Intelius is one of four people-search sites owned by PeopleConnect. The others are TruthFinder.com, InstantCheckmate.com, and USSearch.com. A single free request covers your background report on all four, through one portal.
Two kinds of data, two different tools
Intelius separates your information into User Data and Public Data, and they are handled separately.
User Data is what the site collects when you interact with it — email address, search history, payment records. Public Data is the background report generated when someone searches your name.
This distinction is the part people get wrong. Deleting your User Data does not remove your background report. In Intelius's own words, deleting User Data "will NOT prevent other users from searching for your Public Data." If your goal is to stop appearing in name searches, the delete button is not the tool you want.
Use an alias, not your real email
Every removal on this list asks for an email address to verify you. Handing a data broker your real address gives them a working identifier they did not already have — while you are in the middle of asking them to hold less about you.
Use an alias instead. DuckDuckGo Email Protection issues free @duck.com addresses that forward to your inbox and strip trackers on the way through. Apple's Hide My Email and Firefox Relay do the same job. The broker gets a working address, the verification link arrives, and nothing lands in your real inbox.
Use the same alias for every removal so you can find the confirmations later, and never enter your real address on a broker's form.
The suppression request
Go to suppression.peopleconnect.us.
Enter your alias address, agree to the terms, and submit. You will receive a verification email with a link to complete the request. That is the entire process — there is no fee, and no record to hunt for first.
Once suppressed, a background report will not be provided when someone searches your name on any of the four sites.
Relatives and associates
Separately, you can prevent your name from appearing as a possible relative or associate in other people's reports. That request lives on the Intelius privacy page and requires your name, date of birth, city, state, and an email — use the alias here too.
Protected persons
Judges, law enforcement officers, and public officials in states with applicable laws can submit a separate request to [email protected] with their name, date of birth, city and state, and the law they are filing under.
What it does not cover
Suppression applies to name searches only. Your information may still appear in phone, address, or email reports when someone searches by those criteria, and on registered sex offender lists. It does not cover Classmates.com, another PeopleConnect site. It does not apply to your User Data, and it does not affect the third-party sources the data came from. PeopleConnect describes the tool as optional and offered at its discretion.
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Intelius is one of four people-search sites owned by PeopleConnect. The others are TruthFinder.com, InstantCheckmate.com, and USSearch.com. A single free request covers your background report on all four, through one portal.
Two kinds of data, two different tools
Intelius separates your information into User Data and Public Data, and they are handled separately.
User Data is what the site collects when you interact with it — email address, search history, payment records. Public Data is the background report generated when someone searches your name.
This distinction is the part people get wrong. Deleting your User Data does not remove your background report. In Intelius's own words, deleting User Data "will NOT prevent other users from searching for your Public Data." If your goal is to stop appearing in name searches, the delete button is not the tool you want.
Use an alias, not your real email
Every removal on this list asks for an email address to verify you. Handing a data broker your real address gives them a working identifier they did not already have — while you are in the middle of asking them to hold less about you.
Use an alias instead. DuckDuckGo Email Protection issues free @duck.com addresses that forward to your inbox and strip trackers on the way through. Apple's Hide My Email and Firefox Relay do the same job. The broker gets a working address, the verification link arrives, and nothing lands in your real inbox.
Use the same alias for every removal so you can find the confirmations later, and never enter your real address on a broker's form.
The suppression request
Go to suppression.peopleconnect.us.
Enter your alias address, agree to the terms, and submit. You will receive a verification email with a link to complete the request. That is the entire process — there is no fee, and no record to hunt for first.
Once suppressed, a background report will not be provided when someone searches your name on any of the four sites.
Relatives and associates
Separately, you can prevent your name from appearing as a possible relative or associate in other people's reports. That request lives on the Intelius privacy page and requires your name, date of birth, city, state, and an email — use the alias here too.
Protected persons
Judges, law enforcement officers, and public officials in states with applicable laws can submit a separate request to [email protected] with their name, date of birth, city and state, and the law they are filing under.
What it does not cover
Suppression applies to name searches only. Your information may still appear in phone, address, or email reports when someone searches by those criteria, and on registered sex offender lists. It does not cover Classmates.com, another PeopleConnect site. It does not apply to your User Data, and it does not affect the third-party sources the data came from. PeopleConnect describes the tool as optional and offered at its discretion.
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The opt-out process is free and handled through a privacy request portal. One submission covers all sites under the Intelius umbrella.
Before you start
You will need a working email address to receive a confirmation link. Have your name and current city ready to search your record.
Step 1 — Find your listing
Go to intelius.com and search your name. Locate the profile that matches you. If there are multiple listings from different addresses, note each one — you can submit them all in a single opt-out session.
Step 2 — Go to the opt-out page
Navigate to the Intelius privacy portal directly:
Click "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" or "Opt Out."
Step 3 — Search for your record
Enter your first name, last name, and state. The portal will display matching records from Intelius's database.
Step 4 — Select your listing and submit
Find your record in the results, select it, and click the opt-out button. Enter your email address and submit the request.
Step 5 — Verify by email
Intelius will send a confirmation email. Open it and click the link to complete the removal.
Step 6 — Confirm removal
Removal typically takes 24–72 hours. Return to intelius.com after a few days and search your name to confirm the listing is gone.
What to expect after removal
Intelius re-indexes data from public records regularly. Listings can reappear following address changes, property filings, or voter registration updates. Checking back every three to six months is a good habit.
Because Intelius licenses its data to other companies and aggregators, removing your Intelius listing does not remove your information from every site that sources data from them.
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