, not trying to win a staring contest with the entire internet.
Keep this inventory on your own device. Our suggestion: record the site, profile URL, request date, confirmation reference and a date to check again. Don’t put extra sensitive information into the notes.
2. Use the database’s own removal route
| Place | What to do | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | Use the opt-out option in its Privacy Center. | Apollo says it removes the individual profile and keeps suppression information to avoid reactivating it. |
| ZoomInfo | Use Request Removal in its Trust Center. | The route covers your individual profile and its sale/sharing. ZoomInfo says it does not remove company information through this process. |
| People-search sites | Find each site’s privacy or opt-out page, then follow its verification process. | Free individual requests are possible. A removal service is optional. The FTC explains the process. |
Open the official website yourself. Don’t upload identity documents to a random “removal expert” who found you first. If verification asks for more information than seems necessary, ask what is required and why.
Suppression is different from continued marketing use: a service may need a limited record to recognize an address it must not add back. Apollo also warns that removal from its database does not erase copies already held by customers or other providers. Apollo’s privacy policy.
3. In California, check DROP
California residents can use the state’s free Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) to make one request covering registered data brokers. Residency must be verified. Brokers were required to begin accessing requests from August 1, 2026, at least every 45 days. The state says status updates can take up to 90 days. This is not a nationwide US service or instant removal of every internet record.
If you live elsewhere, use each broker’s process and check the rights available in your state. In the EU, read our guide to objections and erasure requests.
4. Remove the search result separately
Google’s personal-information removal process and Results about you can help with eligible contact information in Search. Approval removes or restricts a search result; it does not delete the page at the original website. Request source removal too. If the source has changed, Google also provides an outdated-content route.
5. Check again, without making it your new job
Our suggested routine: revisit the recorded URLs after the stated response period and repeat your search occasionally. Save refusals and references. A lawful public register may have different rules and exemptions from a commercial people-search copy. Don’t assume a request guarantees deletion from both.
Read it. Use it. Close the tab.