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Home address removal

How to remove your home address from the internet

The short answer

Opt out of the people-search sites that list your address, add every address you have used to Google’s Results about you and request removal of the matching results, ask Google and Apple to blur your house in street imagery, and ask other sites to delete it. Property and voter records stay public at the source.

Checked on 18 Oct 2026 against the official pages listed in SourcesWritten by the Essentras editorial team

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The plan

The plan: 8 steps to remove your home address from the internet

Start with the sites that copy your address, then Google, then the imagery and records. Each step links to the section with the details.

  1. 01Search for your addressIn a private window, search your name with your city, your street address in quotes, and your name with your phone number. Note every URL that shows your address, old addresses included.
  2. 02Opt out of people-search sitesUse each operator’s own opt-out page, starting with those that run many sites, and log the date and the confirmation.
  3. 03Add your addresses to Results about youEnter your current and past home addresses exactly as pages show them, then request removal of each matching result.
  4. 04Use Google’s removal form for the restFor pages Results about you does not catch, or where your address sits next to threats, submit the URL through Google’s removal request form.
  5. 05Ask for a blur of your houseOn Google Street View, open the image and use Report a problem. For Apple Look Around, email Apple’s image collection team.
  6. 06Ask other sites to delete itDirectories, forums and old listings: write to the site owner, then its hosting company if there is no answer, and refresh Google once the address is gone.
  7. 07Deal with public recordsProperty and voter records stay at the source. If you are at risk, apply to your state’s address confidentiality program; in the UK, opt out of the open register.
  8. 08Re-check after every moveNew records create new listings. Re-check at least every 4 months and right after you move.

Checklist

  • I listed every page that shows my current or past address
  • I opted out of the big people-search operators (tracker below)
  • Results about you has every address I have used, exactly as pages show them
  • I used Google’s removal form for anything Results about you missed
  • I asked Google, and Apple if needed, to blur my house
  • I wrote to the other sites, and refreshed Google once they acted
  • I opted out of the open register (UK) or applied to a confidentiality program, if it fits
  • My next re-check date is in my calendar

Where your address comes from

Your address reaches the internet from 7 places, and you can switch off 4 of them

An address spreads from records and sign-ups to the sites that copy them. The FTC says people-search sites draw on public records such as property, voter and court records. Knowing the source tells you whether it can come off.

Where it comes fromHow your address gets thereRouteCan it come off?
People-search sitesCompiled from public and commercial recordsEach site’s opt-out; DROP in CaliforniaYes, site by site, with re-checks
Google resultsLinks to the pages above and to other sitesResults about you and the removal formYes, in Google only
Street-level imageryYour house on Google Street View or Apple Look AroundA blur requestYes, blurred for good
Your posts, accounts and other sitesProfiles, old listings, forums, directoriesEdit it yourself, or ask the site ownerYes
Voter recordsVoter registration in the U.S.; the electoral register in the UKUK: opt out of the open register. U.S.: confidential voter registration through a confidentiality program where offeredPartly
Company filingsCompany registers and business licensesUK: Companies House does not publish home addresses and can protect them if you are at serious riskPartly
Property and court recordsCounty deed and tax records; court filesStays public at the source; ask the court about sealingUsually not

Key facts, with sources

People-search sites

People-search sites publish home addresses compiled from records: opt out of the big operators first

The same few companies publish addresses across many sites. The tracker below lists the largest people-search operators with the opt-out or privacy page each named in its California registration. Our internet guide has the full table, with what each page says and the requests each company reported.

Address tips

  • Search each site with your past cities too: Spokeo, for example, gives every listing its own URL, and each listing needs its own opt-out.
  • Your address can also appear in relatives’ or neighbors’ reports, as the FTC notes. Ask them to opt out; never file for someone without their permission.
  • Never pay a people-search site to remove your address. Google’s policy on sites that charge for removal lets you ask Google to drop such a result.

Track your opt-outs

Tick each site as you finish it. The date and a re-check date 4 months later are saved only in this browser.

0 of 14 done

On a shared or monitored device, print the list instead and clear the tracker.

How a people-search opt-out works

  1. 1Find your listing on the site and copy its exact URL. Spokeo, for example, asks for the URL of each listing, and each listing must be opted out on its own.
  2. 2Open the opt-out or privacy page the company names (table above) and submit the URL or the details it asks for.
  3. 3Confirm by email when asked. Use an address you keep for privacy requests, not your main address.
  4. 4Expect an identity check. The FTC says opt-out processes may ask you to verify who you are; give only what the form requires.
  5. 5Write down the site, the date and the confirmation, then search the site again after a few days.

