Removal guide · MyLife

How to remove yourself from MyLife

MyLife's opt-out is unusually involved. You search for yourself with the "This is Me" toggle on, walk through their profile-claim flow including the animated "gathering info" screen, capture the URL of the resulting profile page, then fill out the multi-section form at mylife.com/privacyrequest - which has both an email verification code and a reCAPTCHA. Honestly, I think the animated gate is mostly there to push you toward the paid reputation product; the actual removal still works fine if you sit through it. Plan on 10-15 minutes total because of the animation; processing can take days after submission.

MyLife homepage screenshot

Before you remove your data: See the MyLife data broker profile for ownership, contact details, litigation history, and related sites.

Quick facts

Removal Overview

Two CAPTCHAs + animation
Method

Profile-claim + privacyrequest form

Active time

~10-15 minutes

Difficulty

Moderate

Account required

No

Verification

Email code + reCAPTCHA

Processing window

Email confirmation; days to process

One opt-out per listing

Yes - URL-based

Re-listing risk

High · Re-check every 90 days

The opt-out is free. MyLife may push a paid "reputation management" membership during the flow - ignore it. Removal is your right under CCPA / GDPR / similar laws, and in our experience there's no point at which you actually need to pay anything to complete the opt-out.

Prereqs

What you'll need before you start

3 things

  • Your name, state, city, and ZIP - the privacy-request form asks for all of these.

  • A real email inbox you can check. MyLife sends a numeric code that you enter on the form to verify the email - it's not a click-through link. I'd suggest a forwarding address (Apple Hide My Email, Firefox Relay, or similar) instead of your primary inbox since MyLife will keep that address on file.

  • The ability to copy a URL from the browser address bar and save it somewhere (notepad / clipboard manager) for use a few steps later.

The 8 steps

Remove your listing

~10-15 minutes total
01

Search MyLife with the "This is Me" toggle on

Go to mylife.com. Type your name into the search bar. Before clicking Search, flip the "This is Me" toggle next to the search field so it's green. Then click SEARCH.

MyLife.com homepage with the 'Check Anyone's Reputation or Just Get in Touch' heading, a search bar with a 'This is Me' toggle and SEARCH button highlighted with a red box. Below the search are example Reputation Score profiles and Court Records callouts.
Toggle "This is Me" green, click SEARCH.
02

Pick your profile, click "View Reputation Profile"

On the results page, find the listing that matches you and click "View Reputation Profile" on that row.

MyLife search results page with matching profiles, each with a 'View Reputation Profile' button.
Click View Reputation Profile on your matching listing.
03

Tick data checkboxes + "This is me - Needed to Edit Public Profile", click Continue

The page "Gathering [Name]'s Information from Multiple Sources" shows two columns of checkboxes - Background Details on the left, Contact & Personal Info on the right. Tick a few of the checkboxes (any combination works).

Then tick the lower checkbox labeled "This is me - Needed to Edit Public Profile" and click the blue Continue to Details button.

MyLife 'Gathering [name]'s Information from Multiple Sources' page with two columns of data checkboxes (Background Details on left, Contact & Personal Info on right). Court & Arrest Records, Lawsuits/Liens, Current & Past Addresses, and Phone Numbers are ticked. Below is a checkbox 'This is me - Needed to Edit Public Profile' highlighted with a red box, and a blue Continue to Details button.
Tick data boxes + the "This is me" box, click Continue to Details.
04

Wait through the "gathering info" animation

MyLife shows an animated progress screen that simulates building your profile in real time. The animation runs for a few minutes - let it complete. Do not close the tab.

MyLife animated 'gathering information' progress screen with rotating data-source indicators.
The animation runs for a few minutes - let it complete.
05

Copy the profile URL from the address bar and save it

When the animation finishes, MyLife lands you on your full profile page. Click into the browser's address bar and copy the URL. Save it somewhere reachable - a notepad, a clipboard manager, or a sticky note. You'll paste it into the privacy-request form a few steps later.

Browser address bar showing the URL of the opened MyLife profile page after the gathering-info animation completes.
Copy and save the URL - you'll need it in step 7.
06

Open the privacy-request form, fill the top section, verify your email

Go to mylife.com/privacyrequest. Fill in the top fields - only the ones with a red asterisk are required; you can skip the rest.

