PeopleSearchNow publishes free records built from public data, with a current street address, phone numbers and a list of relatives, and its free record pages carry paid links to background-check sites like TruthFinder and BeenVerified. The removal itself is free (no account, no fee, no ID upload), but the flow runs backwards from most brokers: you hand over your name and email address before you ever see your record, and the actual removal form only arrives as a link in your inbox. Two things trip people up along the way: that emailed link expires after 24 hours, and the details you type into the removal form have to match the record you want gone.
If you want the bigger picture before you file, our PeopleSearchNow profile covers what the site is and what a listing shows, along with whether it's legit.
Step 1: Open the opt-out page
Go to peoplesearchnow.com/opt-out. The footer's "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link doesn't open the form. It goes to a notice page at /do-not-sell, which links on to the "Opt-Out Form," so bookmark the /opt-out address itself. The site has run a Cloudflare gate on and off, so you may hit a brief "verify you are human" screen first. Complete it in your normal browser. (When we re-checked on September 28, 2026 the opt-out page loaded without one.)
Step 2: Fill out the opt-out form
The page is headed "People Search Now Opt-Out Form," and it spells out its own four-step process right above the fields: email first, then an emailed link, then your record. Leave the "I am" dropdown on "The subject of the request." If you're filing for someone else, pick "An authorized agent of the subject of the request," which adds fields for your own name and email. Enter the first and last name (middle name is optional) plus your email address. Tick the authorization box confirming you're allowed to make the request, complete Google's reCAPTCHA, then press Begin Removal Process. Use an inbox you can actually open. A masked or forwarding address is fine and keeps your real email off a broker's list, but the link in the next step has to land somewhere you can click it.
Step 3: Click the link emailed to you
PeopleSearchNow emails you a link to the actual record-removal form. It can take a little while to arrive, so check the spam folder. By the site's own warning it expires after 24 hours. Miss the window and you'll need to go back to Step 2 and request a new one.
Step 4: Complete the removal form
The emailed link opens the removal form. Enter your information so it matches the record you want opted out. The site's own note warns that omitted or inaccurate details will only hinder the request, since what you type is how it finds the listing to suppress. If you're listed under other versions of your name (a maiden name, a middle initial), each variant needs its own pass through these steps.
Step 5: Confirmation page and email
After you submit the form, you should land on a page confirming the request has been received and is being processed, and a confirmation email follows. That email is a receipt, not another hoop. The click that mattered was the emailed link in Step 3.
Step 6: Wait 3 days and verify
PeopleSearchNow asks you to allow 3 days for a request to be fully processed. After that, search your name on the site again to confirm the listing is gone. If it's still up well past the window, resubmit rather than assuming the request is working its way through. Remember, too, that removal here does nothing about the paid sites PeopleSearchNow links out to, which keep their own records. On September 28, 2026 its pages carried sponsored links to four report brands, among them TruthFinder and Spokeo. Its "premium records" buttons went to Intelius and PeopleFinders. TruthFinder and BeenVerified each have separate opt-out processes worth doing while you're at it.
Other ways to file
Each PeopleSearchNow record page also has a "Remove Record" link under the name. It points to an address beginning /Manage/SendVerificationEmail/, which suggests it starts the same emailed-link flow for that one record, but Cloudflare blocked it every time we tried, so we can't confirm where it leads. The site's privacy notice and its "Do Not Sell" page also give a phone line for opt-out requests, 888-553-5506, which we haven't tested.
Why it's worth checking back
PeopleSearchNow rebuilds its database from the same public-record feeds as every other people-search site, so a completed removal only means your listing is gone as of today. A move or a new phone number can regenerate your profile weeks or months later. So can a freshly digitized court or property record. That is the same reappearance problem that makes removing your personal information from the internet an ongoing chore rather than a one-time errand.
That recurring check is exactly what Delist My Data automates — filing the removal once, then watching for you to reappear on PeopleSearchNow 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.