Social Catfish isn't a classic address-and-relatives people-search site. It's a California-based "online dating investigation service" — its paying customers run reverse searches on a name, email address, phone number, username, or photo to work out who they're really talking to. That mix is worth knowing before you opt out, because your listing can surface through more doors than your name alone, and the removal form is built to close all of them: it accepts extra email addresses, phone numbers, and even photos alongside your name.
The removal itself is free, requires no account, and runs through a single form. Social Catfish frames it as a state privacy request but says it accepts requests from all U.S. residents, not just those in privacy-law states, and commits to making your information unavailable for sale on the site within fifteen days.
Find your listing
Go to socialcatfish.com — dismiss the "100% Confidential Search" consent pop-up that appears on a first visit — and search your own name, then check the matches against your city and age to confirm which record is yours. If you land on a results page for your listing, copy its URL from the address bar — the opt-out form has an optional field for profile URLs, and pasting the exact link removes any ambiguity about which record you mean. While you're there, it's worth also searching the email address and phone number you use most, since Social Catfish indexes those as separate search paths to you.
Open the opt-out form and select your state
Navigate to socialcatfish.com/opt-out. The form's first step asks for your state of residence — it's a required selection, but don't let it put you off if you're not in California or another privacy-law state, because Social Catfish states it honors requests from residents of every U.S. state.
Fill in the details you want removed
The required fields are your first name, last name, and an email address. Everything else is optional, and this is where the earlier legwork pays off: paste your profile URL, and add your middle initial, age range, any additional email addresses, and the phone numbers you want removed. The form also accepts up to eight image uploads — useful specifically because Social Catfish sells reverse image search, so attaching a photo that appears in its results lets them match and pull it. Only add data points you've actually seen surface, or that you'd want scrubbed if they did. There's also a checkbox for submissions made by an authorized agent on someone else's behalf; skip it if you're filing for yourself.
Submit and respond to any verification
Submit the form, then keep an eye on the inbox you entered. Social Catfish says that if it has a good-faith belief a request may be fraudulent, it may ask for information to verify your identity — so a follow-up email isn't a rejection, just answer it. Its own help material also describes confirming removal requests by email, so treat a message from Social Catfish as part of the process rather than noise.
Wait out the processing window
The opt-out page commits to fifteen days; Social Catfish's own support article quotes 15–21 days end to end. If your record still appears after three weeks, resubmit with the profile URL included, or escalate to the privacy contact routes listed on the form's page.
Removing your listing is not canceling your subscription
A lot of people searching "how to cancel Social Catfish" actually have two separate problems, and the form above solves only one of them. The opt-out removes your personal data from search results — it does nothing to a paid membership. Social Catfish's trials (a few dollars for three days) auto-convert to a monthly subscription unless canceled, per its own help article.
To cancel: log in, open Manage Account, go to the Payments and Subscriptions tab, and click Cancel on your plan, saving the confirmation. No login handy? Call (844) 422-8347 (9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pacific) or email welcome@socialcatfish.com with your name and account email, and ask for written confirmation. And the mirror image holds too: canceling your subscription doesn't remove your listing — file the opt-out separately if you want both.
Why it's worth checking back
Social Catfish rebuilds its index from social profiles, public records, and the open web on an ongoing basis, so a completed removal only means you're out as of today. A new account, a reused photo, or a fresh public record can resurface you weeks or months later — the same pattern we see on Spokeo and every other broker in our removal guide.
That recurring check is exactly what DelistMyData automates — filing the removal once, then watching for you to reappear on Social Catfish 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.