Two things are held in your name right now: money in official state unclaimed-property databases, and personal data on people-search sites. One is yours to collect. The other is yours to take back.
Every state runs an official unclaimed-property program β forgotten bank accounts, deposits, refunds, insurance payouts. Searching is free, claiming is free, and per the states' own association (NAUPA), roughly one in seven people has something waiting. Pick your state β we link only to the official program, never a middleman.
Before you can clean anything, you need to know what's out there. Run these five checks β each opens in a new tab, none costs anything, and nothing here sends us your name or results. Tick them off as you go.
Honest version: not everything is removable, and anyone who promises otherwise is selling you something. Here's what actually works, in order of effort.
Google removes results that expose your phone, home address, or email via Results about you, and de-lists pages that no longer exist via the outdated-content tool. Both are free and take minutes.
Every major people-search site is legally required to offer an opt-out. The top ones, direct links:
Expect profiles to reappear within months β brokers re-scrape public records. Re-run the sweep quarterly.
If a case was dismissed, expunged, or sealed, most legitimate publishers remove it on request, free β email them the disposition record. Never pay a "mugshot removal" fee: charging to remove booking photos is illegal in a growing number of states, and paying one site funds the next. If a publisher demands money, that's your signal to escalate β to Google (above), or to counsel.
We're building an automated quarterly opt-out sweep β one subscription, every major broker, receipts for every removal. It is not ready yet, and we don't take money for things that aren't ready. Leave an email and you'll hear exactly once, when it works:
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