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Remove yourself from PrivateRecords

Estimated time: 10 minutes. Difficulty: easy.

Steps

  1. Open the PrivateRecords opt-out page.
  2. Enter your first name, last name and state (city if asked) and click Search. Solve the CAPTCHA if one appears.
  3. Find your record — check age, city and relatives, since namesakes are common — and click the green arrow / Continue button on the right.
  4. Fill in the removal form: email address, full name, address and phone number. Use the address and phone exactly as they appear on the listing. Solve the CAPTCHA and click Submit.
  5. Open the email from PrivateRecords (check spam — it can take up to 48 hours to arrive) and click the "Click to Remove your information" link. Nothing happens until you click it. No ID upload is required.
  6. Allow about 1–2 weeks. Then search www.privaterecords.net again to confirm.
PrivateRecords.net uses the same opt-out flow as PrivateReports.com, BackgroundCheckers.net and CheckSecrets.com — same form, same email confirmation — but each site needs its own opt-out. The form asks for your phone number and address; a masked email is fine, but the other fields need to match the listing. Got more than one listing? Repeat for each. Expect to re-do this every few months.
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