People-search site

Spokeo opt out: how to remove yourself

Spokeo aggregates public records, social profiles, and marketing data into a single people-search profile that wholesalers and cold callers buy access to.

At a glance

Type: People-search site
Removal cost: Free
How you opt out: Online opt-out form
Steps to complete: 4 steps

What Spokeo exposes about you

Your name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and relatives. It is one of the first places a wholesaler or skip-tracer looks to attach your cell number to your name and address.

How to opt out of Spokeo

1Search Spokeo for your profile and copy its URL.
2Go to the Spokeo opt-out page, paste the URL, and enter an email for the confirmation.
3Click the confirmation link Spokeo emails you to complete the removal.
4Search your name again later. Spokeo can rebuild a profile from fresh data, so a removed one can come back.

Open the Spokeo opt-out page ↗

Updated Oct 2026.

Spokeo is one of 255 broker sites Shield Pro covers

The same records that put you on Spokeo 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 Spokeo re-lists you after its next data refresh. FendLand shows where you are listed. Shield Pro removes it for you at most sites, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.

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Questions

Is Spokeo legitimate?

Yes. Spokeo is a real company, not a scam. It is a people-search data broker: it compiles public records, marketing data, and social profiles into a page on you and shows or sells it to anyone who searches your name, including wholesalers and skip-tracers. Compiling public-record data is a legal business in the US, which is why it can list you without asking first. Opting out is your right and it is free: Spokeo publishes its own removal process, and you do not have to give a reason.

Why is Spokeo showing my information?

You never gave Spokeo anything. It scrapes and buys public records (county property and voter files, court and marriage records), marketing databases, and social profiles, then links them into one page under your name and publishes it automatically. You show up the moment those records mention you, which is why it can appear without warning. Compiling public-record data this way is legal in the US, and that same law is why you have the right to opt out for free.

Will removing myself from Spokeo stop the "we buy your house or land" texts?

It helps, but Spokeo is one of many people-search sites, and it re-lists you after each data refresh, so you need to opt out everywhere and re-check on a schedule. Shield Pro removes your info from most of the 255 broker sites for you, walks you through the rest, and re-checks every 90 days.