Property data broker
Melissa opt out: how to remove yourself
People-data and property/address broker. Sells name, postal address, phone, email, and property records, plus address-verification and append services that feed the direct-mail and lead vendors behind wholesaler, solar, and insurance mailers. Property and mailing address is the core inventory landowners want suppressed. No FCRA or GLBA exemption is claimed.
At a glance
- Type
- Property data broker
- Removal cost
- Free
- How you opt out
- Online opt-out form
- What removal does
- Your listing is deleted
- Steps to complete
- 2 steps
- Suggested recheck
- Every 7 days
- Backup channel
- dataprivacy@melissa.com
- Opt-out link verified
- Oct 2026
How to opt out of Melissa
- 1For the fastest result, also file Melissa's Consumer Privacy Request form. Choose the delete and opt-out request type and enter your name, postal address, email and phone.
- 2Click Send Confirmation Code. Melissa emails you a one-time code, and your request is only submitted after you enter that code on the form.
FendLand last confirmed this opt-out link works in Oct 2026.
Melissa is one of dozens of sites that list you
The same records that put you on Melissa are spread across our full data-broker opt-out list, and that spread is how wholesalers and spammers got your number in the first place. Opting out of one site helps for a while, then Melissa re-lists you after its next data refresh. FendLand shows where you are listed, tracks every removal, files the ones that accept an agent, and keeps re-checking because they come back.
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Questions
Is Melissa legitimate?
Yes. Melissa is a real company, not a scam. It is a data broker: it buys and compiles property, ownership, and contact records, then licenses them to marketers, lenders, and the skip-trace tools wholesalers use to find owners to call. That is a legal business in the US, which is why your records can be in its database without you ever hearing of it. Opting out is your right and it is free: Melissa publishes its own request process, and you do not have to give a reason. Some property and mortgage data may be kept under regulatory exemptions, so a removal can be partial.
Why is Melissa showing my information?
Melissa builds its file on you from public property and mortgage records, recorded deeds, and commercial marketing data it licenses in bulk, not from anything you handed it. Your name enters its database the moment you appear on a recorded document, which is why it can list you with no signup. You can request removal or suppression for free, though some property and mortgage records may be retained under regulatory exemptions.
Will removing myself from Melissa stop the "we buy your house or land" texts?
It helps, but Melissa is one of many data brokers feeding the same marketing and skip-trace lists, and the records return after each refresh, so you need to remove yourself across the whole set and re-verify on a schedule. FendLand tracks every removal, files the ones that accept an agent, and re-checks on a schedule.