Written by the Removal Lab team.
Searched your own phone number or name and found a USPhoneBook result about you? The USPhoneBook opt out is a request you send to USPhoneBook itself. You can do it without paying a service, as the FTC explains for people search sites, or Removal Lab can do it for you.
Here is the honest part, before any steps. USPhoneBook blocked our reader on every page we tried, including its opt out page. We also could not find it in the parts of California’s data broker registry we were able to read. So this guide does not list USPhoneBook buttons or timings we cannot prove. It gives you the FTC’s method, the checks that keep you safe and your legal routes. Confirm each screen of the USPhoneBook opt out as you go.
The quick version: USPhoneBook opt out
- Search USPhoneBook for your phone number first, then your name and address. Note every result that is you.
- On your result, look for an opt out or remove option. If there is none, search the site’s name with “opt out” and check the page you land on is really usphonebook.com.
- Give only the details needed to match your record. Screenshot each screen before you send.
- If you live in California, also send a free deletion request through DROP.
- When the record is gone, ask Google to refresh the old result. Or send the links to Removal Lab for a free check.
How to opt out of USPhoneBook step by step
These steps follow the FTC’s advice for every people search site. Where USPhoneBook may differ, we say so.
Step 1. Search by phone number first
The FTC suggests starting your search with a phone number or address, then your name. A phone number search often brings up a record a name search misses. Search every number you have used in recent years, including old landlines. Open each result that is clearly you and copy its web address.
Step 2. Find the opt out option
The FTC’s advice is to look for an opt out option once you find a report about you. If you cannot find one, search the site’s name with “opt out” or “remove my information”. Many guides describe a USPhoneBook opt out page. We could not open it, so we cannot confirm its fields, buttons or whether it sends a confirmation email.
Step 3. Check you are on the real site
Before you type anything, look at the address bar. Your USPhoneBook opt out should happen on usphonebook.com, not on a look alike page or an advert. Never pay a stranger and never upload an identity document just to remove a listing from a free search page.
Step 4. Give the least information that works
The FTC warns that opting out may mean giving information to verify who you are. Give only what is needed to match the record to you. Take a screenshot of each screen before you send, because we cannot tell you whether a confirmation email follows.
Step 5. Repeat and check back
Do the same for every record that is you. Then search again by phone, name and address after a few days to see whether your USPhoneBook opt out has gone through.
What we could and could not confirm about USPhoneBook
Most guides state USPhoneBook steps and timings with confidence. We would rather show you exactly where the gaps are.
| Question | What we found |
|---|---|
| Does the USPhoneBook opt out page load for an outside check? | No. The site blocked our reader on every page we tried |
| Steps, buttons and confirmation email | Not confirmed from USPhoneBook itself. Confirm each screen as you go |
| How long removal takes | Not confirmed. We found no USPhoneBook page we could open that states a timing |
| Parent company and sister sites | Not confirmed from any official source |
| California data broker registry entry | Not found in the parts of the CalPrivacy registry we could read. Check the registry yourself |
| Fair Credit Reporting Act status | Not confirmed. We found no official statement either way |
Where people search sites like USPhoneBook get data
Because USPhoneBook’s own data pages did not load, here is what the FTC says about where people search sites get their information. It tells you what a USPhoneBook opt out can and cannot reach.
| Source the FTC names | Examples the FTC gives |
|---|---|
| Government records | Property, driving, voter registration, criminal and professional licence records |
| Other data brokers | People search sites buy information from other data brokers |
| Social media | Public social media profiles |
| What they sell | Reports compiled from those sources, sold to anyone willing to pay |
The FTC calls people search sites a type of data broker. That matters for the legal routes below, which are written for data brokers.
What the USPhoneBook opt out does and does not remove
- The record you asked about. An opt out is aimed at that site’s copy of your details. A USPhoneBook removal does not reach other people search sites.
- Reports about other people. The FTC notes your details can still appear in reports about relatives, neighbours or associates.
- Public records. The FTC says opting out does not delete public records, which can still be found on government websites.
- Google. Google can keep showing an old title and snippet until it revisits the page.
- Data coming back. The FTC says that if your public records change, your information could appear for sale again.
The same number and address often sit on other sites too. See our guides to the Whitepages opt out, the TruePeopleSearch opt out, the ThatsThem opt out and the Nuwber opt out. Our data broker removal page explains how we find them all.
Your rights in California: DROP and the CCPA
If you live in California, two state tools sit alongside a USPhoneBook opt out.
- DROP. CalPrivacy’s Delete Request and Opt out Platform lets a California resident send one free deletion request to registered data brokers. You confirm residency through the California Identity Gateway and do not need an account. Brokers must check DROP at least once every 45 days and status updates can take up to 90 days.
- Whether DROP reaches USPhoneBook. DROP works through the CalPrivacy data broker registry. We could not confirm USPhoneBook’s entry, so search the registry yourself and send a direct request as well.
