How to Remove Yourself from MyLife in 15 Minutes (Free 2026 Guide)

If you found this guide, you probably just searched your name on Google and saw a MyLife profile show up with your address, phone number, and a "reputation score" that makes you look sketchy. You are not alone. MyLife has been the subject of multiple FTC actions, class action lawsuits, and consumer complaints — including a $21 million settlement in 2023 for deceptive practices around their reputation scores and subscription auto-renewals. They are exactly as shady as you think they are.

The good news: removal is free, you do not need a credit card, you do not need to pay them for "reputation monitoring," and you do not need to create an account. The bad news: MyLife buries the opt-out flow behind multiple upsell screens, and they will relist you within 3-6 months because they buy fresh data from public records and other brokers continuously. This guide gets you through the removal in about 15 minutes and tells you exactly what to do when the standard process stalls.

> Why is my information on MyLife?

MyLife did not get your information from you. They scraped it from public records (voter registration, property deeds, court filings, marriage records), purchased it from data brokers like Acxiom and LexisNexis, and pulled it from social media and other people-search sites like Spokeo and Intelius. Their algorithm then combines all of this into a single profile and assigns you a "reputation score" between 0 and 5.

The reputation score is the part that infuriates most people. It is not a credit score, it is not based on anything official, and it has no real meaning — but it looks official enough to mislead people who search your name. Employers, dates, neighbors, and family members can all see it. MyLife deliberately makes the score look ominous (often by including unrelated court records, traffic citations from decades ago, or warnings about "background information") to scare you into paying them for a subscription to "monitor and improve" it.

> What to do

1. 1

   Go directly to the MyLife CCPA opt-out page

   Open https://www.mylife.com/ccpa/index.pubview in your browser. Do not search "mylife opt out" on Google and click the first result — MyLife runs ads that funnel you to a paid subscription page. Do not start from the MyLife homepage either, because the "Privacy" link is buried in the footer and routes you through a confusing flow. Use the direct CCPA URL above. This page is the official privacy request form and you do not need a California address to use it.

   MyLife CCPA Request Page →
2. 2

   Select "Delete My Personal Information" as the request type

   The form will ask what type of privacy request you want to submit. Choose "Delete My Personal Information" — not "Do Not Sell," not "Access My Information," and definitely not "Correct My Information." Deletion is the strongest right you have and it forces MyLife to remove the entire profile, not just hide certain fields. If you only choose "Do Not Sell," MyLife will still display your data publicly.

3. 3

   Find your profile and confirm it is yours

   MyLife will ask you to search for your own profile by entering your full name and current city or state. Multiple profiles often appear — sometimes 3 or 4 listings for the same person because MyLife treats each address you have ever lived at as a separate profile. Click each one that is yours and add it to the deletion request. Do not skip duplicates. If you only delete one, the others will still rank in Google and show up when someone searches your name.

4. 4

   Submit your name, email, and verification info

   Fill in the form with your legal name, current email address (use an email you actually check — they send a verification link there), and the address shown on your profile. MyLife requires a working email because that is how they verify your identity. They do not require a government ID. Some users report MyLife asking knowledge-based verification questions ("what street did you live on in 2014") drawn from their public records database — these answers are public, so MyLife is essentially verifying you against data they already have.

5. 5

   Verify your email and click the confirmation link

   Within 15 minutes you should receive an email from [email protected] or [email protected]. Check spam — it lands there about a third of the time. Click the verification link in the email. If you do not get the email within an hour, restart the request with a different email address. The verification link is single-use and expires in 24 hours, so do this immediately after submitting the request.

6. 6

   Ignore every upsell screen — they will keep coming

   After verification, MyLife will show you 2-4 upsell screens trying to sell you a "premium" subscription to "monitor your reputation" or "boost your score." These are pure pressure tactics — you do not need to pay them to remove your data. Look for small, low-contrast text that says "no thanks," "skip," or "continue without subscribing." On some screens the only way forward is to close the modal and click back to the dashboard. The deletion request is already submitted at this point; the upsells are just dark patterns.

7. 7

   Document everything with screenshots

   Take screenshots of: (1) the confirmation page showing your deletion request was submitted, (2) the verification email, (3) the request reference number if one is provided. Save these somewhere you can find them in 45 days. MyLife has been caught marking requests as "completed" without actually deleting the data, and your screenshots are evidence if you need to file an FTC complaint, a California AG complaint, or a small claims lawsuit.

8. 8

   Wait up to 45 days and then verify removal

   Under the CCPA, MyLife has 45 calendar days to delete your profile. In practice it takes 7-21 days for the profile to disappear from search results, and another week or two for Google to reindex. After 45 days, search "[your name] mylife" on Google and click the result — if you see "profile not found" or a 404, you are done. If the profile is still live, proceed to the follow-up step below.

> What to do if MyLife removal is not working

A lot of people report that MyLife removal "does not work" — and the reason is almost always one of three things. First, the profile is still showing in Google but already deleted from MyLife — this is a caching delay and resolves itself in 1-3 weeks. Use Google Search Console's URL inspection tool to request reindexing on the specific MyLife URL, or just wait. Second, you only deleted one profile and there are duplicates — repeat the opt-out and search for every variation of your name (nicknames, maiden names, middle initials).

Third and most common: MyLife marked the request "complete" but never actually deleted the data. This is illegal under the CCPA. To escalate, do the following in order. (1) Email [email protected] referencing your original request date and demanding written confirmation of deletion under California Civil Code § 1798.105. (2) File a CCPA complaint with the California Attorney General at oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa. (3) File an FTC complaint at reportfraud.ftc.gov. (4) If you suffered actual harm (lost job, lost housing, harassment) you may have a private right of action under the CCPA — consult a privacy lawyer. MyLife resolves most escalations within 30 days because they have already paid millions in fines and do not want more.

> How long does MyLife removal take?

Legally, MyLife has 45 days under the CCPA to complete a deletion request. In practice, most users see their profile disappear from MyLife.com within 7-14 days of submitting the verified request. It then takes Google another 1-3 weeks to drop the cached version from search results, so the total time from "I submitted the form" to "my name no longer shows MyLife in Google" is typically 3-5 weeks.

If you have not seen any change after 21 days, that is your signal to follow up. Do not wait the full 45 days — that just gives MyLife more time to "lose" your request.

> Will MyLife relist me?

Yes. Almost certainly. MyLife continuously buys data from public records and other brokers, and they have no incentive to permanently flag you as a "do not list" individual. Most users see a new MyLife profile reappear within 3-6 months — sometimes with slightly different data (a new address, an additional phone number) which MyLife treats as a "new" person.

Set a calendar reminder for 4 months from now to repeat this opt-out. Or run a monthly EXPOSE scan, which will catch the relisting the moment it happens and tell you exactly which brokers are involved. Continuous monitoring is the only realistic defense against relisting because the data broker industry is built on you not noticing.