Never pay a people-search site to remove a listing. If a site demands payment for removal, Google’s policy on exploitative removal practices lets you ask Google to drop that result.

Full people-search table with registry data

Google

Google can remove results that show your home address: add every address to Results about you

Home addresses are on Google’s private info list. Results about you checks Google for the addresses you enter and lets you request removal of each match; the removal request form covers the same for any URL.

  • Add your current address and every past address. Google says to enter details exactly as they appear on the result, an old address included.
  • Request removal of each match from the To review tab.
  • From any result, signed in: More, then Remove result, then It shows my personal info and I don’t want it there, then Contact Info.
  • 1 type of contact info per request is enough, even if the page also shows your phone number.
  • Expect no Remove result option for government, educational, newspaper or business websites.
  • An approved removal sometimes hides the page only for searches with your name.

The full walkthrough: how to remove personal information from Google

Street View blur

Google Street View and Apple Look Around blur your house on request, and the blur is permanent

Both companies blur faces and license plates automatically. A house needs a request.

Google Street View

  1. 1Open Google Maps and find your home in Street View.
  2. 2Select Report a problem, in the bottom right.
  3. 3Complete the form, saying you want your house blurred, and submit it.
  4. 4Google says it applies the blur to all copies of the published image, and that once a blurred image is published the blur cannot be removed.
  5. 5If you gave an email address in the form, Google may contact you for more information or with an update.

Apple Look Around

Apple says you can ask for a face, a license plate or your own house to be blurred by emailing [email protected].

Photos uploaded by other people are the photographer’s responsibility. If such a photo shows your home and breaks Google Maps policy, report it through the same Report a problem link.

Public records

Property, voter and court records stay public at the source, but you can limit where they spread

Public records are the raw material people-search sites draw on. Google, brokers and removal services cannot delete them at the county or the court.

Property records (U.S.)

Kept by the county. The FTC says opting out of people-search sites does not delete public records, and California’s DROP lets brokers keep real estate ownership records as exempt data.

FTC: what to know about people search sites (July 2022)

Voter records (U.S.)

Voting records are also exempt from DROP. Some states let people in an address confidentiality program register as confidential voters; California’s Safe at Home does.

California Secretary of State: Safe at Home

Court records

Ask the court or a lawyer about sealing or redaction. Google gives strong weight to government-published pages, so the change has to happen at the source.

Google Legal Help: right to be forgotten overview

The electoral register (UK)

Opt out of the open register, the version anyone can buy, through the register to vote service or your electoral registration office. Your name and address stay on the full register, which has restricted uses, unless you register anonymously.

GOV.UK: opt out of the open register

Company directors (UK)

Companies House says home addresses and full dates of birth are not published on its register. Directors, LLP members and people with significant control who are at serious risk of violence or intimidation because of the company’s activities can apply to protect a home address from credit reference agencies; the fee is £100.

GOV.UK: protect your details on the Companies House register

How to remove your information from public records sites

Doxxing

If someone posted your address to threaten or harass you, report it as doxxing

Google’s doxxing policy covers pages that combine your details with explicit or implicit threats, calls for others to harm or harass you, or a large amount of aggregated personal information with no legitimate purpose.

  1. 1If you are in danger, call 911 in the U.S., 999 in the UK or your local emergency number.
  2. 2Save the page and the threatening text, with dates.
  3. 3Report the post to the platform under its harassment rules.
  4. 4Submit the URL through Google’s removal request form, say that the page shows threatening intent, and quote the threatening line.
  5. 5If the site does not act, report it to its hosting company.

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If you are at risk

If you are being stalked, harassed or abused, put safety first

In immediate danger, call 911 in the U.S., 999 in the UK, or your local emergency number.

Removing information can help, but it is 1 part of a safety plan, not the plan. If someone is threatening you, consider talking to an advocate first, especially before you change things the other person could notice.

Free, confidential help

Safety routes that go further than an opt-out

  • Address confidentiality programs

    Many U.S. states run programs that give survivors of domestic and sexual violence and stalking a substitute address. California’s Safe at Home provides a substitute mailing address accepted by state, county and city agencies, and lets participants register as confidential voters.

    NNEDV Safety Net: address confidentiality programs

  • Safety suppression at records companies

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions accepts requests to suppress records in its restricted public records products when your safety is at risk, with documentation such as a court protective order, a police report, or a letter from a shelter administrator or health care professional. It decides which documents qualify.

