Delete digital footprint
How to delete your digital footprint
Your digital footprint includes profiles, public mentions and personal details published about you. Start by finding what is exposed, then work through the removal steps that apply to each source.
Check your digital footprint
Review your exposed information
Request data removal
Track requests and rechecks
Full name and aliases
Names and aliases that may connect separate listings to the same person.
Home and past addresses
Current or previous addresses that appear in a matched public listing.
Phone numbers
Phone numbers exposed on supported public pages and broker listings.
Email addresses
Confirmed email addresses connected to known breaches or public mentions.
Date of birth
Birth dates or ages reported by a matched source or breach record.
Employer and job title
Workplace and job details that can connect your professional and personal profiles.
Social profiles
Public profiles worth reviewing to understand what others can see.
Usernames and accounts
Public username matches and available account hints for you to confirm.
Leaked passwords
Whether a known breach reports exposed passwords. Password values are never displayed.
IP addresses
Whether a known breach reports IP addresses among its exposed data categories.
Financial details
Breach data categories that indicate financial information may have been affected.
Government ID numbers
Breach data categories that indicate identity documents may have been affected.
Your life. Your privacy. Less left out in the open.
A public listing can connect your name to your home and relatives. Review the match, see where it came from, and choose the next removal step.
If your number keeps appearing online, find the pages that expose it. Track requests to those sources and keep an eye on listings that return.
Check your confirmed email against available breach records. See the affected data categories and the actions to consider for each finding.
Your work may need to be public while your personal details do not. Review profile matches and decide which details you want to keep visible.
Old addresses and previous names can still appear in broker records. Add the details you want checked and follow the matching listings in one place.
A removed listing can return when a source updates its records. Follow campaign rechecks, review new findings, and see when a request needs your help.
Less effort. More protection.
Sources checked
Removal requests sent
Exposed listings removed
- Exposed records found
- 1.2M+
- Removal requests sent
- 480K+
- Time saved per person
- 16h
- Listings removed
- 340K+
- Requests followed up
- 98%
- People protected
- 38K+
Less exposed. More in your control.
Fewer spam calls and texts
Brokers sell phone numbers to marketers and robocallers. Fewer listings leave fewer ways to reach you.
Harder to scam
Scammers use your address, relatives and past jobs to sound convincing. Less to find leaves less to use.
Make your address harder to find
People search sites can connect your name to your home. Removing a listing reduces one way for strangers to find your address.
Less exposure for your family
Listings link you to relatives and their addresses. Taking yours down breaks one of those links.
Know what leaked
See which breaches exposed your email or password, and what to change first.
Less to steal
Identity thieves piece a person together from many sources. Every removal leaves them less to work with.
Know what needs attention
Review findings by risk, with source context and a next step for each exposure.
Follow each request
See the difference between a request sent, a broker reply and a verified removal.
Choose what happens next
Confirm your details, authorize removal requests, and export or delete your Protection data.
Know where it appears. See the sources.
Data broker directories
Reviewed directories identify brokers relevant to your country. A directory entry is a place to check, not proof that your information is listed.
Public web pages
Supported public searches look for pages connected to your details. Source links help you review whether a match belongs to you.
Known breach records
Available breach providers check confirmed emails and report affected data categories, without showing leaked passwords.
DeepSearch phone pages
Check supported DeepSearch pages for the phone number you provide. You can also use the free removal form for DeepSearch results.
Account discovery hints
Where available, deeper checks look for account signals associated with your confirmed email. Hints still need your review.
Public username profiles
Deeper checks look for your username on supported public sites. A shared handle alone does not establish account ownership.
Your data removal requests. Handled in one place.
- Removal requests after your authorization
- Broker replies and follow ups in one place
- Removal checks where the source supports them
- Updates when a request needs your attention
- Never sold. Yours to export or delete.
Start with a Protection scan on DeepSearch Pro or Max, using one plan credit. The optional US$20 removal campaign is a separate payment for 90 days of supported broker requests and follow ups.
Know your footprint. Learn how to reduce it.
Digital footprint removal. Your questions answered.
Your digital footprint is the trail of information connected to you online. It includes information you share, such as social profiles and posts, and information collected or published by others, such as broker listings, public records and breach records. Protection helps you review supported sources and decide what to remove or secure.
Start by finding where your personal information appears and confirming which results belong to you. Request removal from data brokers and people search sites, delete unused accounts, and review public posts and privacy settings. Recheck later because listings can return. DeepSearch helps you organize findings and removal steps, with an optional campaign to send requests to supported brokers.
No service can guarantee that. Protection can help request removal from supported data brokers and people search sites, but it cannot erase breached copies or automatically delete official records, news articles or social posts. Accounts and content you control may need your own action. The aim is to reduce exposure and help you manage what remains.
A company that collects personal details from public records, apps, purchases and other websites, then sells or publishes them. People-search sites are the brokers you can see: they list names, addresses, phone numbers and relatives for anyone to look up.
Mostly through public records, old accounts, online purchases, sign-up forms and data breaches. Brokers also buy and copy records from each other, which is why the same details turn up on many sites.
No. Removing a result from Google Search does not delete the information from the website that published it. Ask the source to remove the information, and use Google's removal tools when the result qualifies. Protection links findings to their sources so you can review the appropriate next step.
You create an account and confirm the details you want checked. Results arrive as each source responds, ranked by risk, with the next step for every exposure.
Timing depends on the source, its verification requirements and how it responds. A removal campaign runs for 90 days, with requests, follow ups and rechecks where supported. A submitted request is not a confirmed removal; your dashboard shows the status of each case.
It can. Brokers refresh their data and sometimes relist people. Scan again any time to see what's new, or start another campaign when one ends.
Protection comes with DeepSearch Pro and Max, and each scan uses one credit from your plan. If you want us to file removal requests for you, one US$20 payment covers a 90-day campaign.
We only check the details you give us, and never sell them. Only confirmed emails are checked for breaches, removal requests need your signature, and you can export or delete your Protection data at any time.