Intelius removes your report for free through PeopleConnect's Suppression Center, and intelius.com/opt-out sends you straight there. Enter an email address at suppression.peopleconnect.us, click the link in the verification email, then find your Background Report and choose to suppress it. The same request covers US Search, TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate. Keep your Suppression Center account afterward: PeopleConnect says deleting it deletes your suppressions too.
Every step below comes from PeopleConnect's and Intelius's own pages and their California data broker filings, read on November 8, 2026, and each one is linked. For TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate in detail, see the TruthFinder opt-out guide. For the other large people-search sites, see the guides to the Whitepages, Spokeo and BeenVerified opt-outs, and the guide to removing your personal information.
What Intelius is and who runs it
Intelius is a people search and background report site. It belongs to PeopleConnect, whose privacy policy, revised September 30, 2026, covers five brands: TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, US Search and Classmates. The policy says the personal information it describes "does not include 'publicly available information'", which is the kind of data a people-search report is built from.
Intelius, LLC runs far more than intelius.com. Its filing with California's data broker registry for 2026 lists 22 websites, among them US Search, PeopleFinder, PeopleFind, ZabaSearch, Addresses.com, PublicRecords.com, PeopleLookup, CriminalRecords.com, ArrestRecordSearch.com, CourtReference.com and ReversePhoneLookup.com.
Before you start
You need an email address. PeopleConnect says the address "is used only to facilitate and process your suppression request." To continue, you agree to PeopleConnect's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The tool does not charge anything: on its own page, PeopleConnect answers "Does the suppression tool cost money?" with "No."
Expect to give details that help the tool find your report. PeopleConnect's privacy policy lists name, mailing address, phone number and date of birth among the information it may collect from people who use the Suppression Tool.
How to opt out of Intelius, step by step
These steps follow PeopleConnect's Suppression Center.
- Go to intelius.com/opt-out, which opens the Suppression Center, or go to suppression.peopleconnect.us directly.
- Enter your email address, tick the box to agree to the terms, and click Continue.
- Open the verification email from PeopleConnect and click the link.
- Find your Background Report in the tool and choose to suppress it.
PeopleConnect describes the result this way: "a report with your information will not be provided if a user attempts to search you by name."
What the suppression hides, and what it does not
The tool works on name searches across "all people search sites in the PeopleConnect family including TruthFinder.com, InstantCheckmate.com, Intelius.com and USSearch.com," per the Suppression Center. The same page lists what it does not touch:
- Other kinds of lookups. "your name and other information may continue to appear in connection with certain features, for example, in phone, address or email reports," and on registered sex offender lists.
- Classmates. The tool does not apply to "other sites in the PeopleConnect family, including Classmates.com."
- Your own account data. It covers the public data shown in reports, not the user data the sites collect from you.
- The original sources. Suppressing your report "does not affect whether the information will be available from other sources."
PeopleConnect adds that "subtle discrepancies and inaccuracies in data may also make it difficult to remove everything associated with you."
Keep your Suppression Center account
This is the trap in PeopleConnect's own privacy center. It offers a button to delete your user data, and pressing it undoes your opt-out. If you delete your user data, PeopleConnect says, "we must delete your any and all suppressions associated with your user." The page puts it plainly: "To suppress your information from appearing on the people search websites, you must maintain your user information on file with the Suppression Center."
So do not use "Delete My User Data" after you opt out. If you want to fix a detail instead, the privacy center points to the identity settings in your Suppression Center account, or to privacy@peopleconnect.us.
If the tool cannot find you, or your report still shows
Someone posted on r/privacy that they entered their email, then their name, date of birth and address, and the tool showed no records to suppress, even though US Search and Intelius found them by name and city. Another person set a suppression and found their results still showing two months later.
PeopleConnect's answer for both cases is the same: "If you see Public Data about you on our websites after you have used the Suppression Tool, please contact us so we can assist you." Email privacy@peopleconnect.us with a link to the report or a screenshot of it.
