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Removal routes, opt-out forms, and the search and AI work that sits behind them. Each one names the site, what it actually asks for, and where it stops working. Nothing here is gated and nothing asks for your email. We keep them current because we use them, and if you would rather not do it yourself, that is what the services are for.
Court record removal: what actually comes down
You searched your name, found your case on a site you'd never heard of, sent the removal request, and it worked. Then you searched again and the case was still there, this time on Justia and UniCourt. One court case becomes a page on every site that reads the same public feed, and there are at least eight of those sites. Each one is a separate request with its own rules.
Personal information removal: a dozen sites, a dozen forms, and they repost
You found your home address on a site you'd never heard of, filed the opt-out, and it came down. Then you searched again and it was sitting on four more. These sites all build from the same public records and the same third-party suppliers, so one address becomes a dozen listings, each with its own form, its own proof rules and its own way of failing quietly. Here's the order to work them in.
Content removal: who published it decides what comes down
You found five pages carrying the same story and you're about to send five copies of the same letter. Every one of those sites decides for itself what comes down, and the five policies have nothing in common. A mugshot site takes a court order. A news desk takes a correction. A federal press office takes neither. Sort the list by who published each page before you write anything, because that's what decides your route.
Search and AI visibility: what you actually control
You searched your name in Google, then asked ChatGPT the same question and got a different answer citing somebody else. Ranking in a list of links and being quoted in a generated answer are two separate jobs, decided by different crawlers and diagnosed in different places. Nothing on the AI side takes a submission, so the work is access first, then a page worth quoting. Here's the order.
Reputation management: four problems on one page
You searched your name and found a broker listing, a news story nobody is taking down, an old job title Google still shows, and nothing you own. That's four separate problems on one page of results, and each one answers to a different request. Most people work whichever one scared them first, which is why the page never really changes. Here's how to sort them, and the order that makes the work hold.
Making a podcast findable: the free afternoon, then the catalog
Your show is findable in the apps and nowhere else. Apple and Spotify each run their own search, and neither one reaches the open web, so the guest you had on last spring gets searched by name every day and your episode isn't what comes back. There's an afternoon of free platform work, and then there's the catalog. These guides run in that order, and this page says which one is yours.
Remove your record from DocketBird
DocketBird takes your case down free and immediately, but its request page is unlinked. The exact URL, the card name-match, and the mail-in route.
How to remove your record from CourtListener
One free contact-form request gets your CourtListener page blocked from search engines. What to paste in, which URL to send, what deletion takes.
How to remove your record from UniCourt
UniCourt's redaction request is free but narrow. Who can file it, the four factors it weighs, the document to upload, and the 30-day wait.
How to remove your record from CaseMine
CaseMine has no removal form. The one email to send, the exact URL it needs, and the family-law rule that refuses most requests.
How to remove your record from PacerMonitor
PacerMonitor publishes no removal policy. The one email address, what belongs in it, and the Rule 5.2 motion that does the real work.
How to remove your record from Justia
Justia's four-field form is meant to block a URL from search, not delete it. What to paste in it, where to send it, and how to check the block held.
How to remove your record from Trellis
Trellis redacts your name from a public docket for free, no court order needed. Where the request starts, what to attach, and what it won't fix.
How to remove court records from Google
Start with the sites holding your case, not Google. The four free forms, the order to send them in, and what each one really does.
How to remove bankruptcy records from Google
A bankruptcy petition puts your street address online too. The free de-index request at each republisher, what UniCourt needs, and the 60-day wait.
How to remove eviction records from Google and tenant screening reports
Pull your tenant screening file, dispute it in writing with each company, and check whether your state seals the eviction case at all.
How to remove DUI records from Google
Get the certified court order, then work the mugshot page, the screening companies, and Google. What each one takes off a DUI, and what it won't.
Remove small claims records from Google
Check your court deadline first, then file with UniCourt, Trellis and judyrecords: the exact forms, what to attach, and what each one takes down.
How to remove arrest records from Google
The certified order to send, the free Mugshots.com request, and the one Google condition that gets most arrest removals denied.
