How to Remove Your Details From 192.com and the Open Register

How do you remove your details from 192.com?

Fill in the removal request at 192.com, which takes your existing listing down, usually within 48 hours. Then opt out of the open electoral register so the listing does not come back next year. You need both steps.

192.com is the UK leading people-search site. It pulls together the open electoral register, Companies House, phone directories, and property data into a profile anyone can look up. Removing your listing and stopping the feed are separate jobs, which is why people who only do one find themselves back on the site months later.

Step 1: remove your existing 192.com listing

1. 1.Go to the 192.com removal request form at 192.com/c01/new-request ↗
2. 2.Find and submit your listing details
3. 3.Confirm using the link 192.com emails you
4. 4.Your records are normally removed within 48 hours

There is also a postal route if you prefer, using the C01 record removal form sent to their customer services address. Removing a record from 192.com does not instantly clear it from Google; cached copies fade over the following weeks.

Step 2: opt out of the open electoral register

Opt out of the open register so 192.com and other sellers stop receiving your name and address in the next annual update. It is free and does not affect your vote or credit.

192.com only publishes the open version of the electoral register, and it loads fresh data at the start of each year. If you do not opt out at source, a new listing can appear even after you removed the old one. Opt out through the register-to-vote service or your local electoral registration office. The official page is gov.uk on opting out of the open register ↗. Your details stay on the full register, which is used for elections and credit checks, so nothing about your vote or credit score changes.

The other UK people-search sites

192.com is the big one, but check ukphonebook and Tracesmart too, since they draw on the same sources.

• -ukphonebook, run by Simunix: use its online removal form or email its data protection officer
• -Tracesmart, now part of LexisNexis: use the LexisNexis opt-out portal
• -Any smaller directory that lists you: send a removal request, and if ignored, use your erasure right below

The backstop: your right to erasure

If a site will not remove you, UK law is on your side. You can demand deletion under UK GDPR, and the site has one month to comply.

This is where the UK beats the US. A data broker here cannot simply ignore you. Send a right-to-erasure request, and if it refuses or goes quiet, complain to the ICO for free. I cover the exact wording in how to get your data deleted in the UK. To see the full picture of what is public about you first, start with the UK footprint self-audit.