BeenVerified is one of the most visible people-search sites on the internet. If someone searches your name on Google, there is a good chance a BeenVerified listing shows up on the first page. The listing might include your age, addresses, phone numbers, relatives, and in some cases criminal records. The good news is that BeenVerified does have an opt-out process. The bad news is that it requires more steps than it should, and re-listing is a real concern. Learn more about the broader challenge of making your address unsearchable online.
How the Opt-Out Process Works
To remove your information from BeenVerified, you need to start by creating an account on their website. Go to beenverified.com and look for their opt-out or privacy page. They will ask you to provide your email address to create an account before you can submit a removal request. This is a friction point by design, but it is required.
Once your account is created, search for your listing on the site. You will likely find multiple records associated with your name, especially if you have lived at more than one address. Select the record that matches your information and submit a removal request. BeenVerified will send a verification email to the address you registered with. Click the confirmation link to finalize the request.
Processing typically takes anywhere from 24 hours to a few days. Once complete, the listing should no longer appear on BeenVerified. However, the cached version may still appear in Google search results for a period after removal. You can accelerate this by submitting a URL removal request through Google Search Console or Google's content removal tool.
Verification Is the Key Step
The most common reason opt-out requests stall is that people miss the verification email. Check your spam folder. If you do not verify within the window BeenVerified gives you, the request expires and you have to start over. We recommend using a clean email address dedicated to opt-out requests so nothing gets lost in the noise of a busy inbox.
Re-Listing Is a Real Problem
Here is where it gets frustrating. BeenVerified aggregates data from public records, data brokers, and other sources. Even after a successful opt-out, your information can be re-added to the site if the underlying data sources update. We have seen records reappear within weeks or months of a successful removal. This is not unique to BeenVerified. Sites like Whitepages, TruePeopleSearch, and FastPeopleSearch all have the same issue.
The only reliable way to stay off these sites long-term is ongoing monitoring. That means periodically searching your name, checking whether your listings have been re-created, and re-submitting opt-out requests as needed. It is a maintenance task, not a one-time fix.
What BeenVerified Cannot Remove
BeenVerified's opt-out only covers their own platform. If the same data appears on other people-search sites, those require separate removal requests. And if the source of your data is a public court record, removing it from BeenVerified does not remove it from the court's database or from legal research platforms like CourtListener or Justia. Each source needs to be addressed independently.
When to Bring in Help
If you are dealing with listings across multiple data broker sites, the opt-out process can become a part-time job. Each site has its own process, its own timeline, and its own quirks. We handle this as part of our content removal services, where we submit and track opt-outs across every major people-search platform, monitor for re-listings, and keep your information clean over time.
If you want to handle it yourself, start with the steps above and work through the other data broker guides in our resource library. If you would rather hand it off, book a consultation and we will map out exactly what needs to be removed and how long it will take.