FamilyTreeNow builds its profiles largely from genealogy and public-record data, which is why it often surfaces relatives, past addresses, and approximate birth years that other people-search sites don't show as clearly. The upside is that the site runs its own free, self-service removal rather than burying it behind a paywall or a support queue. The catch is that it runs in two passes: a short Privacy Request form, then a verification email whose link expires in 24 hours, and only then the detailed form that actually files the removal.
If you want the bigger picture before you file, our FamilyTreeNow.com profile covers what the site is, what a listing shows, and whether it's legit.
Step 1: Look yourself up first
Search your name at familytreenow.com and open the record that's actually you, noting what it shows: birth year, past addresses, relatives. You don't remove anything from this page, but the opt-out asks you to identify your record later, so it helps to know what's on it.
Step 2: Open the Privacy Request form
Go to familytreenow.com/optout. Despite the URL, this is not a search tool. It's a form headed "Privacy Request", and it opens by telling you what's coming: "We will send you a verification email to confirm your identity before processing your request."
Set "I am requesting as" to "The person whose information is being opted out" (or "An authorized agent on behalf of someone else"), fill in First Name and Last Name (middle name optional) plus your email address, tick the authorization checkbox, and click "Begin Privacy Request."
Step 3: Click the verification link within 24 hours
FamilyTreeNow emails you a verification link. Check your spam folder if it hasn't landed, and don't sit on it: the site's own notes state "The verification link expires in 24 hours." If it lapses, start again from Step 2. Nothing you've done is lost.
Step 4: Complete the detailed opt-out form
The link returns you to the site and opens the actual opt-out form. FamilyTreeNow warns up front that "you'll need to provide additional information for verification," so have the details from Step 1 to hand. This is the step that files the removal. The first form only proved you own the email address, which is why stopping after the email is the most common way people end up still listed.
Step 5: Wait 3 days
FamilyTreeNow states your information "will be removed within 3 days." Search your name again after that, ideally in a private window, and repeat the process for any additional listings under name variations or former addresses. The whole process is free, and the site says so explicitly, so don't pay anyone to do it for you.
Why it's worth checking back
FamilyTreeNow builds profiles from genealogy and public-record feeds that are refreshed continuously, so a removal clears what's visible today without preventing a new record from being assembled later. A fresh address, a new property filing, or a re-indexed genealogy source can put you back in results weeks or months on. That's especially true here because the site's matching leans on relatives and historical addresses, which gives it more ways to reconstitute a profile than a name-and-phone listing would.
That recurring check is exactly what Delist My Data automates: filing the removal once, then watching for you to reappear on FamilyTreeNow and the rest of the people-search sites and re-filing without you having to remember. We're in pre-launch now; join the waitlist for founding-member access as we bring it online.