USPhoneBook is a free reverse-phone and people-search site: type in a phone number and it hands back a name, address, age, relatives, and more. If you've ever wondered how a spam caller knew your name, or how a stranger connected your number to your home address, sites like this are the answer.
USPhoneBook offers a free opt-out, but it's a two-stage process, an initial request, then a second detailed form reached through an email link that expires quickly. Plenty of people complete stage one, miss the email, and never actually get removed. This guide covers the whole thing.
The first stage was checked against USPhoneBook's live opt-out page on October 16, 2026. We read the page; we did not submit it, so the second form is as USPhoneBook describes it.
What is USPhoneBook?
USPhoneBook is a free directory site built on public records and commercial phone data. Its records typically include:
- Your name and age
- Cell and landline numbers, including carrier information
- Current and past addresses
- Relatives and associates
Its reverse-lookup focus makes it particularly useful to anyone who has only your phone number (a scammer, an angry stranger from an online marketplace deal, an unwanted contact) and wants to turn it into your identity and home address.
Before you start
- Use an email you can check immediately. The confirmation link in stage one expires after 24 hours; miss it and you start over.
- Know which numbers to search. Search each phone number you've had in recent years, not just the current one, old numbers often still resolve to your name and address.
How to remove yourself from USPhoneBook, step by step
Step 1: Open the opt-out form
Go to usphonebook.com/opt-out. It opens the "US Phone Book Opt-Out Form" at usphonebook.com/removal.
Step 2: Start the removal request
On the form, select that you are the subject of the request (an authorized agent can file instead), enter your first and last name and your email, tick the agreement box, complete the CAPTCHA, and click "Begin Removal Process."
Step 3: Click the email link, within 24 hours
USPhoneBook emails you a link to the record removal 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: Complete the detailed form
Enter your information so it matches the record you want opted out. USPhoneBook says omitting or misstating details only slows the opt-out down and asks for the whole form to be filled in accurately; use the details already shown on your listing rather than new ones.
Step 5: Wait for processing
You'll see a confirmation page and get a confirmation email. USPhoneBook asks you to allow 3 days for the request to be fully processed.
Prefer the phone?
If the form gives you trouble, USPhoneBook takes removal requests at 888-747-4095. Share only what the site already publishes about you.
Verify the removal
After three days, test in a private browsing window: search your phone number(s) directly, then your name and city. Reverse lookup is this site's specialty, so verifying by number matters most. If any record survives, run the process again for it.
Why your listing can come back
USPhoneBook re-scrapes public records and refreshes commercial data on a rolling basis. A removed listing can resurface weeks or months later when a new data batch arrives, especially if you've changed numbers or moved, which creates records the old suppression doesn't match.
Re-check every few months, or hand it to Defynta's Web Watcher. Silver subscribers can turn on monitoring, which rescans USPhoneBook and the other sites we read every 30 days by default and emails you when a listing comes back.
Who runs USPhoneBook. California's data broker registry (read October 18, 2026) lists it among the websites of Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, together with AdvancedBackgroundChecks, CyberBackgroundChecks, FastBackgroundCheck, FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, PhoneBooks.com, SearchPeopleFree, SmartBackgroundChecks and USA People Search. 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
USPhoneBook's free-lookup model is shared by a cluster of sites with overlapping data, each needing its own removal request:
- FastPeopleSearch
- TruePeopleSearch
- SearchPeopleFree
- PhoneLookup.com, another reverse-phone directory
- PeopleByName
Everything else is in the master opt-out list.
Frequently asked questions
Is USPhoneBook's opt-out free?
Yes, the form and phone line both. No account, no payment.
Why does the process have two stages?
The first stage validates your email; the second identifies the record. It's mildly annoying by design, brokers know that every extra step loses a percentage of opt-outs. Don't be part of that percentage: click the email link the moment it arrives.
My old phone number still shows my name. Should I bother removing it?
Yes. An old number tied to your name and address history is still a doxxing vector, anyone who finds the number in an old post or leaked database can resolve it to you.
Does this stop spam calls?
Not directly, spammers already have databases. But removing the listing stops new actors from connecting your number to your name and address, which reduces targeted scams like impersonation and "we know where you live" pressure tactics.
*Your phone number is searchable on more sites than you'd guess. Run Defynta's free scan to see where your number, address, and family connections are exposed across the sites we track.*
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