The Org's opt-out is at theorg.com/opt-out: click Continue, select the position page that shows you, and verify your work email. The Org says the work email is the key it uses to identify positions, so a personal address or an anonymous email provider may not work. If you no longer have that work email, there is an email route below.
The Org (theorg.com) publishes public org charts: pages that place people at a company by job title. Its help center says a position page shows your name, title, picture, bio, social links and prior employment, and that anyone with the link can view it. Its privacy policy says the information comes from users, from a community of contributors who can add people's names, email addresses, job titles and employers while filling in org charts, and from public sources such as company websites, news articles and company team pages. Its Trust page adds press releases about hires and promotions, and public LinkedIn profiles. Its Do Not Sell page says it processes only professional data, such as employer, job title and professional contact information, not consumer data such as age, health or browsing history.
Checked against The Org's opt-out page, its Do Not Sell page (last revised November 17, 2024), its privacy policy (last revised November 13, 2024), its Trust page, its help-center articles on deleting your data, deleting a position page, updating a position page, reporting outdated information, data sources and deleting an account, its Consumer Request Metrics page (June 30, 2026) and California's 2026 data broker registry on October 25, 2026. We read the pages; we did not search for anyone or submit anything.
How to remove yourself from The Org
- Go to theorg.com/opt-out. The page is headed "Opt out of The Org." The Do Not Sell page at theorg.com/do-not-sell links to the same flow.
- Click Continue. The next page is headed Search position and asks you to select the position you want to remove.
- Verify your work email. The Org's help article "Delete Your Data on the Org" says it needs to verify your work email because it serves as the unique key to identify positions.
- Follow the rest of the steps on screen.
We stopped at the position search, so we did not see the screens after it. The landing page itself says the process stops your information from being added to The Org; the help article and the Do Not Sell page describe it as the way to opt out of appearing on the site.
Which email address to use
- Your work email at the company the page shows. The Org identifies positions by work email.
- Not a personal or anonymous address. Both the Do Not Sell page and the help article say the opt-out may not work with a personal email address or an anonymous email provider.
- Not a shared inbox. The help article says shared or departmental email addresses are not eligible.
- One position at a time. The flow asks for the position you want to remove, so if The Org shows you at more than one company, run it for each page.
- Left the job? Use the email or LinkedIn route below. The Org's article on deleting a position page says to send the request from an identifiable personal or work email.
The Org says it keeps your work email only to stop your information being added again.
Other ways to remove a position page
The Org's help article "How do I delete a position page referencing my details on The Org?" lists three routes. Each one needs a link to the position page that shows you.
- The opt-out flow above.
- Email. Send a deletion request to privacy@theorg.com or support@theorg.com, with the link, from an identifiable personal or work email.
- LinkedIn. Message The Org's company page at linkedin.com/company/theorg, with the link.
Claim the page instead. The same article says you can claim your position page and make updates. The help article on updating a position page says to log in and join your company as a member first, then edit from Manage Community; The Org says registered users join their company with their work email address. The privacy policy says that to delete a position you click Edit on it, then Delete Position at the bottom of the page.
Report a page that is out of date. The Org's reporting article says company and position pages have a report button for outdated details, such as a person no longer holding a role. You don't need to be logged in, and The Org's team reviews the report.
Deleting an account is separate. The help article on deleting a The Org account (Account Settings, Advanced Settings, Delete user) does not say it removes your position page. Use the opt-out for that.
What a removal covers
- Your position page. The help center says a position page can show your name, title, picture, bio, social links and prior employment.
- You, not your company. The help article says opting out is handled at the individual level, and that trying to remove a company through the opt-out will not succeed. A company's removal request goes to support@theorg.com from an authorized company representative. The Do Not Sell page says The Org honors most company takedown requests, weighing whether the company is publicly funded, publicly listed or otherwise in the public interest.
- Sale. The privacy policy says The Org does not sell, lease or rent personal data to third parties, except in a substantial corporate transaction.
Want to see what The Org holds first? The privacy policy lists rights to access, correct and erase your personal data, and to restrict its use. Email privacy@theorg.com.
How long does it take?
None of the opt-out page, the Do Not Sell page or the privacy policy gives a timeframe. The help center says the support team replies "as soon as possible."
The Org's Consumer Request Metrics page (June 30, 2026) reports that in 2025 it received 6,720 deletion requests, complied with 6,641 in whole or in part and denied 79, with a median time to resolution of 6 hours 59 minutes. It received 9,987 requests to opt out of sale or sharing, complied with all of them, and took a median of 2 days.
If it doesn't work
- Email the privacy team. privacy@theorg.com, with a link to the position page. The metrics page says The Org denies requests from email addresses it can't verify or identify, and from disposable emails, so write from an address that is clearly yours.
- Message on LinkedIn. linkedin.com/company/theorg, with the link.
- Use an authorized agent. Someone can file for you. The metrics page says the deletion requests The Org receives include requests made by third parties for individuals, and that it denies them if they lack the person's full name, a valid signed authorization that defines its scope, or a verifiable email address tied to the person.
- Write or call. The privacy policy gives Orgio, Inc., 222 Broadway, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10038. Its 2026 California registry filing gives 250 Broadway, Floor 24, New York, NY 10007, and the phone number 646-960-6241.
- California residents. Orgio, Inc., doing business as The Org, is on California's 2026 data broker registry. The state says California residents can use its DROP platform to send one request to all active data brokers, and that brokers must begin processing those requests on August 1, 2026. See the California Delete Act guide.
Why your details can come back
The Org builds its pages from public sources and from its users. Its help center says it scans public data sources, typically monthly, using automation plus human review by its research team. Its Trust page says it watches company team pages for leadership changes, press releases about hires and promotions, and public LinkedIn profiles, and that company members can edit their own and other people's position pages.
The Org says it keeps your work email to stop your information being added again. Because a work email is the key to a position, the pages we read don't say whether that block covers a position created later at a new employer. Check again after you change jobs, and opt out with the new work email if you need to. For company takedowns, the Do Not Sell page says that because The Org is crowdsourced, information may be added again.
The Org is an org-chart site, so it isn't one of the people-search sites in Defynta's free scan, and Defynta doesn't file removals with it: this one is do-it-yourself. Run the scan to see which of the sites we track list your name, phone and address.
Related pages
- ZoomInfo, a business-contact database with a one-email opt-out
- RocketReach, another business-contact database with a one-email opt-out
- Apollo.io, another business-contact database with a one-email opt-out
- ContactOut, an email and phone finder sold to recruiters and sales teams
- AllPeople, a business-contact directory
- Where data brokers get your information
- The California Delete Act
Full list: the master opt-out guide.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Org opt-out free?
None of the pages we read mention a fee.
Can I opt out of The Org with my personal email?
The Org says the opt-out may not work with a personal email address or an anonymous email provider, because it identifies positions by work email. If you don't have the work email, email privacy@theorg.com with a link to the page, from an identifiable personal email.
I left the company. How do I remove my old position?
Email privacy@theorg.com or support@theorg.com with a link to the page, or message The Org on LinkedIn. You can also use the report button on the page: The Org's reporting article lists a person no longer holding a role as something to report.
Will deleting my The Org account remove my position page?
The help article on deleting an account doesn't say so. Use the opt-out or the email route for the position page.
Who runs The Org?
Orgio, Inc., in New York, New York.
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