Removal Center
Get your name off the lists wholesalers buy
Wholesalers buy a row with your name, address and phone from brokers that scrape public property records. Shield Pro removes your info from most of the 130 broker sites for you, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.
Free, no account, about a minute. Then remove your info yourself, step by step, with a free account.
How a removal works, from search to re-check
1Find
A search runs against the brokers known to index people, using your name and locality, and reports which ones are publishing you.
2File
Each broker gets the request its own process accepts: a suppression email with your signed authorization, or step-by-step instructions where only you can submit.
3Confirm
Replies are parsed for a confirmation or a rejection, and the original search is re-run to check the listing is no longer there.
4Re-check
About every 90 days the same search runs again. When a broker relists you, an emailed request is sent again, and a form only you can submit comes back to you as a reminder.
InfoTracer, start to finish
One request from a FendLand account, as the app shows it. The signed letter of authorization went with the first email, the broker's reply is on file, and the listing was checked again afterward to confirm it is gone.
- Aug 5Request emailed to privacy@infotracer.com, with the signed letter of authorization
- Aug 20 to Sep 3Three follow-ups sent while the broker had not answered
- Sep 3InfoTracer replied: request received
- VerifiedA new search no longer finds the listing
Brokers answer on their own schedule. This one took about four weeks and three reminders, so FendLand keeps following up until a broker replies.
Why brokers list you again after a removal
A data broker does not hold one static copy of you. It re-buys and re-imports the same source records on a schedule, and public property records are among the most reliably re-purchased of all. So a listing removed in the spring can reappear in the autumn through the ordinary operation of the business, without anyone targeting you.
A one-time removal sweep, yours or anyone's, wears off. The re-check is what matters: running the same search months later, seeing the listing return, and filing again. No service can promise a permanent deletion.
The three removal routes
Some accept a request by email from an authorized agent. Some only accept a form submitted from your own browser, occasionally with an ID check. The route is the broker's choice. On a free account you remove your info yourself, step by step. Shield Pro removes it for you wherever a broker takes a request by email, and walks you through any form only you can submit.
Auto
One tap, FendLand handles it end to end. A suppression request goes out with your signed authorization attached and the reply is tracked.
Hybrid
Both channels exist. FendLand sends the request and you can also file the public form, which is worth doing because it gives you a second record of the request.
Guided
No email channel. You complete the broker's form yourself with the exact steps in front of you, and FendLand tracks where it stands.
Free and Shield Pro compared
| Free | Shield Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| See which sites list you | Yes | Yes |
| Step-by-step removal instructions | Yes | Yes |
| Removals you file yourself | Up to 3 tracked | Unlimited |
| Removes your info for you | No | At 80 of 130 broker sites |
| Signed authorization letter | No | Yes |
| Re-check every 90 days in case you are relisted | No | Yes |
Prefer to do the whole thing yourself? The instructions are free. Start with the per-broker opt-out guides.
Removal is stage two of four
- Exposure CheckFree, no accountFind out which brokers are publishing you before deciding anything.
- Property Spam ProtectionShield ProBlock the calls, and on iPhone filter the texts, that already started while the removals work through.
- Phone ProtectionShield ProThe same broker row that feeds spam is what someone needs to impersonate you to your carrier.
What people ask before starting
Is my data gone for good once it is removed?
No. Data brokers buy and re-import the same underlying public records on a schedule, so a listing taken down in the spring is often back by autumn. That is normal and it is not a failed removal. It is the reason the useful product is the recurring re-check rather than a one-time sweep.
What can I do without paying?
Run the exposure check and see which sites list you, free and with no account. With a free account you remove your info yourself, step by step, on the web or in the app, three tracked at a time. Shield Pro removes it for you at most sites, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.
How does FendLand remove data on my behalf?
You sign a short authorization once in the app. That signature generates a dated Letter of Authorization, which is attached to the suppression request sent to each broker that accepts one. Brokers require it because they are being asked to act on behalf of someone who is not in front of them.
Do some brokers require me to do it myself?
Yes. Some have no email channel at all and only accept a form submitted from your own browser, sometimes with an identity check. Those are marked Guided: FendLand gives you the exact steps and tracks the progress, but you complete the form. On Shield Pro, brokers with an email channel are handled for you.
How do you know a removal worked?
Two ways. Brokers that reply are parsed for a confirmation or a rejection. Separately, FendLand can re-run the same search that found you in the first place and check whether the listing is still there, which catches the brokers that quietly do nothing.
Why does this matter more for property owners?
Because your deed is public record. Your name and address are already in a government database that anyone can pull, and brokers merge that with phone data to sell a complete row. That is the file a wholesaler buys before texting you, and it is the same file someone needs to impersonate you to your phone carrier.
Start with the free exposure check
It takes about a minute and needs no account. Then remove your info yourself, free, in the browser, or let Shield Pro remove most of it for you.
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