  • State (dropdown)
  • Name (First Name + Last Name)
  • Location (City + Postal / Zip Code)
  • Email Validator - enter your email and click Verify Email. MyLife emails you a numeric code; paste that code into the same Email Validator field (replacing your email) and verify again to confirm.
MyLife privacyrequest form top section with the heading 'Email Address - Include your email address to receive a confirmation when the deletion is complete,' a note that 'All fields marked with * are required,' and form fields: State dropdown, First Name and Last Name, City, Postal / Zip Code, plus an Email Validator field with a 'Verify Email' button.
Fill the required (asterisked) fields, then verify your email with the code MyLife sends.
07

Paste your profile URL into the URL field, solve the reCAPTCHA

Continue filling the form. Near the bottom you'll find a field labeled "Enter the profile URL for your profile listing" - paste the URL you saved in step 5 here.

Below the URL field, tick the reCAPTCHA "I'm not a robot" checkbox.

MyLife privacyrequest form lower section showing a 'Maiden Name or Alias Name' field, an 'Enter the profile URL for your profile listing' field highlighted with a red box, a 'Find your profile listing on MyLife.com' helper link, and a 'Please verify that you are human' reCAPTCHA 'I'm not a robot' checkbox.
Paste the URL into the highlighted field, tick the reCAPTCHA.
08

Submit the form, wait for the email confirmation

Submit the privacy-request form. MyLife shows a submission confirmation page and sends a confirmation email to the address you verified in step 6. Save the confirmation screen and the email - both are your evidence trail if escalation becomes necessary later.

MyLife privacy-request submission confirmation page.
Screenshot the confirmation. Wait for the email follow-up.

Confirm it worked

Did it actually work?

Watch your inbox
  1. Watch the inbox you verified in step 6 for the "deletion complete" confirmation email from MyLife. Processing typically takes days.
  2. Once the confirmation arrives, open a private / incognito window and go to mylife.com.
  3. Search for the same name + state you used in step 1.
  4. Your record should no longer appear in the results, or the link to your old profile should resolve to a "Profile not found" page.
  5. If you matched multiple MyLife listings (older addresses, nickname variants), repeat steps 1-8 once per listing.
  6. We recommend setting a 90-day reminder to re-check. MyLife continuously re-scrapes public records and we've seen profiles reappear within a few months of a clean removal.

Troubleshooting

If it doesn't work

Common failures

  • "Verify Email" code never arrives. Check spam / promotions. If after 30 minutes nothing arrives, refresh the form and re-enter your email to trigger a new code. If still nothing, try a different email address.

  • The animation in step 4 stalls. Don't close the tab - reload it and re-run from step 1. The session timing-out before the animation finishes will lose your progress.

  • "URL not recognized" or rejected at submission. Make sure you saved the URL from the profile page in step 5 (after the animation), not a search-results URL or the privacy-request page URL.

  • No confirmation email after several days. I'd recommend emailing membersupport@mylife.com or privacy@mylife.com with your name, the listing URL, and the submission date. California residents can also file a CCPA / Delete Act complaint with the CPPA; other states can file with their AG or with the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Reference the December 2021 FTC consent decree (US v. MyLife.com, Inc. and Jeffrey Tinsley) in any complaint about delayed or ignored removals.

  • You're being charged. The opt-out is free. If you see a recurring charge from MyLife, you accidentally signed up for the paid membership product (not the opt-out). Cancel and dispute with your card issuer if needed. The 2021 FTC settlement specifically prohibits MyLife from running deceptive negative-option marketing, so the dispute has a documented legal backstop.

Stay off

Keep your record off the site

Re-listing is common

  • Re-check every 90 days. MyLife continuously re-scrapes public records and we've watched profiles re-appear once new data surfaces.

  • Watch for multiple profiles. In our experience MyLife often holds more than one profile per person if you've changed addresses or have a nickname variant. Each profile gets its own URL and needs its own opt-out.

  • Suppress the upstream sources where possible. Whitepages, Spokeo, BeenVerified, and similar feed the same upstream public-records aggregators that MyLife scrapes. Removing your record from the larger brokers reduces the surface area MyLife's scraper can rediscover.

  • I'd suggest a forwarding mailbox or PO Box for non-essential mail. New property and voter records associated with a residential address are the biggest re-listing triggers we see.

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Last updated:

May 21, 2026