How to remove divorce records from Google
Two free redaction forms, no court order and no fee, are the first move. Then the court file, then Google. What comes off, and what never does.
Why your expunged record is still showing online
Your order binds the clerk, not the websites. Which free request each site takes, what proof goes with it, and the point where none of it works.
Reputation management after an arrest
Work an arrest record in order: the certified court order first, then the publisher, your state statute, Google, and every screener.
How to use Google's removal tools on a court record
Google has no removal category for a court record. Which forms move one anyway, what to send with each, and what stays live after Google says yes.
How to remove your record from vLex and Fastcase
Mail contentremovals@clio.com for a vLex or Fastcase case page, use the Docket Alarm form for dockets, and expect a refusal on a published opinion.
How to remove your info from Intelius
One Intelius opt-out also clears TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate and US Search. The steps, and the verification loop that stops it.
How to remove your info from TruePeopleSearch
TruePeopleSearch says opt-outs need no verification, but one in three gets denied. The form, the phone route, and why your listing comes back.
How to remove your info from BeenVerified
BeenVerified hides your listing, it doesn't delete it. The real opt-out URL, the email route when the form won't load, and the eight sister sites.
How to remove your info from FastPeopleSearch
FastPeopleSearch asks for a name and an email, no ID. The emailed link dies at 24 hours, and the cookie opt-out is a second, separate step.
How to remove yourself from Spokeo: one listing at a time, and it comes back
Spokeo's opt-out takes a profile URL and an email, one listing at a time. The form, the confirmation-email gate, and the site it doesn't cover.
How to remove your listing from Radaris: one record at a time, People Search only
Radaris blocks one record per opt-out, deletes nothing, and covers People Search only. The real form URL, the confirmation step, and what comes back.
How to remove your info from PeopleFinders
PeopleFinders emails you the real removal form and that link dies in 24 hours. The two-stage opt-out in order, and the failure that leaves it up.
How to remove your info from Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate's free suppression tool also covers TruthFinder, Intelius and USSearch. The steps, and the verification that strands people.
How to remove your info from TruthFinder: the form moved, and one request covers four sites
TruthFinder's opt-out moved to PeopleConnect's Suppression Center. One free request covers four sites. The steps, and what quietly undoes it.
How to make your home address unsearchable
Google will hide the page carrying your home address, free and without ID. It won't delete it. The exact requests, in the order that works.
How to remove your info from Whitepages
Whitepages removal is free and needs no ID, but it needs a phone call. The five screens, the no-phone route, and what to check after.
How to remove your info from MyLife: one form, and a State dropdown that decides how hard it is
MyLife's opt-out lives at /privacyrequest, not /privacy. Set the State dropdown first, and expect suppression rather than deletion.
Schema markup, and what it actually buys you
What schema markup does, the two blocks to copy, the two types Google retired, and how to check whether any of it worked.
Search and AIHow to remove your mugshot from Google: the free request that deletes it, and the form that comes back denied
The free Mugshots.com request that actually deletes, the Google condition most booking photo removals fail, and the image step people skip.
News and articlesHow to remove your mugshot from Mugshots.com: two email addresses, and only one of them removes anything
Mugshots.com removal is free and email only. One address removes the record, the other only adds your disposition. Get your ID out of the URL first.
News and articlesHow to remove your mugshot from BustedNewspaper: one hidden form, four accepted dispositions
BustedNewspaper's removal form is hidden and accepts four dispositions only. The exact fields, the 3 MB cap, and what to do when nothing happens.
News and articlesHow to remove your mugshot from JailBase: the site is 404ing, so today's job is the Google result
jailbase.com is 404ing on every page. Clear the leftover Google result today, and file the free per-record opt-out when the site comes back.
News and articlesWhich states ban mugshot removal fees: six order a takedown, five only pay you damages
Six states make a mugshot site take the photo down. Five only ban the fee. The state you were arrested in decides which letter you send.
News and articlesHow to remove an IRS press release from Google: read the status code first
IRS Criminal Investigation releases before August 2021 already 404. Read the status code first, then file the one free Google request that works.
