CyberBackgroundChecks is a free people-search site serving up the usual dossier (addresses, phone numbers, emails, ages, relatives) to anyone who types in a name. Like several of its cousins, it wears "background checks" branding while functioning as an open directory of personal data.
Its removal process is free but two-staged: an initial request form, then a second detailed form that you can only reach through an emailed link that expires in 24 hours. Complete both stages or nothing happens. California residents also get a dedicated CCPA removal path with stronger legal teeth. All of it below.
What is CyberBackgroundChecks?
CyberBackgroundChecks compiles public records into free listings that typically include:
- Full name, age, and aliases
- Current and past addresses
- Phone numbers and email addresses
- Relatives and possible associates
Its data profile overlaps heavily with the other free lookup sites, same upstream records, separate database, separate opt-out.
Before you start
- Do this in one sitting. The stage-two link dies after 24 hours.
- Have an email address you can open immediately, a masked address works.
- Stage two asks for full name, date of birth, and address. That's more than some brokers want; it's how they match your record. Enter what's needed for the match and nothing more.
How to remove yourself from CyberBackgroundChecks, step by step
Step 1: Open the removal page
Go to cyberbackgroundchecks.com/removal (also linked from the site footer's privacy links).
Step 2: Submit the first form
Enter your name and email, complete the CAPTCHA, and click "Send Request."
Step 3: Click the email link, within 24 hours
The verification email contains a link to the second, detailed form. It expires a day after issue; click it as soon as it lands.
Step 4: Complete the detailed form
Fill in your full name, date of birth, and address; solve the second CAPTCHA; submit. Both forms are required, stage one alone removes nothing.
Step 5: Wait for processing
The site's stated processing window after a completed request is about 48 hours.
California residents: the CCPA route
CyberBackgroundChecks maintains a dedicated CCPA removal page at cyberbackgroundchecks.com/ccparemoval. If you're a California resident, use it, a CCPA deletion request carries statutory deadlines and legal obligations that a courtesy opt-out doesn't. Several other states now have similar laws; if you're in one, mentioning your state statute in any follow-up correspondence tends to focus a broker's attention.
Verify the removal
After two or three days, search your name (plus city) on the site in a private browsing window, and try your phone number too. A surviving record means one of the two stages didn't complete, run the flow again, watching the email timing.
Why your listing can come back
CyberBackgroundChecks openly notes that it regularly receives new public records, and that removed information can be re-listed when the database refreshes. Translation: opt-out is suppression, not deletion, and reappearance is a matter of time plus new records.
Re-run the check every few months. Defynta's free scan includes a link to CyberBackgroundChecks so you can check it yourself, but we do not read CyberBackgroundChecks automatically yet, so Web Watcher monitoring cannot alert you about this site.
Who runs CyberBackgroundChecks. California's data broker registry (read October 18, 2026) lists it among the websites of Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, together with AdvancedBackgroundChecks, 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 request to cover the rest.
Related sites to check next
Complete index: the master opt-out list.
Frequently asked questions
Why do they need my date of birth?
Record matching, distinguishing you from same-named strangers. It's data they already hold in the listing; supplying it in the form links the suppression to the right record.
I submitted the first form days ago and nothing happened. Why?
Almost certainly the second stage: either the email never got clicked or the link expired. The first form alone does nothing. Restart and complete both stages inside 24 hours.
Is the removal free?
Yes, both the standard flow and the CCPA route.
Do I need to be from California to be removed?
No. The standard removal is open to everyone; the CCPA page just adds legal weight for Californians (and mirrors rights residents of several other states now hold).
I live in California. Can I use DROP instead?
California's free DROP platform lets a California resident send one deletion request to the more than 600 data brokers registered with the state. California's registry (read October 18, 2026) lists CyberBackgroundChecks under Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC with nine other sites, so one DROP request goes to the company behind all ten. Since August 1, 2026, registered brokers must check DROP at least once every 45 days, and the state says a status update in DROP can take up to 90 days. That is far slower than the about 48 hours CyberBackgroundChecks states, and the state lists public records, such as real estate ownership and voting records, among the data a broker may keep, so file the two forms above too and check the site afterward. More in our California Delete Act guide. (DROP details checked against privacy.ca.gov on October 18, 2026.)
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