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions: opt-out and safety suppression

  • Doxxing and intimate images on Google

    Google’s policies cover results that pair your details with threats or calls to harass you, and sexual images shared without consent. Report the page to the site and its host too.

    Google Search Help: remove my private info

The Hotline notes that internet use can be monitored and is impossible to erase completely. If your phone or computer may be watched, use a safer device. Any tracker on this page saves only in this browser, and you can clear it.

A new address

Keep a new address off the internet from the day you move

The best time to protect an address is before it spreads.

  • Give a mailing address that is not your home when a form does not need your home address. People at risk can get a substitute address through an address confidentiality program.
  • Leave your address off social profiles, listings and public posts, and check the location settings of apps you use.
  • Add the new address to Results about you so Google alerts you to new results.
  • California residents: update your DROP profile with your new ZIP code, phone number and email; updates are allowed once every 45 days.
  • UK residents: opt out of the open register when you register to vote at the new address.
  • Re-check the big people-search sites after you move: the FTC says changed public records can bring your information back.

Do it yourself or pay

Doing it yourself is free; subscriptions repeat broker opt-outs; Essentras handles the whole case

For an address, most of the work is people-search opt-outs, which you can do yourself or pay a subscription to repeat. Google requests, blur requests and records questions cost nothing.

OptionPrice (published 18 Oct 2026)What it handles
Do it yourselfFreeEverything on this page
California DROPFree, residents onlyEvery registered data broker, except exempt public records
Subscriptions (EasyOptOuts, Optery, Incogni, DeleteMe, Privacy Bee)Entry plans from $19.99 to $129 a yearBroker opt-outs and re-checks; Optery’s Extended plan says it also helps blur your home on Google Maps and Apple Maps (its claim)
EssentrasPriced per case after a free scanA managed case across people-search sites, Google results and other sites, with a report of what came down and what stays

To have it handled, Essentras removes a home address from people-search sites and Google through each site’s opt-out and Google’s own tools, priced per case after a free scan; sites and Google make every decision.

Full comparison of free routes, subscriptions and Essentras

Letters

5 copy-ready letters and texts for your address

Replace everything in [square brackets], delete any line that is not true for you, and keep a copy of what you send.

Before you send anything

  • Use the company’s own opt-out page first; send a letter when there is none or it fails.
  • Give only the details needed to find your records. Never send full ID numbers by email.
  • Never claim a law or a right you do not have.
  • Keep a copy of each message, the date and any reference number.
  • Replace everything in [square brackets] and delete any line that is not true for you.

General templates, not legal advice. Essentras is not a law firm.

Removal request to a site owner or publisher

When to use it: For a site, forum, people-search site or publisher that shows your personal details or copies your work. Use the host version when the owner does not reply.

To the site owner

Subject: Please remove my personal information from [site name]

Hello [name, or "Site owner"],

My [home address / phone number / email address / other: say what] appears on this page: [exact URL].

I did not agree to it being published, and it exposes me to [unwanted contact / harassment / fraud / a safety risk: keep only what is true]. Please remove [the information / the page / my profile].

If you need to confirm that the information is mine, tell me what you need and I will send it through a secure route. Please ask only for what is necessary.

Please reply to confirm once it has been removed. I will then ask search engines to update their results.

Thank you,
[Full name]
[Reply email]

To the hosting provider (owner not replying)

Subject: Abuse report: [private information / harassment / intimate images] at [domain]

Hello,

I am reporting content at [exact URL], hosted on your service, that [publishes my home address and phone number next to threats / harasses me / shows intimate images of me shared without my consent: choose the true description].

I contacted the site owner on [date or dates] and received [no reply / a refusal]. Copies of my messages are attached.

Please review this content under your abuse or acceptable use policy and tell me the outcome.

[Full name]
[Reply email]

Find the host through a WHOIS or hosting lookup for the domain. If you feel unsafe, contact local police.

People-search opt-out by email

When to use it: For a people-search site with no working opt-out form. It also asks the company to cover the other sites it runs.

Opt-out request

Subject: Opt-out request: please remove my listing from [site]

Hello privacy team,

Please remove my listing at [exact listing URL] and keep my information out of future search results on [site].

If your company runs other people-search sites (for example [other sites your California data broker registration lists]), please apply this request to them too, or tell me how to opt out of each site.

To find my records: [full name and past names], [current and past city and state], [age or birth year, only if the listing shows it].

