How to remove yourself from Intelius and its sibling sites

Updated August 6, 2026

You came here asking how to get off Intelius. The sharper version of that question is how many separate forms it takes to be gone from the sibling sites as well, and the answer is one. Intelius is owned by PeopleConnect, which also runs TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, US Search, Classmates and OmniWatch, and a single suppression request through suppression.peopleconnect.us applies across those people-search products. It's free, it takes five to ten minutes, and listings normally go dark within 48 to 72 hours. What it doesn't do is delete anything, and that distinction matters more than the timing.

Which sites one request covers

PeopleConnect's own site names six brands: Classmates, Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, US Search and OmniWatch. Removal services also list secondary properties fed by the same data, including ZabaSearch, Addresses.com, PeopleLookup, DateCheck and PublicRecords.com. I couldn't confirm every one of those from PeopleConnect's own pages, so once your suppression takes effect, search your name on whichever of those sites you actually care about and verify with your own eyes.

The useful headline is still true. You do not need to file five separate opt-outs the way you would with most people-search companies. That alone makes this one of the less painful removals out there.

Go to suppression.peopleconnect.us. You can also reach it from the footer of intelius.com, where the link is worded something like "exercise my data privacy rights", or directly at app.intelius.com/privacy-center.
Enter an email address and agree to the terms. Use a throwaway address, not your main inbox.
Click the verification link they email you. It's short-lived, roughly 15 minutes, so have the tab open and waiting.
Enter your date of birth and your full legal name. Read the next section before you do this part.
Pick your record from the search results. If several look like you, you'll be able to handle more than one.
Complete the identity check. The system sends a code to a phone number or email already attached to the record it has on file for you, which is a strange feeling but is how they confirm you're not suppressing a stranger.
Set the record's status. In the dropdown labeled something like "Desired Behavior", choose Suppressed, then save.

The date of birth field is one-way

Once you enter your date of birth in the suppression center, you can't change it. If you fat-finger the year, you may end up locked to a record set that isn't yours and have to call in to get it sorted. Type it slowly.

Yes, handing your birth date to a data broker to get less exposure feels backwards. It's how the record matching works, and PeopleConnect isn't learning anything about you it didn't already have listed. If you're not willing to enter it online, use the phone route below instead.

Suppression is not deletion

This is the honest part that opt-out guides skip. Suppressing your record hides it from public search results on those sites. PeopleConnect keeps the underlying data, and it keeps ingesting new public records. That means a new address, a new property filing or a name change can produce a fresh record later, and a fresh record may not inherit your suppression flag automatically.

Check again about a month after you file, then a couple of times a year. It's a maintenance chore, not a one-time fix.

These sites are not background checks, and suppressing them fixes nothing there

Intelius, TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate all state plainly that their people-search reports are not consumer reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and cannot lawfully be used to decide on employment, housing, credit or insurance. So if you're doing this because something ugly showed up in a real background check, suppression won't help you at all. That's a different fight.

For an actual screening report, you dispute directly with the consumer reporting agency that produced it, in writing, and you can escalate to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at consumerfinance.gov/complaint. You're entitled to a copy of any report used against you and to have inaccurate information investigated. Those rights don't apply to Intelius, because Intelius isn't in that business.

Canceling a subscription is not opting out

Plenty of people sign up for one of these sites to look at their own listing, then cancel and assume they're done. Canceling a paid membership stops the billing. Your public record sits there untouched. The suppression request is a separate action and you have to do it separately.

Phone and mail, if the portal won't verify you

The support line for Intelius removals is (877) 564-3253, listed as Monday through Friday, 7am to 4pm Pacific. An agent can start the suppression for you. There's also a privacy email at privacy@peopleconnect.us.

Written requests go to PeopleConnect's San Diego office at 501 W. Broadway, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101. That address appears consistently across removal guides, though I'd call before mailing anything, since suite numbers change and a letter that lands nowhere teaches you nothing. State plainly that you're requesting suppression of your personal information from their people-search products, and include your full name, date of birth, and current and past addresses so they can match the record.

California's DROP reaches every registered broker at once

California residents have a better option now, and it's genuinely new. The California Privacy Protection Agency runs DROP, the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform, created under the Delete Act. Consumers have been able to submit through it since January 1, 2026 via the state's page at privacy.ca.gov/data-brokers. As of August 1, 2026, every data broker registered in California must check DROP at least once every 45 days and process the deletion requests sitting there, with fines of $200 per request for each day they don't.

One submission covers every registered broker, which is a much better deal than filling in forms one company at a time. You can look up who's registered at cppa.ca.gov/data_broker_registry. It's early days, so I'd still file the PeopleConnect suppression directly rather than wait and hope. If you're outside California, DROP isn't available to you, and the per-site route is still the route.

What this won't stop

Suppressing your listings makes you harder to look up. It doesn't retract data already sold, and it doesn't touch the scams already built on details about you. Keep your expectations calibrated.

The practical follow-up is cheap. Agree on a family safe word so a frantic call claiming to be your daughter can be tested in one question, since AI voice cloning scams depend on knowing your relatives' names, which is exactly what these sites publish. If unordered parcels start arriving, read up on why brushing packages show up and never scan the card inside. And if you're also cleaning up other listings, Radaris is the messier one and worth doing in the same sitting.

Set your one-month check before you close the tab

Open your calendar now, while the suppression center is still in front of you, and put a reminder 30 days out. On that day, search your name on Intelius, TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate, and if a fresh record has surfaced, file the suppression again. It stays free, it still won't demand a photo of your driver's license, and it beats paying anyone a subscription to click these same buttons for you.