How to opt out of OfficialUSA: step-by-step guide [2026]

What is OfficialUSA?

OfficialUSA.com is one of the largest online directories aggregating all sorts of government and state-level data and publishing links to official websites. The OfficialUSA name search feature exposes people’s location history, phones, emails, DOBs, and other personal details.

Step-by-step OfficialUSA opt-out instructions

In short (detailed steps below):

1. Go to officialusa.com and look up your record
2. Don’t click on your record when you find it. Instead, just locate the page where it’s listed
3. Scroll down to the footer and click on “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”
4. Submit your email address
5. Select the record you want to remove

Step 1: Look yourself up on OfficialUSA.com

Open OfficialUSA’s website. Enter your name in the search bar, select your full name from the appearing list, and click on the search icon. Alternatively, you can use the people directory at the bottom of the homepage.

Step 2: Find the page containing your record

Locate the record that matches your full name and personal details. If necessary, use the filters to the right of the results. You don’t need to open the record when you find it.

Step 3: Click on “Do Not Sell My Personal Information”

Scroll down to the bottom of the page, find the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link, and click on it.

Step 4: Submit your email

Enter your email address and solve the CAPTCHA. Then, click the “Next Step” button.

Step 5: Select your record and click “Remove”

On the appearing page, select the listing you want to have removed from OfficialUSA. Then click the “Remove” button.

You have completed the opt-out process, and your data will now be removed.

How to contact OfficialUSA directly

If you have any inquiries, send an email to OfficialUSA’s Support Team at [email protected].

Your data is still exposed on other brokers

Although you have completed the OfficialUSA opt-out, there are many other people-search websites exposing your data. While removing yourself from OfficialUSA.com takes you in the right direction, it isn’t enough to keep your data private.

We recommend that you opt out of these five next:

• How to remove yourself from TruePeopleSearch.com
• How to remove yourself from FastPeopleSearch.com
• How to remove yourself from Whitepages.com
• How to remove yourself from SmartBackgroundChecks.com
• How to remove yourself from FastBackgroundCheck.com

Go through this list and send opt-out requests manually to each data broker, or subscribe to Onerep to remove records automatically from 319 sites with just a few clicks.

Why remove yourself from OfficialUSA

We recommend that you remove your profile from OfficialUSA.com first-hand as your data’s visibility is at its highest on this site:

1. Site visits: around 1 million people look others up on OfficialUSA each month. ⁽¹⁾
2. Exposure on Google: Google has already indexed over 2.7 million OfficialUSA pages making your data easier to find through its search. ⁽²⁾
3. Information exposed: An OfficialUSA search exposes names, age, home address, property information, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives and associates, educational background, and professional background for free with no sign-up required.

Sources:
1 – Silmilarweb
2 – Google

OfficialUSA quick links

• Opt-out page
• Privacy Policy
• Terms and Conditions

About OfficialUSA

• Founded: 1998
• Website URL: officialusa.com
• Contact email: [email protected]

FAQs

How do I remove my info from OfficialUSA?

The quickest way to remove your information from OfficialUSA.com is to access their website and look yourself up. When you locate your profile on the search results page, don’t open it – instead, scroll the results page down and click the “Do Not Sell My Information” link in the footer. Submit your email, then choose the record you want to delete and click “Remove.”

Where does OfficialUSA get my information?

OfficialUSA.com claims to get its data from government and state-level resources. It posts a wide variety of information including people, university, county, airport directories, and more. However, OfficialUSA doesn’t warrant that all materials on its website are accurate and current.