If you need to verify my identity, tell me exactly what you need and I will send only that.

Please confirm when the listing is removed.

[Full name]

The company names and sites in the table on this page come from each company’s own California registration.

Text for Results about you and Google’s removal form

When to use it: Paste into the explanation field and adapt it. Keep it short and factual, 1 URL per request.

Contact details

The page below shows my [phone number / home address / email address] next to my name. I am the person it relates to. I do not own or control the site and cannot remove it myself. [Keep only if true: It is not part of a news report or a government record.] Please remove it from Google Search results.

ID or financial number

The page below shows my [Social Security number / passport number / driver's license number / bank account number / card number]. I am the person it belongs to. I did not agree to its publication and cannot remove it myself. Please remove it from Google Search results.

Doxxing

The page below combines my [home address / workplace / family details] with [quote the threatening or harassing sentence and say where it appears on the page]. This is the kind of content described in Google's doxxing policy. Please remove it from Google Search results.

Explicit images

The page below shows sexual images of me that were shared without my consent. I am the person in the images. Please remove these results from Google Search.

Safety request to suppress your information

When to use it: For a data broker or records company, when your safety is at risk. Send only the documents the company’s own page asks for.

Safety suppression

Subject: Safety request: please suppress my personal information

To the privacy or compliance team at [company],

I ask you to suppress my personal information, including my home address and phone number, from your products and search results, because my safety is at risk.

[Keep what applies: I have a court protective order. / I have filed a police report. / An advocate at a domestic violence program supports this request.] I attach [the document your request page asks for], with details that are not needed for this request covered.

My records may appear under: [full name and past names], [cities].

Please confirm when the suppression is in place and whether it covers your other sites and products. Please contact me only at this email address.

[Full name]
[Reply email]

LexisNexis Risk Solutions lists a court protective order, a police report, or a letter from a shelter administrator or health care professional. An advocate can help you decide what to share.

Follow-up and escalation

When to use it: When a company has not confirmed your request after 1 to 2 weeks.

Follow-up

Subject: Follow-up: [original subject], sent [date]

Hello,

On [date] I asked you to [remove my listing / delete my personal information] ([URL or reference number]). I have not received a confirmation.

Please confirm the outcome, or tell me what you need from me.

[Keep only if a law applies to you: If I do not hear back, I will consider a complaint to (CalPrivacy / the ICO / the data protection authority where I live).]

[Full name]

California residents can complain to CalPrivacy; UK residents to the ICO, after complaining to the company.

FAQ

Removing your home address from the internet: FAQ

Can I completely remove my home address from the internet?▾

Not completely. Property and voter records stay public at the source in most places, and copies can sit on sites you never find. You can remove the copies that are easiest to find: people-search listings, Google results that show your address, and your house in street imagery. If you are at risk, an address confidentiality program can keep a new address out of many records.

How do I remove my address from Google?▾

Add your current and past addresses to Google’s Results about you, then request removal of each result that shows them. For pages it does not catch, use Google’s removal request form. Google removes the result, not the page, so also ask the site to delete your address, then use Refresh Outdated Content.

How do I get my house blurred on Google Street View?▾

Open your home in Street View on Google Maps, select Report a problem, ask Google to blur your house and submit the form. Google says it applies the blur to all copies of that published image, and that a blur cannot be removed once published. For Apple Look Around, email [email protected].

Can I remove my address from property records?▾

Usually not. Property records are public records kept by the county, and the FTC says opting out of people-search sites does not delete public records; California’s DROP also lets brokers keep real estate ownership records. If you are at risk, ask an advocate about your state’s address confidentiality program.

How do I remove my address from Whitepages, Spokeo and other people-search sites?▾

Use each site’s own opt-out page. Spokeo asks for the URL of each listing and an email confirmation, says requests are processed in 24 to 48 hours, and its California registration says the opt-out covers its public sites except ThatsThem.com. Whitepages and most others blocked our visit, so check their pages for current steps; our internet guide lists the page each named in its registration.

Why does my address keep showing up after I removed it?▾

New public records create new listings, sometimes under a new URL, and your address can appear in relatives’ or neighbors’ reports. The FTC says information can reappear when public records change. Re-check at least every 4 months and after every move, and keep Results about you notifications on.

Someone posted my address to threaten me. What should I do?▾

If you are in danger, call 911 in the U.S. or 999 in the UK. Save the page and the threats with dates, report the post to the platform, and submit the URL through Google’s removal form as doxxing, quoting the threatening line. In the U.S., VictimConnect (call or text 855-484-2846) can help you plan next steps; if the person is a partner or ex-partner, so can the National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-799-7233).

