USPhonebook is a reverse-phone-lookup site first and a general people-search site second — search a phone number and it'll show you the name, address history, and relatives tied to it, which is exactly how most people discover they're listed. The removal is free and needs no account, but it runs in two passes: you ask for a link, then you fill in the form the link opens. Older write-ups (this guide's own earlier version included) describe searching for your record inside the removal tool. There is no search there. The first thing the page asks for is your email address.
If you want the bigger picture before you file, our USPhonebook.com profile covers what the site is, what a listing shows, and whether it's legit.
Step 1: Find your listing
Search your name or phone number at usphonebook.com and open the listing that matches you. Note the address and any phone numbers shown; the form at the end of this process asks you to reproduce them, and matching is how the site locates the record to pull.
Step 2: Request the opt-out link
Go to usphonebook.com/removal (/opt-out redirects to the same page) and scroll to the section headed US Phone Book Opt-Out Form. The homepage footer doesn't carry a "Do Not Sell" link, so if you'd rather not type the URL, the route is "Notice at collection" in the footer, then the "Opt-Out Form" link inside it.
The form here removes nothing yet. Set the "I am" dropdown to "The subject of the request" (or "An authorized agent of the subject of the request"), enter First Name, Last Name and an email address you can check right away, tick the authorization checkbox, complete the captcha, and press Begin Removal Process. The page states what it does with that: "Enter your email address and name and complete the captcha below. We will send a link to your email address that will take you to the opt-out form."
Step 3: Click the emailed link within 24 hours
The email can be slow, so check spam. USPhonebook is explicit about the deadline: "If you wait more than 24 hours to click this link you will need to request a new one." If it lapses, redo Step 2 with the same address.
Step 4: Fill in the opt-out form
The link opens the form that actually files the removal. Enter your details so they match the record you found in Step 1, because that matching is the whole mechanism: "Enter your information on the form. This should match the info on the record you want opted out." The site adds its own warning against being coy: "Omitting information or providing inaccurate information on the opt-out form will only hinder the opt-out process."
Step 5: Confirmation, then allow 3 days
You land on a confirmation page and get a confirmation email. USPhonebook publishes the window right there: "Please allow 3 days for your request to be fully processed." Re-search your name after that, and resubmit if the listing is still up well past it.
If the online form won't work for you, USPhonebook's notice at collection names a phone lane for the same request at 888-747-4095. Its contact page lists (469) 983-2441 for general support and a postal address: PO Box 660675, Dallas, TX 75266-0675.
USPhonebook is one of ten sister sites
California's data broker registry lists USPhoneBook.com as a trade name of Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC of Sacramento, alongside FastPeopleSearch, FastBackgroundCheck, CyberBackgroundChecks, SearchPeopleFree, PeopleSearchNow, SmartBackgroundChecks, AdvancedBackgroundChecks, USA-People-Search and Phonebooks.com. An earlier version of this guide said USPhonebook shared a parent with PeopleFinders; the current registry shows PeopleFinders filing separately.
Whether one request covers all ten is an open question, and the two sources disagree. In the same registry filing, the company tells California that "consumers may exercise their right to opt out of the sale of certain personal information by submitting a request on any of these sites, which will apply across all sites." Nothing on the sites themselves says so: USPhonebook's opt-out page, privacy notice and notice at collection never mention a sibling, and each site runs a separate copy of the form. We have no way to watch a suppression propagate from the outside, so treat the cross-site claim as unproven. File here, then re-search yourself on FastPeopleSearch, SearchPeopleFree and CyberBackgroundChecks a few days later and file again anywhere you still appear.
Why it's worth checking back
USPhonebook rebuilds its listings from public-record feeds on a rolling basis, so a profile that's cleared today can be repopulated later from a new source the site didn't have before. Its own notice at collection concedes the point: "we regularly receive new public records so even if you opt out, your publicly available information may appear in our Data Products again in the future. We recommend you periodically refresh your opt-out request."
That's the part Delist My Data is built to automate — filing the removal once, then watching USPhonebook (and the rest of the people-search sites) for you to reappear, and filing it again without you having to remember. We're in pre-launch now; join the waitlist for founding-member access as we bring it online.
Sources
- USPhonebook: Removal
- USPhonebook: Notice at Collection
- USPhonebook: Contact
- California Privacy Protection Agency: Data Broker Registry — Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC registration