Expect identity checks. In 2025, PeopleConnect received 33,513 requests to delete and denied 6,910 of them in whole or in part, and its privacy policy says denials include "occasions when the consumer requestor failed to verify their identity."
Clearing old results from Google and Bing
If the report is gone but a search engine still shows an old snippet, use the search engine's own tool. Google's Remove Outdated Content tool updates results when Search shows information that is no longer on the site, per Google's help page. Bing's Content Removal Tool asks Bing to refresh a result, per Bing's help page. Each asks you to sign in.
How long it takes
PeopleConnect does not give a time for the Suppression Tool itself. Its privacy policy reports a median of less than one day to respond to requests to know and to delete in 2025.
Intelius's California filing reported 226,356 requests to opt out of sale or sharing, all complied with and none denied, with a median of one day. Deletion requests were different: of 32,339, it denied 1,380.
PeopleFinder, ZabaSearch and the other Intelius sites
The Suppression Center says it covers all the people-search sites in the PeopleConnect family. Intelius, LLC's filing puts PeopleFinder, ZabaSearch, Addresses.com, PublicRecords.com and the rest of its 22 sites under the same company. After your suppression goes through, search your name on the ones you know, starting with PeopleFinder and ZabaSearch. If your report still shows on one of them, email privacy@peopleconnect.us with the link.
Your rights under state law
Intelius, LLC is listed in California's 2026 data broker registry, so a request through the state's free DROP system reaches it. The Intelius privacy policy, revised September 29, 2026, has its own section on DROP and lists privacy@intelius.com for privacy questions.
PeopleConnect's policy lists residents of 21 states who may have the right to know, delete and correct the personal information it holds, and asks for those requests by email to privacy@peopleconnect.us. Residents of those states other than California can appeal a denied request by email with "Privacy Rights Appeal" in the subject line, and PeopleConnect says it answers appeals within 45 days.
Two special cases have their own routes:
- Judges and other protected people. Active or retired federal, state or municipal judges, law enforcement officers, public officials and other people protected by a state law can email privacy@peopleconnect.us. PeopleConnect asks for your full name, date of birth, city and state, phone number and email address, the law you are relying on, and your protected status.
- Someone acting for you. An authorized agent needs a written authorization signed by the person, or a valid power of attorney.
If your report comes back
PeopleConnect warns that discrepancies in public-record data can make it hard to remove everything. Search your name every few months on Intelius, US Search, PeopleFinder and ZabaSearch. If a report shows up again, email privacy@peopleconnect.us. The removal guide explains why people-search profiles get rebuilt and when a paid removal service is worth it.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Intelius opt-out free?
Yes. PeopleConnect's Suppression Center says the tool does not cost money.
Does the Intelius opt-out also remove TruthFinder and US Search?
Yes, for name searches. PeopleConnect says one suppression covers all the people-search sites in its family, including TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, Intelius and US Search. The TruthFinder opt-out guide covers the extra rights on those two sites.
What is the PeopleConnect Suppression Center?
It is the free opt-out tool for the PeopleConnect people-search sites, at suppression.peopleconnect.us. Intelius's opt-out link sends you there.
Why can't the Suppression Center find my report?
PeopleConnect says small differences in public-record data can make it hard to match everything to you. If the tool shows nothing, email privacy@peopleconnect.us with a link to your report or a screenshot of it.
Should I delete my PeopleConnect account after I opt out?
No. PeopleConnect's privacy center says deleting your user data deletes all your suppressions, and your report can show again.
Does it remove me from Classmates?
The Suppression Center says the tool does not apply to Classmates.com. Use that site's own privacy options.
How long does it take?
PeopleConnect gives no time for the tool itself. Intelius's California filing reports a median of one day for opt-out requests.
If a step above no longer matches what you see on the Suppression Center, the editorial standards page says how to report an error and how this site checks its sources.