Is there a program that keeps my address confidential?▾

Many U.S. states run address confidentiality programs for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and stalking; NNEDV’s Safety Net keeps a state-by-state table. California’s Safe at Home, for example, gives participants a substitute mailing address that state, county and city agencies accept, and lets them register as confidential voters.

How do I keep my address off the internet in the UK?▾

Opt out of the open register, which anyone can buy, through the register to vote service or your electoral registration office. Use Google’s Results about you or removal form for search results, and send an erasure request under the UK GDPR to sites that publish your address. Company directors can read Companies House’s guidance on protecting their details.

How much does it cost to remove my address from the internet?▾

Doing it yourself is free: opt-outs, Google’s tools and blur requests cost nothing. Subscription services that repeat broker opt-outs listed entry plans from $19.99 to $129 a year on 18 Oct 2026. Essentras prices address and personal information removal per case after a free scan, and nobody can promise what a site or Google will decide.

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Next steps

Next steps

  1. 01Get your plan in 1 clickThe free route finder opens at contact details, with the official link and the text to send.Open the route finder
  2. 02Opt out of the big operatorsTick each operator off in the tracker above.Go to the tracker
  3. 03Clear Google step by stepSet up Results about you and use the removal form.Read the Google guide
  4. 04Clear the rest of your detailsPhone numbers, emails, old accounts and breaches.Read the internet guide
  5. 05Hand it overGet a free scan and a per-case price from Essentras.See the service

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Sources and method

Checked on 18 Oct 2026 against the official pages listed in Sources

We read each page below on 18 Oct 2026 and checked every fact on this page against it. Where a page states no timeline, we say so instead of guessing. Prices are as published that day.

  1. Google Search Help: find and remove personal info · read 18 Oct 2026
  2. Google Search Help: remove my private info · read 18 Oct 2026
  3. Google’s removal request form · read 18 Oct 2026
  4. Search Console Help: Refresh Outdated Content · read 18 Oct 2026
  5. Google: contact a website owner · read 18 Oct 2026
  6. Google: sites that charge for removal · read 18 Oct 2026
  7. Google Street View privacy and blurring · read 18 Oct 2026
  8. Google Maps Help: blur or remove 360 imagery · read 18 Oct 2026
  9. Apple Maps image collection (blur requests) · read 18 Oct 2026
  10. Google Legal Help: right to be forgotten overview · read 18 Oct 2026
  11. CalPrivacy: DROP, the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform · read 18 Oct 2026
  12. CalPrivacy: how DROP works · read 18 Oct 2026
  13. CalPrivacy: what data brokers may keep · read 18 Oct 2026
  14. CalPrivacy: help with DROP (profile updates) · read 18 Oct 2026
  15. California Data Broker Registry, 2026 (CSV last updated 29 Jul 2026) · read 18 Oct 2026
  16. FTC: what to know about people search sites (July 2022) · read 18 Oct 2026
  17. Spokeo opt-out page · read 18 Oct 2026
  18. LexisNexis Risk Solutions: opt-out and safety suppression · read 18 Oct 2026
  19. GOV.UK: opt out of the open register · read 18 Oct 2026
  20. GOV.UK: protect your details on the Companies House register · read 18 Oct 2026
  21. ICO: your right to get your data deleted · read 18 Oct 2026
  22. NNEDV Safety Net: address confidentiality programs · read 18 Oct 2026
  23. California Secretary of State: Safe at Home · read 18 Oct 2026
  24. National Domestic Violence Hotline · read 18 Oct 2026
  25. VictimConnect Resource Center · read 18 Oct 2026
  26. SPARC: Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center · read 18 Oct 2026
  27. National Domestic Abuse Helpline (UK) · read 18 Oct 2026
  28. EasyOptOuts home page and price · read 18 Oct 2026
  29. DeleteMe pricing · read 18 Oct 2026
  30. Optery pricing (Extended plan features) · read 18 Oct 2026

What we could not verify, so this page does not rely on it

  • The opt-out steps of most people-search sites: they blocked our visit, so the tracker links the page each operator named in its California registration.
  • How any real-estate listing site handles requests to remove photos of a home: we did not check any, so this page does not describe a process.
  • Which records your state’s address confidentiality program covers: programs differ by state, and NNEDV’s table was last updated in March 2023.

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