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Remove yourself from data brokers

The bot finds your number or name on people-search and data broker sites and files opt-outs, often with a free skill that went viral on X.

Starting prompt (adapted)

Search people-search and data broker sites for my name, phone number, and city, and list each listing you find with its link. Before filing, check each site's opt-out rules and whether residents of my state qualify, then show me the plan and wait for my OK. Don't give any site more personal data than its listing already shows; if a site asks for my date of birth, ID, or SSN, or blocks automated requests, stop and hand it back to me. Answer the confirmation emails, keep a log of every request with the site's own confirmation or rejection, and recheck the sites in 30 days.

Written for this site from what the cases below did. It is a starting point, not a prompt anyone posted. Fill in the parts in brackets.

What you still do

  • Finish the opt-outs the bot couldn't complete
  • Decide whether to give a site your date of birth or address
  • File by hand where a site blocks automated requests
  • Approve escalations, such as a state attorney general complaint
  • Check later whether listings and spam calls dropped

Where it tends to fail

  • Sites can reject opt-outs from US states without a comprehensive privacy law
  • Some brokers block automated privacy requests
  • Opt-out forms can ask for more personal data than the listing showed
  • Success reports are text only, and less spam can have other causes

How well it's backed up

The payoff is less spam, not money. Posts are almost all text only, with mixed results: some report success, others were rejected under state privacy law, blocked as automated, or stalled on identity checks.

Text only: 11 · Provider confirmation shown: 1.

How we label cases

Cases

Reported done

5 cases Show

The provider agreed or the change is reported done. Biggest saving first. Each case says what backs it.

Not finished yet

4 cases Show

The bot found something, sent a request, or is waiting on the provider. No outcome yet.

Didn't work, or nothing to change

3 cases Show

The attempt was blocked or rejected, or the check found nothing to change. Useful for knowing the limits.