How to Opt Out of PeopleLooker: Step-by-Step Removal

In short: To opt out of PeopleLooker, search for your listing by name and state, select it and continue to opt out, enter your email, and confirm through the link PeopleLooker sends you. PeopleLooker's own support page says the removal will show up within about a day of your request being processed, at the site's next server refresh, and because the site's database is continuously updated, the listing can come back later and may need to be removed again.

PeopleLooker is a people-search site that pulls public records, social media details, and court data into a profile anyone can search by name. If your name, address, relatives, or phone number showed up there, the site does let you request removal — but the process runs through a related company you may not expect, and the listing can quietly come back later. Here's how the opt-out actually works, step by step.

What's the step-by-step process to opt out of PeopleLooker?

Follow these steps in order. Completing them takes a few minutes; the actual removal happens afterward.

1. Go to PeopleLooker's opt-out page using the "Do Not Sell My Info" link.
2. Search for your own listing using your first name, last name, and state.
3. Select the listing that matches you and continue to the opt-out step.
4. Enter your email address when prompted. According to Optery's walkthrough, you'll also need to "complete the security CAPTCHA and then click Send Verification Email."
5. Check your inbox for the verification email and click the confirmation link inside it. This step is mandatory — the request does not process without it.
6. Wait for the confirmation message. Optery reports that after clicking the link, "a message confirming your opt out request will appear," stating the information will be removed from PeopleLooker's site.
7. Set a reminder to search your name on PeopleLooker again in roughly a day, and again in 30 days, to confirm the listing hasn't reappeared.

There's no form field for a street address or photo ID anywhere in this flow — just your name, state, and email.

What information does PeopleLooker need to remove my listing?

PeopleLooker needs your name, state, and a valid email address — nothing more. Published walkthroughs of the process, including Optery's step-by-step guide, describes the same three inputs: search criteria to locate your listing, an email address to send the verification link, and a CAPTCHA to prove you're not a bot. There is no option to opt out by phone or by mail, and no step asks you to upload a photo ID. The email confirmation link is the only identity check in the process, so use an address you can access right away — the opt-out isn't processed until you click that link.

How long does removal actually take?

PeopleLooker's own support page says it typically takes about 24 hours after your request is confirmed. The company's help center states: "Once you receive our email confirming that we have processed your opt-out request, your request will be reflected in our People Search results the next time our server refreshes. In most cases this will take 24 hours to take effect and then we encourage you to check for yourself."

In practice, it can be quicker. Security.org tested the process and found the listing disappeared well before the stated deadline: "PeopleLooker says it could take up to 24 hours for the removal to take effect, but in our case, the record was gone after just a few minutes." Either way, PeopleLooker's own 24-hour figure is the number to plan around — check back within a day, and if the listing is still up after that, the opt-out may not have gone through and is worth resubmitting.

Will my data come back after I remove it?

Yes, it can. PeopleLooker's own FAQ page explains why: the site "partners with a number of publicly available data providers as well as 3rd party providers of specialty data," and it says it keeps those databases growing to stay current. That same mechanism that keeps the site current is what can rebuild a listing you already removed, once a new source feed brings your name back in.

A separate comparison of PeopleLooker and BeenVerified makes the same point about reappearing listings: both companies "source their Background Report data from third-party providers on an ongoing basis, so a suppressed listing can be rebuilt if a new source feed does not exactly match your prior submission," and the advice is to "re-search your name periodically on both BeenVerified and PeopleLooker rather than treating either opt-out as a one-time task." So one opt-out submission is not a permanent fix; it clears what's listed at the time of your request, not your name forever.

Because repopulation is common across people-search sites generally, not just PeopleLooker, it helps to see this opt-out as one piece of a larger cleanup. Privacy Unpacked's tracker hub for people-search sites lays out which other sites tend to carry the same information, and the broader guide on removing yourself from the internet covers sites beyond people-search brokers that often hold copies of the same basic details.

Do I have to opt out of BeenVerified too?

Yes, as a separate step. PeopleLooker and BeenVerified share a parent company — both privacy policies describe PeopleLooker LLC and BeenVerified, LLC as operating "acting through" The Lifetime Value Co. LLC — and PeopleLooker's own opt-out flow runs on BeenVerified's infrastructure to process the request. Security.org found that the opt-out link redirected to BeenVerified's own site, and Optery confirms that "BeenVerified processes opt out requests for PeopleLooker."

That shared infrastructure does not mean one request clears both listings, though. Asked point-blank whether opting out of BeenVerified also removes a listing from PeopleLooker, Recording Law's direct answer is "No. Both are run by The Lifetime Value Co. through separate brand entities, and each has its own opt-out form. Nothing on either site states that one request covers the other. Submit a separate opt-out to each brand." So run the PeopleLooker opt-out and a separate BeenVerified opt-out, each using the same name and state, and confirm both searches come back empty rather than assuming one confirmation email covers both sites.

The one thing to do before you close this tab

Removal from PeopleLooker is not permanent. Because the database is continuously updated from new source feeds, a listing that's gone today can come back weeks later with no notice that it's reappeared — a pattern PeopleLooker's own help center acknowledges by encouraging users to "check for yourself" after any removal request. Set a calendar reminder for 30 days from today to search your name on PeopleLooker again. If the listing is back, repeat the opt-out — the steps are the same the second time, and they'll be the same the time after that.