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Remove yourself from AmericaPhoneBook

Estimated time: 2 minutes. Difficulty: easy.

Steps

  1. Go to americaphonebook.com and search by surname and state (or by phone number using reverse lookup).
  2. Each result shows name, address and phone with a tiny "Remove Listing" button on the right. Click the one that is you.
  3. Confirm the "Are you sure you want to remove this number?" pop-up. No email, CAPTCHA, phone or ID is asked for.
  4. Repeat for every listing that belongs to you — old addresses and landlines are listed separately.
  5. The site says removals are done automatically within 24 hours. The contact page holds the removal instructions but no form — the old phone-number-and-zip form was retired.
  6. Search again the next day to confirm.
AmericaPhoneBook and UnitedStatesPhoneBook are run by the same person with the same database and the same Remove button — but each site needs its own click. The site bans emailed removals ("DO NOT EMAIL FOR REMOVALS, PLEASE USE THE REMOVE BUTTON"), so don't bother writing in. Search again in a month; new phone book data gets loaded periodically.
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