MyLife built a name-search listing for most adults in the US, then attached a "Reputation Score" and a background-report teaser to it — the kind of preview that hints you might have a criminal or arrest record unless you pay to see more. That business model is also why MyLife draws more regulatory scrutiny than most sites in this space: the FTC and Department of Justice sued MyLife and its CEO in 2020 over exactly those scare-tactic teasers, resulting in a $21 million settlement and a permanent ban on that kind of auto-renewing, negative-option marketing. The removal form itself is not the nightmare it once was — no phone call, no ID upload, no account required — but it asks for more fields than most competitors, runs on email verification you have to actually click through, and takes noticeably longer to clear than a typical suppression request. Worth noting: despite the similar business, MyLife is not part of PeopleConnect (the company behind Intelius, TruthFinder, and Instant Checkmate) — it's a separate operator with its own removal process entirely.
Step 1: Find your profile
Go to mylife.com and search your name. Check the city and middle initial on each result before assuming it's you — MyLife often lists near-duplicate profiles for people with common names, or splits one person across two listings from different data pulls.
Step 2: Copy the profile URL
Right-click your listing and choose "copy link address" (on mobile, tap and hold the result, then use your browser's copy-link option). Hang onto this — the removal form asks for it specifically, not just your name.
Step 3: Submit the privacy request
Go to mylife.com/privacyrequest and fill in the form: your state, first name, last name, city, ZIP code, and birth year, then paste the profile URL you copied. Select "Delete My Information" as the request type, enter your email address, and complete the CAPTCHA. Do not create a MyLife account to do this — claiming your profile hands MyLife more verified data about you and tends to complicate removal rather than speed it up.
Step 4: Verify by email
MyLife sends a verification message shortly after you submit — check your inbox and your spam folder if it doesn't show up within the hour. Click the confirmation link. The request doesn't start processing until you do; skipping this step is the most common reason people think their submission "didn't work."
Step 5: Wait for removal
MyLife typically acknowledges the request within 24–48 hours, with full profile removal — Reputation Score included — taking about one to two weeks. If nothing's changed after three weeks, follow up by emailing membersupport@mylife.com with your name and profile URL, or call 1-888-704-1900 during Pacific business hours.
Why MyLife is more friction than most
The teaser background report and Reputation Score aren't a separate product you opt out of individually — removing the profile removes both. But getting there means clearing more required fields than a typical suppression form, and the email-verification step is a real gate: no click, no removal, no error message telling you why. That friction lines up with MyLife's regulatory history — the FTC's 2020 complaint centered on background-report snippets that implied people had criminal or arrest records specifically to push subscription sales — even now that the removal mechanics themselves have gotten simpler than they once were.
Why it's worth checking back
MyLife re-scrapes public records on a roughly three-to-six-month cycle, and a successful removal only clears what's listed today. A new address, a new phone number, or a record pulled from a source MyLife didn't have before can put your listing right back up — Reputation Score and all — without any notice. Manual opt-outs handle the moment; they don't handle the recurrence.
That recurrence is exactly what DelistMyData is built to automate — filing the removal once, then watching for you to reappear on MyLife and the rest of the people-search sites and filing it again, without you having to remember to check back every few months. We're in pre-launch now; join the waitlist for founding-member access as we bring it online.