How to Remove Yourself from AdvancedBackgroundChecks (2026 Guide)

AdvancedBackgroundChecks sounds like a paid screening service, but it's actually a free people-search site: anyone can look up your name and see your age, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and relatives without paying a cent. The "background checks" in the name is mostly marketing gravity, the exposure is classic people-search.

The site offers a free self-service removal. It doesn't start from your listing: it's a two-stage form at /opt-out, and the /removal address older guides give is gone. The page frames it as an opt-out of sale and sharing that depends on your state of residence, so read the final results email rather than assuming the listing comes down. One quirk to watch for when you look yourself up: its results pages are salted with sponsored lookalike results that link out to paid services. This guide keeps you on the rails.

Steps checked against AdvancedBackgroundChecks' live opt-out page on October 16, 2026. We read the page; we did not submit it, so the form behind the emailed link is as AdvancedBackgroundChecks describes it.

What is AdvancedBackgroundChecks?

AdvancedBackgroundChecks aggregates public records and commercial data into free listings:

Full name, age, and aliases
Current and historical addresses
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Relatives and associates

Its records closely resemble those on other free lookup sites, the same public-records commodity data, one more storefront.

Before you start

Have an email address you can open the same day. The removal form is behind an emailed link, and the site says you need a new link if you wait more than 24 hours.
Open your listing first and note your name, addresses and phone numbers as shown. The form should be filled in completely and accurately.
When you look yourself up, anything that routes you to another site is a sponsored result, not your listing.

How to remove yourself from AdvancedBackgroundChecks, step by step

Step 1: Open the opt-out page

Go to advancedbackgroundchecks.com/opt-out, titled "Right to Opt-out of Sale and Sharing." The old /removal address returns an error (HTTP 404).

Step 2: Ask for the form link

Under "I am," choose "The subject of the request" (someone you have authorized can choose "An authorized agent of the subject of the request"). Enter your first name, last name (middle name is optional) and email address, and click Submit. The page is protected by reCAPTCHA.

Step 3: Click the emailed link within 24 hours

The site emails you a link to the opt-out form. It says the email may take some time to arrive, and that if you wait more than 24 hours to click it you'll need to request a new one.

Step 4: Fill in and submit the opt-out form

Enter your information and submit. The site says leaving things out or entering inaccurate information only slows the opt-out down, so fill in the whole form accurately, using the details shown on your listing.

Step 5: Keep both confirmation emails

You'll land on a confirmation page and get an email saying the request was received. A second email arrives when the request is fully processed, with the results.

Step 6: Check for other records

Search again with middle initials, previous cities, and name variants. If a record survives once your request is processed, file again for it.

How long does removal take?

AdvancedBackgroundChecks says requests are fully processed within 45 days of submission, and it emails you the results when they are.

Verify the removal

Once the "fully processed" email arrives, search yourself in a private browsing window, name plus each city you've lived in recently. If a record survives, file again.

Why your listing can come back

AdvancedBackgroundChecks re-sources from public records that update continuously, and (as across this industry) brokers replenish from each other. A removed listing commonly resurfaces within a few months of a move, a new phone number, or an upstream data refresh.

Make the re-check a quarterly habit. Defynta's free scan includes a link to AdvancedBackgroundChecks so you can check it yourself, but we do not read AdvancedBackgroundChecks automatically yet, so Web Watcher monitoring cannot alert you about this site.

Who runs AdvancedBackgroundChecks. California's data broker registry (read October 18, 2026) lists it among the websites of Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, together with CyberBackgroundChecks, FastBackgroundCheck, FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, PhoneBooks.com, SearchPeopleFree, SmartBackgroundChecks, USA People Search and USPhoneBook. The ones we have guides for each have their own removal form, so file each one that lists you rather than counting on one removal to cover the rest. The registry entry says an opt-out of sale made on any of the company's sites applies across all of them, but it does not say a listing removed on one comes off the others.

Related sites to check next

The free "background checks"-flavored lookup sites travel in a pack, each with its own removal form:

Full sweep: the master opt-out list.

Frequently asked questions

Is the removal free?

Yes, the site's own removal flow is free and account-free. If you find yourself on a payment page, you clicked a sponsored result; go back.

Is this a real background-check company?

It's a people-search site, not an FCRA-regulated screening agency. Employers can't lawfully use it for hiring, but that's cold comfort when anyone else can read your address history for free.

How many records should I expect?

One per name/location combination is typical; movers and name-changers often find two or three. Sweep with variants before declaring victory.

The email with the form link went to spam. Does the link still work?

Yes, if you click it within 24 hours of requesting it; after that the site says you'll need a new one. Fish it out of spam, then whitelist the sender if you expect to repeat this later.

*Free "background check" sites are people-search sites in a suit. See which of the sites we track expose your records with a free Defynta scan.*