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How to Remove Yourself From Radaris and MyLife

By the RedactZero Team · August 22, 2026 · 8 min read

Why these two brokers get their own guide

Radaris and MyLife are two of the stickiest people-search sites to leave. Their forms have more steps than most, listings often come in multiples, and both companies have documented histories of legal trouble over how they handle personal data. The removals are still free and entirely doable - they just demand more patience than average.

For context: most major people-search sites process a verified opt-out within 24 to 72 hours. Radaris can be quick but reviews requests rather than honoring them automatically, and MyLife routinely takes one to two weeks. Knowing that up front stops you from concluding the process is broken when it is merely slow.

What Radaris and MyLife publish about you

Both sites build a profile from public records and purchased data: your full name, age, current and past addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and relatives. Radaris often goes further, adding employment history and court records. MyLife's signature feature is a proprietary "Reputation Score" stamped on each profile, influenced by court filings and financial records.

That score is worth pausing on. It looks authoritative, but it is a number MyLife invented, attached to a page you never created and cannot edit without going through the company. The only clean fix is removing the profile entirely, which takes the score down with it.

Before you start: find every listing

Spend ten minutes building a target list before filling in any forms. Search your name on each site, plus variations: maiden names, nicknames, middle initials, and old cities. Both sites commonly hold several separate listings for one person, and each listing needs its own removal request, so a profile you miss now is a profile that stays up.

Copy the exact URL of every profile that is really you. If you want a broader picture first, RedactZero's free exposure scan shows which major brokers likely list you, along with any breaches tied to your email - nothing you type is stored.

Removing yourself from Radaris, step by step

The Radaris opt-out is a web form with email verification: find your profile, submit its URL at radaris.com/control/privacy, confirm by email, and you are done. No account and no phone call required. Budget 10 to 20 minutes, because the form walks you through several loading screens and two CAPTCHAs.

1. Search your name on Radaris, open the profile that matches you, and copy its exact URL.
2. Go to radaris.com/control/privacy and enter your name, city, state, and the profile URL.
3. Confirm the record is yours (and that you are 18 or older), click "Start Removing", and click through the interstitial screens.
4. Enter your email address, complete the CAPTCHA, and submit. The verification email can take half an hour to arrive.
5. Click the link in the email, pass the final robot check, and submit.

Removal guides that test the process report listings usually drop out within about 24 to 48 hours, but Radaris does not promise a timeline and states that requests are subject to review. Our full Radaris opt-out guide keeps the current steps, with screenshots of each stage.

Radaris quirks to watch for

Three things trip people up. First, multiple listings: Radaris frequently holds separate profiles under name variations and former addresses, and removing one does not touch the others. Second, the process suppresses your profile from public view; Security.org notes it may not provably delete the underlying records. Third, suppressed listings can be rebuilt from fresh data.

Radaris also carries more baggage than most brokers. Investigative reporter Brian Krebs documented in March 2024 that its original operators were two Massachusetts men who ran Russian-language dating services alongside a network of people-search sites. In February 2024 it was sued under New Jersey's Daniel's Law, which lets police, judges, and their families demand removal; that litigation's outcome has not been publicly resolved.

Removing yourself from MyLife, step by step

MyLife's opt-out runs through its privacy request form: submit your profile URL at mylife.com/privacyrequest, verify by email, then wait. The submission takes about ten minutes; the removal itself typically takes one to two weeks. Do not create an account or "claim" your profile at any point in the process.

1. Search your name on MyLife and copy the exact URL of the profile that lists you.
2. Go to mylife.com/privacyrequest (also reachable from the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in the site footer) and paste the URL with your name, city, state, ZIP, and email.
3. Complete the CAPTCHA and submit to trigger a verification email.
4. Open the email and click the link or enter the code. The request does not process until you do.
5. Optionally, send a backup request by email with your full name, addresses, and the profile URL.

Check back after about 15 days. If the profile is still live, submit again and follow up by email referencing the first request. The exact form fields and the backup email address are kept current in our MyLife opt-out guide.

MyLife's history: the $21 million FTC case

MyLife's pushy reputation is earned. In 2020 the FTC and Justice Department sued MyLife.com and its CEO, alleging the site teased that background reports "may contain" arrest, criminal, or sex-offender records even when they did not, to push people into auto-renewing subscriptions. In December 2021 a court ordered MyLife and its CEO to pay $21 million.

The order also banned the company from deceptive negative-option marketing. That $21 million is the largest consumer-redress figure among the people-search sites we cover. It is also the reason this guide repeats one warning: never hand MyLife a payment card or a "claimed" account while trying to get off the site. The free privacy request is the whole process.

Radaris vs MyLife at a glance

Here is how the two removals compare on the details that matter: where you file, how you verify, how long each stage takes, and how likely the listing is to return. Neither site publishes an official processing timeline, so the windows below reflect what recent tested removal guides consistently report.

If your listing comes back - or never leaves

A clean removal today is not permanent. Both sites re-ingest public records and buy data continuously, so listings commonly reappear within three to six months, often under a slightly different name or an old address. This is normal across the industry - we cover the mechanics in why data brokers keep relisting you.

The fix is a routine, not a bigger effort: put a reminder in your calendar to re-search both sites (plus name variations) every three months, and re-file whatever returned. If a request seems genuinely stuck after a resubmission and an email follow-up, our guide library covers escalation options, including state privacy laws that give some residents a legal right to deletion.

Frequently asked questions

Sources: FTC and DOJ press releases on MyLife.com (July 2020 complaint; December 2021 $21 million order); Krebs on Security, "A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris" (March 2024); the Radaris and MyLife opt-out pages; tested 2025-2026 removal guides from Incogni, Security.org, PrivacyOn, and Surfshark.