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How to Opt Out of CheckPeople and Remove Your Record

Last checked: October 25, 2026

Quick answer: Turn off your VPN first — CheckPeople's form blocks or fails on VPN traffic. Then go to checkpeople.com/opt-out, search your name, city, and state, click "Remove Record" on your listing, enter your name and email, submit, and click "Confirm Request" in the email CheckPeople sends. That email click is what actually completes the removal. CheckPeople states removal in 5 to 7 days.

CheckPeople is a people-search and background-check style site. Its opt-out flow has more steps than most — two CAPTCHAs and a mandatory email confirmation — and one blocker that stops many readers before they start: VPN traffic. Work through the steps in order, and do not skip the last one.

Steps to opt out of CheckPeople

  1. Turn off your VPN. Disconnect any VPN (and, ideally, pause privacy browser extensions that reroute traffic) before you open the site. You can turn it back on when you are done.
  2. Open the opt-out page. Go to checkpeople.com/opt-out. You can also start from the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the site's footer, which leads to the same process.
  3. Search for your record. Enter your name, city, and state, and complete the CAPTCHA.
  4. Find and select your record. Review the results carefully — common names return many listings. Open the record that matches your details and click "Remove Record."
  5. Enter your name and email. Provide the name and an email address you can check immediately.
  6. Complete the second CAPTCHA and submit. The form asks for a second CAPTCHA before it accepts the request.
  7. Click "Confirm Request" in the email. CheckPeople emails you a confirmation message. Clicking "Confirm Request" in that email is what actually completes the opt-out. A submitted form without this click does not finish the job.
  8. Save your records. Note the date, the email address used, and which listing you removed, in case you need to follow up or repeat for a duplicate record.

CheckPeople pitfalls

The VPN blocker is the top pitfall. Many privacy-conscious readers — exactly the people opting out — browse through a VPN by default. On CheckPeople, the search or form may block, error, or silently fail on VPN traffic, and the site does not always explain why. If anything in the flow misbehaves, check your VPN first before assuming the site is down or your record cannot be removed.

The email click completes the request. Like several brokers, CheckPeople splits the flow: form first, email confirmation second. If the confirmation email does not arrive within a reasonable time, check spam and promotions folders, then repeat the form with an address you control. Until you click, assume nothing has been requested.

You may still appear in other people's records. Removing your own record does not remove every mention of you on CheckPeople. You can still appear inside relatives' and neighbors' records as an associate, relative, or neighbor. That is a separate display from your own listing, and it is a common reason readers think a successful removal "didn't work." Judge success by your own record, searched directly.

Duplicates need separate requests. Old addresses, former names, and records in different states can each produce a listing. Each record goes through the same search, "Remove Record," and email confirmation sequence.

How long it takes and how to verify

CheckPeople's own pages state removal in 5 to 7 days after a confirmed request. To verify:

  1. Count the 5 to 7 days from when you clicked "Confirm Request," not from when you submitted the form.
  2. Search CheckPeople again by name, city, and state, with the same details you used originally.
  3. Your own record should no longer appear. Mentions inside other people's records may remain, as explained above.
  4. If your record is still listed after 7 days, repeat the process — VPN off — and make sure the confirmation click registers. Recheck periodically afterward, since records can be rebuilt from fresh data sources.

Rather have it done for you? Doing this site by site is free but slow. Services such as Incogni and Optery submit, confirm, and monitor removal requests across many brokers for a fee. We list manual steps first on every guide; paid help is optional. If you subscribe through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

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