News and articlesHow to remove a DOJ or U.S. Attorney press release from Google
DOJ publishes no removal process. The district contact who can edit the page, what to send with your order, and the two forms that refuse you.
News and articlesHow to remove an FBI press release from Google: check who owns the page first
Open the release and watch the address bar: fbi.gov or justice.gov decides who can take it down. There's no form, so here's who to write to.
News and articlesHow to remove a news article from Google
Google won't pull a live news story. The corrections request that works, the four search paths, and California's 20-day clock on a false one.
News and articlesHow to remove a Reddit post or comment about you
Reddit only removes what breaks its rules, and there's no defamation rule. The routes that work, plus the Google step that moves the result.
News and articlesHow to take down an imposter website
Host first, registrar second. Abuse forms that work, what makes a report actionable, and why a clone that steals nothing isn't the registrar's job.
News and articlesDoes Bing SEO matter? Twenty minutes of it does
Bing is 9% of US search and 13% on desktop. The twenty-minute setup worth doing, the IndexNow toggle, and the work nobody should bill you for.
Search and AIHow to rank on Brave Search: your Google position doesn't carry over
Brave runs its own index, so your Google position doesn't apply. The re-fetch tool, the robots rule that blocks it, and how to get a URL delisted.
Search and AIHow to get cited by ChatGPT, and what you actually control
There is no ChatGPT submission form. Allow OAI-SearchBot in robots.txt, check the firewall for 403s, and track referrals with utm_source=chatgpt.com.
Search and AIHow to appear in AI search results: there's nothing to submit
No form, no submission. The crawler names that decide whether Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Claude can cite you, and how to check each.
Search and AIPerplexity citations, and what you can actually get changed
There's no Perplexity removal button. The answer report, the privacy form's two required dropdowns, and the crawler rules that move a citation.
Search and AIHow to clean up your search results before a job search
Google's monitor, the removal form, and your own background file, in the order that works. What each one hides, and what it will never touch.
Record typesWhat reputation management costs, and why nobody else will tell you
Our standard personal reputation package is $2,488, one time, published not quoted on a call. What it covers, and why no big firm posts a number.
Record typesHow to remove your name from Google search results
There's no button that takes your name off Google. Every route works one URL at a time. The exact forms, in the order that gets results.
Record typesHow to run opposition research on yourself
Audit yourself in four layers: search results, data brokers, your FCRA background file, and PACER. What each turns up, and who already pulled you.
Record typesHow to get a Wikipedia page created: the sources decide, not you
The Articles for Creation route step by step: the notability gate that decides it, the paid disclosure you post before editing, and the wait.
WikipediaHow to get a Wikipedia page for your company: the sources decide, not the draft
Wikipedia has nothing to apply for. Test your company against the source rules first, disclose who is paying you, then draft and submit through AfC.
WikipediaHow to correct an error in your Wikipedia article
You shouldn't edit your own Wikipedia article. Disclose the connection, then post an edit COI request on the Talk page. The click path and wording.
WikipediaHow to get a citation or link added to a Wikipedia article you don't control
You can't buy a link into an existing Wikipedia article. The one route is a disclosed edit request on its talk page, and here's exactly what to post.
WikipediaHow to increase podcast downloads: four levers, and one of them takes five minutes
Only your host counts downloads. The RSS category fix, Apple's pitch form and its two-week rule, and the YouTube setup, in the order to do them.
PodcastsHow to rank higher in Apple Podcasts: the three fields, and the category that picks your chart
Apple publishes its own ranking inputs. The three fields Search reads, the category that decides your chart, and why review campaigns move nothing.
PodcastsHow to rank in Spotify podcast search: what you control, and what you don't
Claim the show at creators.spotify.com, get the 8-digit code out of your RSS feed, set the first category. What Spotify says ranks podcast search.
PodcastsWhy an AI assistant can't find your podcast: there's no text to read
Audio isn't indexable, so assistants have nothing to read. Publish one page per episode with the full transcript on a domain you own.
PodcastsYour podcast needs a web address, not a website
Apple and Spotify don't require a website you own, only a working web address in one feed tag. How to check yours, and when pages are worth building.
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