Sites Like TruePeopleSearch in 2026: What They Show and How to Opt Out

If you found yourself on TruePeopleSearch, you are almost certainly on a dozen similar sites too. They draw on the same kinds of records, several of them are run by the same companies, and a listing removed from one stays live on the others. This guide looks at the most common sites like TruePeopleSearch from the point of view of the person being listed: what they show about you, who runs them, and how to get off each one.

A people-search site is a website that compiles records about individuals and lets anyone look them up by name, phone number or address.

We did not search anyone's name for this article. On October 13, 2026 we sent plain web requests to each site's homepage and opt-out page, read the opt-out pages that loaded, and matched each site to its operator in the California data broker registry. Where a page blocked us, the table says so instead of guessing.

How we checked: homepage and opt-out page requests plus the California registry filings, October 2026. We did not submit any opt-outs or search any names.

What people-search sites are and where their data comes from

They are data brokers that publish profiles of people, built mostly from public records and bought data. People-search sites build a profile for almost every adult in the US and let anyone look it up by name, phone number or address. A typical free listing shows your age, current and past cities, relatives and people you have lived with, and partial phone numbers or addresses. A paid report adds full contact details and sometimes court or property records.

The data mostly comes from four places:

• Public records: property deeds, court filings, business registrations and, in some states, voter files.
• Commercial data: marketing lists, old phone directories and data bought from other brokers.
• Other people-search sites: brokers buy from and resell to each other, which is why a removal on one site can be undone by a fresh feed from another.
• Public web pages: some sites add social profiles or photos linked to a name.

The US Federal Trade Commission explains the business model and your options in What to know about people search sites that sell your information.

14 sites like TruePeopleSearch, checked October 13, 2026

The table below lists the 14 sites, who runs them and how to opt out. "Responded" means what came back to a plain web request from our server. A browser check (HTTP 403) usually means the site is live but blocks automated visitors, so you should still be able to open it in a normal browser. Operators come from each company's current filing in the California data broker registry. Response times marked "registry" are the median days each company reported for handling opt-out requests in that filing.

Site	Responded (Oct 13, 2026)	Operator (CA registry)	Opt-out page	What it asks for	Removal time
TruePeopleSearch	Browser check (403)	Free Data Services, LLC, San Francisco	truepeoplesearch.com/removal	Name, email and a captcha; then a form matching your record. No ID. (Read in a browser render on Oct 14)	"Allow 3 days" (site); 1 day median (registry)
FastPeopleSearch	Loaded in a full browser render	Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, Sacramento	fastpeoplesearch.com/removal	Name, email and a captcha; then a form matching your record. No ID.	"Allow 3 days" (site)
Whitepages	Live (200)	Whitepages, Inc., Seattle	whitepages.com/suppression-requests	Five-step form: profile URL, then a phone verification call (or email [email protected])	1 day median (registry)
Spokeo	Live (200)	Spokeo, Inc., Pasadena	spokeo.com/optout	Listing URL and an email to confirm. No ID.	24 to 48 hours (site)
BeenVerified	Browser check	BeenVerified, LLC, New York	beenverified.com/svc/optout/search/	Page blocked our request	10 days median (registry)
Intelius	Live (200)	Intelius, LLC, San Diego	Redirects to suppression.peopleconnect.us	Suppression center (needs JavaScript; we could not read the steps)	1 day median (registry)
TruthFinder	Opt-out redirects	TruthFinder, LLC, San Diego	Redirects to the same suppression center	As above	1 day median (registry)
Instant Checkmate	Opt-out redirects	Instant Checkmate LLC, San Diego	Redirects to the same suppression center	As above	1 day median (registry)
PeopleFinders	Browser check (403)	Peoplefinders, LLC, San Francisco	peoplefinders.com/opt-out	Page blocked our request	1 day median (registry)
FamilyTreeNow	Browser check (403)	Family Tree Now, LLC, Los Angeles	familytreenow.com/optout	Page blocked our request	1 day median (registry)
MyLife	Live (200)	Insightbridge LLC, Sheridan, WY	Privacy links on mylife.com	Not checked in detail	2 days median (registry)
Nuwber	No response from our server	Nuwber Inc, Alexandria, VA	Removal link on nuwber.com	Could not load	Filing reports 0 requests
Radaris	Court notice	Domain transferred by court order	None	See below	n/a
PeekYou	Court notice	Domain now controlled by Atlas Data Privacy Corp.	None	See below	n/a

None of the opt-out pages we could read asked for a photo ID. Be wary of any form that does. You should only need enough to identify your listing and an email address to confirm the request. Whitepages is the exception that asks for a little more: its automated tool verifies by phone call, with an email route if you would rather not give a number.