- What DROP does not cover. CalPrivacy says public records such as vehicle, real estate or voting records are exempt, along with information you gave a business directly.
- The CCPA. The California Attorney General says you can ask a business to delete personal information it collected from you and to stop selling or sharing it. Businesses must respond within 45 calendar days, extendable once by 45 days.
The Attorney General also says personal information under the CCPA does not include publicly available information from government records. That is one reason a request can be refused. We found no verified law outside California to add here, so we have left other states out rather than guess.
How to clear the old Google result
Google says it cannot remove a page from the website itself. It can only change what shows in Search. So clear Google after the USPhoneBook opt out has worked.
- Refresh the outdated result. In Google’s Refresh outdated content tool, select Request refresh, enter the old USPhoneBook address on the Page tab and submit. Our guide to the Refresh outdated content tool shows each screen.
- Use Results about you. Open the To review tab and select Request to remove for results showing your phone, home address or email. Or search your name, select the More icon next to a result, then Remove result and It shows my personal info and I don’t want it there. See how to use Google Results about you.
- Look at what is left. Our guides to removing personal information from Google and removing your name from Google cover the rest.
Google says it sends an email to confirm a Results about you request, then status updates. Keep those emails with your USPhoneBook records.
If your listing comes back after a USPhoneBook opt out
The FTC’s advice is to check people search sites from time to time and send a new opt out request when new information appears. We suggest a search every three months, by phone number first. That timing is ours, not USPhoneBook’s.
- Keep every screenshot and any email from USPhoneBook in one folder.
- List each web address you asked to be removed and the date you sent it.
- Search each phone number you have used, not only your current one.
- Turn on Results about you alerts so Google emails you when new results show your contact details.
If a listing is being used to find or threaten you, read our doxxing removal page before you do anything else.
Should you pay someone to do the USPhoneBook opt out?
You do not have to. The FTC says you can opt out yourself or pay a service. If you do pay, it suggests checking how many sites the service covers, whether it gives you a report of the sites it opted you out of and how often it scans for information that has come back.
Removal Lab works differently from a subscription. We look at your case, tell you honestly which routes fit and charge nothing upfront on qualifying cases. Our personal reputation removal service covers cases where your details have spread widely or are being used against you.
A worked example
This is a made up example to show the steps. It is not a client case.
A dental nurse in Columbus starts getting calls from strangers who know her name. She searches her mobile number on USPhoneBook and finds a result about her. She copies the web address, finds the opt out option on the real site and gives only the details it needs to match her record. She screenshots every screen.
She then searches her old landline and finds a second result, so she repeats the USPhoneBook opt out. Once both are gone she uses Google’s Refresh outdated content tool on each old address. Her three month reminder brings up nothing new.
More guides in this series: the MyLife opt out and the Spokeo opt out.
How Removal Lab works
- Send the link. WhatsApp, email or the two field form. Two minutes, no long questionnaire.
- Free policy check. A specialist reads it against the platform rules and tells you honestly whether it qualifies.
- We build and file the case. The right policy, the right channel, the evidence attached. We handle the appeal too.
- Pay only when it is gone. No upfront payment on qualifying cases. If the platform says no, you owe nothing.
What we will never do
- Promise a removal. The platform decides, not us.
- Post fake reviews or pay anyone to delete a review.
- Pressure, threaten or try to identify a reviewer.
- Charge an upfront fee on a case that does not qualify.
Want us to handle your USPhoneBook opt out?
Send the link. The check is free and confidential and there is no upfront payment on qualifying cases.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove myself from USPhoneBook?
Search USPhoneBook for your phone number and name, open each result that is you and use the opt out option on the real usphonebook.com site. Its pages blocked our reader, so confirm each screen as you go and keep screenshots.
Is the USPhoneBook opt out free?
The FTC explains that you can opt out of people search sites yourself, without paying a service. California residents can also use DROP, which CalPrivacy says is free.
How long does the USPhoneBook opt out take?
We could not open any USPhoneBook page that states a timing. Under the CCPA a business must answer a deletion request within 45 calendar days, which can be extended by 45.
Why could Removal Lab not confirm the USPhoneBook steps?
USPhoneBook blocked our reader on every page we tried and we could not find its entry in the parts of the California registry we could read. We would rather say that than guess at buttons.
Will my USPhoneBook listing come back?
It can. The FTC says your information could appear for sale again if your public records change, so check back every few months and send a new request if needed.
Does the USPhoneBook opt out remove me from Google?
Not straight away. Once the record is gone, use Google’s Refresh outdated content tool so Google updates the old result.
Sources: FTC on people search sites, CalPrivacy: DROP, CalPrivacy: personal information and data brokers, CalPrivacy data broker registry, California Attorney General on the CCPA, Google: Results about you and Google: Refresh outdated content. Removal Lab does not work for USPhoneBook. Every decision is made by the platform.