How to remove your details from 192.com (and stop them coming back)
192.com is the UK's best-known people finder: type a name and it shows addresses, age guide, other occupants and directorships. You can get your listing removed for free. Here is how to do it, and how to stop it coming back.
- Use 192.com's free removal request form (linked from its help pages) and confirm the email it sends you.
- Opt out of the open register, or your listing can return from the next copy.
- If anything remains after a week, send a UK GDPR erasure and objection request, and complain to the ICO if it is ignored.
Step 1: find exactly what is listed
Search 192.com for your name and town. Note every listing that is you: current and previous addresses can appear as separate records, and directors may also appear through company data. Copy the web address of each.
Step 2: submit the removal request
192.com's help pages link to its removal request form. Fill it in with the details exactly as they appear in the listing, and give an email address you can access. The request only goes through once you click the verification link in the email they send, so check your spam folder.
Step 3: cut off the source
Much of 192.com's address data comes from the open version of the electoral register, which anyone can buy. If you stay on it, your details can reappear when 192.com loads a newer copy. Opting out takes five minutes, does not affect your right to vote, and also stops many other marketers buying your address. How to opt out of the open register.
Opting out only stops future copies. Older copies already sold stay in circulation, which is why the next step matters.
Step 4: if it is still there, use the law
Under UK GDPR you can object to a people-search site processing your data and ask it to erase it (Articles 21 and 17). Write to 192.com's data protection contact, listed in its privacy policy, with:
- the listing addresses (web links) that are you;
- a clear objection to the processing and a request for erasure;
- a request to keep you suppressed so the data is not loaded again;
- a reminder that they must respond within one month.
Our free generator writes this letter for you. If there's no reply after a month, send a reminder and then complain to the ICO with copies.
Other UK people finders to check
192.com is not the only one. Search your name on other UK people-search and directory sites, and on the big US sites, which often list UK residents too. Each needs its own request, and that repetition is what a data removal service automates.
Questions people ask
How does 192.com get my details?
Mainly from the open (edited) electoral register, plus other sources such as the phone directory, Companies House records for company directors, and third-party data. If you are on the open register, a fresh copy can bring your listing back.
Is removing myself from 192.com free?
Yes. 192.com has a free online removal request form, and you can also ask it to erase your data under UK GDPR at no cost.
How long does 192.com take to remove my details?
Its own guidance says requests are usually handled within a day or two once you confirm by email. If your listing is still visible after a week, chase it with your request reference.
Why is my information still on 192.com after I removed it?
Usually because it came back from a newer copy of the open register, or because an older dataset (such as historic electoral rolls) is listed separately. Opt out of the open register, then request removal again, and object under UK GDPR so they keep you suppressed.
Can I remove a family member from 192.com?
192.com accepts requests for yourself and, in some cases, an immediate family member. For anyone else, the person should make the request themselves or authorise someone to act for them.
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