One company, many sites

Several companies run many people-search brands at once. The registry also shows which brand names each company runs, and this changes how much work an opt-out takes. A few examples from the current filings:

• Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC lists FastPeopleSearch, CyberBackgroundChecks, AdvancedBackgroundChecks, FastBackgroundCheck, PeopleSearchNow, Phonebooks, SearchPeopleFree, SmartBackgroundChecks, USA-People-Search and USPhoneBook.
• Spokeo, Inc. lists Spokeo, ThatsThem, AnyWho, FreePeopleDirectory, PeopleWin and Family.me. Its filing says that, at the time of writing, one opt-out on its page covers all of its public sites except ThatsThem, which has its own opt-out form.
• BeenVerified, LLC lists BeenVerified alongside PeopleLooker, PeopleSmart, NeighborWho, Ownerly, NumberGuru and several reverse-phone sites.
• Intelius, LLC lists Intelius, US Search and several record-search sites. The opt-out links for Intelius, US Search, TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate all redirected to the same PeopleConnect suppression center when we checked.

So before you start, group your list by operator. One request may cover a whole family of sites, while two sites that look alike may need separate requests.

TruePeopleSearch vs FastPeopleSearch: same company?

The two names sound like siblings, and many people assume one opt-out covers both. The public record says otherwise. In the California registry, TruePeopleSearch.com is filed under Free Data Services, LLC of San Francisco, and FastPeopleSearch.com under Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC of Sacramento. We found no filing or reputable source showing a shared parent, so treat them as separate and opt out of each.

Watch the address bar too. A 2024 KrebsOnSecurity investigation, The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China, traced look-alike domains such as truepeoplesearch.net and fastpeoplesearch.io to a network that used invented founder personas. Those are not the .com sites in the table. Only submit opt-outs on the domain that actually lists you.

What the registry numbers show

They show millions of opt-out requests a year and a real rate of denials. California requires data brokers to report how many privacy requests they received and how they handled them. Here are the opt-out figures, taken from the California data broker registry (requests to stop selling or sharing personal information) from each company's current filing. The filing form labels its response-time questions as covering 2024.

Company (main site)	Opt-out requests	Complied in full	Denied	Median days
Spokeo, Inc.	3,795,579	3,785,787	9,792	1
Mississippi Tornado Alley (FastPeopleSearch)	1,204,017	993,412	207,021	1
Peoplefinders, LLC	1,031,034	941,600	89,434	1
BeenVerified, LLC	657,801	378,175	111,001	10
TruthFinder, LLC	487,758	487,758	0	1
Free Data Services (TruePeopleSearch)	433,773	309,142	124,631	1
Intelius, LLC	226,356	226,356	0	1
Family Tree Now, LLC	188,695	141,866	46,829	1
Instant Checkmate LLC	152,823	152,823	0	1
Insightbridge (MyLife)	37,196	36,677	519	2
Whitepages, Inc.	34,722	33,747	975	1

Two things stand out. First, the scale: millions of opt-out requests a year, which tells you how many people are doing exactly what this guide describes. Second, denials are not rare. TruePeopleSearch's operator reported denying about 29% of opt-out requests, and FastPeopleSearch's about 17%. BeenVerified reported another 168,625 requests as complied with only in part. The filings do not say why. A common cause is a request that does not match a record, so fill in each form carefully and check the result afterwards.

Sites that are gone or changed

Radaris and PeekYou no longer run as people-search sites at their main domains. New Jersey's Daniel's Law lets judges, police officers, prosecutors and other covered people demand that data brokers stop publishing their home addresses and unlisted phone numbers. A company called Atlas Data Privacy Corp. has sued many brokers on behalf of thousands of covered people, and in 2026 two well-known sites changed hands as a result:

• Radaris. On October 13, 2026, radaris.com showed a court notice saying the domain had been transferred to Atlas under a final default judgment entered on August 27, 2026 by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County (Docket MID-L-000847-24), which also covered Rehold.com and Trustoria.com. Techlicious reported the transfer in September 2026 and noted that the same network runs other people-search domains the order did not touch.
• PeekYou. peekyou.com now shows a notice that the domain is controlled by Atlas after Atlas and PeekYou LLC settled a Daniel's Law suit in Essex County (Docket ESX-L-003299-25).

A gone domain does not mean your data is gone. The same records can surface on sister sites, so keep checking your name on the sites that remain.

A step-by-step opt-out workflow

The workflow is: find your listings, group them by operator, submit each opt-out, log it and re-check.

