Instant Checkmate sells subscription background reports assembled from public records, and like its sibling sites it runs no standalone opt-out form of its own. Instant Checkmate is owned by PeopleConnect — the company behind TruthFinder, Intelius, and US Search — so removal goes through PeopleConnect's shared Suppression Center. The upside: one completed request suppresses your record across all four sites at once, not just Instant Checkmate.
Get to the Suppression Center
Go directly to suppression.peopleconnect.us. You can also reach it from instantcheckmate.com: scroll to the footer, click "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information," then "View Public Data Tools," then "Manage My Suppression Rules" — but the direct link skips all of that. The tool is free at every step.
Enter your email and verify it
Enter your email address, agree to the terms, and continue. PeopleConnect sends a confirmation email — click the link inside it before moving on. Nothing else on the form works until this step is confirmed.
Enter your name and date of birth
Provide your full legal name and birthdate, plus any alternate names on record — maiden names and prior married names matter here, because records under a prior name can exist as separate entries. Double-check the date of birth before continuing; PeopleConnect's own form warns it can't be changed once submitted.
Find and select your record
The tool shows possible matches based on what you entered. Match by name, age, and location, then select the one that's you. If you don't see a match, try adding an alternate name or previous city.
Verify your identity again
Choose email or phone for a second verification step, enter the code you're sent, and continue. If the phone option shows a masked number that isn't yours, verify by email instead — the number on screen is whatever PeopleConnect's file contains, and it's often stale or wrong.
Set the record to Suppressed
On the final screen, choose "Suppressed" from the "Desired Behavior" dropdown and save — this is the step the form warns can't be undone. PeopleConnect states suppression requests are processed within 48 hours. Search your name on Instant Checkmate again after a couple of days to confirm the listing is gone.
What this does and doesn't cover
Because Instant Checkmate, TruthFinder, Intelius, and US Search all pull from the same PeopleConnect backend, a single suppression request clears your record across all four at once — see our full Suppression Center guide for what suppression is (and isn't) under the hood. What it doesn't touch is anything outside the PeopleConnect network: Spokeo, BeenVerified, Whitepages, and the rest are separate companies with their own opt-out processes, so this one request isn't a shortcut for the industry as a whole.
Why it's worth checking back
Suppression stops that specific record from displaying, but it doesn't stop new public-records data from being ingested under your name later — a new address or a record from a fresh source can generate a new listing that your earlier request doesn't cover.
That's the part DelistMyData is built to keep watching — filing the suppression once, then checking back for you and re-filing if Instant Checkmate (or the rest of the PeopleConnect network) relists you. We're in pre-launch now; join the waitlist for founding-member access as we bring it online.