1. Set up a separate email address for opt-out confirmations, so the messages do not land in your main inbox.
2. Search your name plus your city in a search engine and note which people-search sites list you. Repeat with past cities and name variants.
3. Group the sites by operator using the table and the list above.
4. Open each listing and copy its URL. Several forms (Spokeo, Whitepages) start from the listing URL.
5. Submit the opt-out on the site's own page and click the confirmation email within the time limit (FastPeopleSearch's link expires after 24 hours).
6. Log the request in the tracking table below.
7. Re-check after a week, then monthly for a few months. Listings often come back when a new record arrives with a different address or spelling.

Our guide to removing yourself from people-search sites has the full routine, and four sites have their own step-by-step guides: TruePeopleSearch, FastPeopleSearch, Spokeo and Whitepages. If you live in California, the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) sends one deletion request to every registered broker, which covers most companies in this article.

A worked example

Say you search your name plus your city and find yourself on FastPeopleSearch, Spokeo and Whitepages. Using the table, you see they belong to three different companies, so you need three requests. On FastPeopleSearch you fill in its removal form and click the confirmation email within 24 hours. On Spokeo you paste your listing URL into spokeo.com/optout, which also covers Spokeo's other public sites except ThatsThem. On Whitepages you paste your profile URL and verify by phone, or email [email protected] instead. You log all three in the table below, as in the sample rows, and set reminders to re-check. The dates in the sample rows are only an illustration.

Opt-out tracking table

Site	Operator	Listing URL	Requested	Confirmed by email	Re-check on	Status
FastPeopleSearch	Mississippi Tornado Alley	Your listing URL	Oct 13	Yes	Oct 20	Pending
Spokeo	Spokeo, Inc.	Your listing URL	Oct 13	Yes	Oct 15	Removed
Whitepages	Whitepages, Inc.	Your listing URL	Oct 13	Not needed	Oct 20	Pending

FCRA and legal use

People-search results must not be used for hiring, housing, credit or insurance decisions. Most people-search sites state in their terms that they are not consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. That means their results must not be used to decide whether to hire someone, rent them a home, or give them credit or insurance. Those decisions require an FCRA-compliant background check, with the person's permission. Using a people-search report for them can break the law, and the data is often wrong or out of date anyway.

Some states also limit what can be published about certain people. Daniel's Law in New Jersey is the best-known example, and California's Delete Act gives every resident a single deletion route.

Why username search is different

A username search looks for accounts under a handle, not records about a person. FreeUsername is not a people-search site, and we are not a consumer reporting agency. We do not search by name, address or phone number, and we do not hold records about anyone.

What we do is check whether a username has a public profile page on 3,450+ sites. That covers a part of your footprint people-search sites miss: accounts you opened yourself, under handles you may have forgotten, whose bios can still show your name, photo or town. Run your own usernames to find them, and use our digital footprint check for the full self-audit. The username is sent to our server only to run the check and is not stored or logged.

FAQ

What are the best free sites like TruePeopleSearch?

We do not recommend looking people up on these sites. If you want to see what they show about you, FastPeopleSearch, Whitepages, Spokeo and the PeopleConnect brands are the ones that most often rank for a name search, and the table above lists their opt-out pages.

What are the alternatives to Spokeo?

Sites like Spokeo include most of the table above: TruePeopleSearch, FastPeopleSearch, Whitepages, BeenVerified, PeopleFinders and the PeopleConnect brands (Intelius, TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate). Some Spokeo alternatives are run by Spokeo itself: Spokeo, Inc.'s registry filing lists ThatsThem, AnyWho, FreePeopleDirectory, PeopleWin and Family.me. If Spokeo lists you, expect the others to as well. One request on spokeo.com/optout covers Spokeo's public sites except ThatsThem, and each other operator needs its own. We looked at these companies' websites only, not their apps. Our Spokeo opt-out guide has the steps.

Does opting out of TruePeopleSearch remove me from FastPeopleSearch?

No. They are filed under different companies in the California registry, so each needs its own request.

Do I need to send ID to opt out?

None of the opt-out pages we could read asked for ID. Most need your listing URL or name and an email address to confirm.

How long does removal take?

Spokeo says 24 to 48 hours and FastPeopleSearch says to allow 3 days. Most companies reported a median of 1 day in their registry filings, with BeenVerified at 10 days. Re-check either way, because listings can return.

Why did my listing come back?

Brokers keep importing new records. If a new one arrives with a different address or a spelling variant, it can create a fresh listing. Repeat the opt-out and log the new URL.

Is it legal for these sites to publish my information?

Generally yes in the US when the data comes from public records, but state laws are changing. California, New Jersey and a growing list of other states give residents removal or opt-out rights.

TruePeopleSearch, FastPeopleSearch, Whitepages, Spokeo, BeenVerified, Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, PeopleFinders, FamilyTreeNow, MyLife, Nuwber, Radaris and PeekYou are trademarks of their respective owners. FreeUsername is not affiliated with any of them. Opt-out processes change often; each site's own page is the final word.