The opt-out playbook: which brokers matter, how to file removals, and how to keep your data from coming back.
Data brokers buy, merge, and republish public records. Remove yourself from one site and nine mirrors keep the listing — so effective removal means hitting the sources that feed the network, not just the site you found yourself on.
Step 1 — map your exposure. Search yourself above. The report shows where your name, addresses, and phone numbers actually appear, so you prioritize real listings instead of guessing.
Step 2 — hit the major brokers first. A handful of large brokers feed many smaller sites. Their opt-outs typically require finding your listing URL and submitting a removal form; processing takes days to weeks.
Step 3 — use your state's rights. California, Colorado, Virginia and a growing list of states grant deletion rights, and California's Delete Act builds a one-request deletion system for registered brokers. Cite your state's law in requests — brokers escalate legal citations faster.
Step 4 — recheck quarterly. Brokers re-ingest public records, so listings can return. A quarterly self-search catches reappearances early.
Search yourself, open the report, and use the opt-out link — or just contact us. We honor removals without friction, and it doesn't affect your ability to use the service.
The record coverage of a people-search engine, plus an AI layer that reads, verifies, and summarizes the digital footprint.
Addresses, phones, emails, property, and known associates from public and commercial databases.
Social profiles, usernames, and public web mentions matched into a single identity.
Plain-language summary: who they are, what stands out, what to watch.
Sentiment, red-flag detection, and a reputation score for fast, informed decisions.
Start from an email, phone, or username and work back to a verified person.
See your own exposure and get a removal checklist for data brokers.
Scattered public records and online signals — matched to one person and organized into a clear, AI-verified report in about two minutes.
A plain-language read of who they are and what stands out.
Address, phone, and public records matched to one identity.
Social profiles and public mentions across the web.
Red-flag detection and an honest identity-confidence score.
Three steps, about two minutes.
A name, email, phone, or username is enough. Add a city to narrow results.
Recordwell queries 410+ sources, matches records to one person, and drops noise.
A structured report with contacts, footprint, public-record mentions, and a reputation summary.
One search, many answers — for the moments that matter.
Verify your match is real, spot catfish, and meet with peace of mind.
Check a landlord, buyer, seller, or business contact before you commit.
Track down an old friend or classmate from just a name or username.
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The coverage you expect, with the honesty most people-search sites don't offer.
We read the raw signals and write a clear, plain-language summary — not an overwhelming list.
Breach and personal details are unlocked only after you verify the email is yours.
Transparent pricing and one-click cancel. No dark-pattern traps.
217 county assessor and appraisal databases — who owns what, from the office that recorded it. Most people-search products carry none of this.
Not a resold broker feed: county property rolls, state licence boards, federal courts and sanctions lists, loaded from the agencies themselves. See the list.
Found your own data? We show you how to get it taken down.
We're new — so instead of invented reviews, here's exactly what Recordwell does, and what it won't do.
Real sources, clearly labeled. Every result shows where it came from, and we separate confirmed records from other people who share the name — no pretending a guess is a match.
You stay in control. Free during beta, no card required, sensitive data unlocked only after you verify it's yours — and a one-click way to remove your own information.
Not a background-check service. Recordwell is not a Consumer Reporting Agency, so results may not be used for hiring, tenant, credit, or other FCRA-covered decisions.
A real picture of someone isn't on page one of a search engine — it's scattered across social profiles, public records, news and breach data. Most are slow, paywalled, or impossible to cross-reference by hand.
Public profiles and usernames matched across platforms into one identity.
Courts, licenses, corporate filings, donations and sanctions screening.
Search results, news mentions and public web references, summarized.
Whether an email shows up in known data breaches and what was exposed.
We read the raw signals and write one clear report — not a data dump.
Sensitive items link back to official first-sources so you can confirm.
Doing this by hand means juggling many tools and hours of cross-referencing — and you'd still miss what AI connects in minutes.
We name every one. Most people-search sites advertise “40+ verified sources” and never say which — because they resell one broker's database. We load the official files ourselves, from the agencies that publish them.
County assessor and appraisal rolls: who owns what, from the offices that record it. Almost none of our competitors carry property data at all.
Nurses, doctors, contractors, lawyers, cosmetologists, childcare workers — state boards across 55 states and territories, loaded from the boards' own files.
CourtListener dockets, SEC EDGAR, FEC donations and employers, FBI Wanted, OpenSanctions, SAM.gov exclusions, LEIE, CMS Open Payments, USASpending awards.
Corporate registries, lobbyist filings and public-employee salary disclosures — 15 payroll datasets plus 36 finance and business sources.
GitHub, GitLab, Reddit, Keybase, Mastodon, Dev.to, Docker Hub, Bitbucket, npm, ORCID, OpenAlex and more.
GDELT global news, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Gravatar, email reputation, and Have I Been Pwned — we report how many breaches an address appears in, never what was in them.
There's no single button, but hitting the major brokers first collapses most downstream listings. Paid removal services automate this if you'd rather not DIY.
Yes — reputable brokers process removals. The catch is recurrence: recheck quarterly because listings can return with fresh public records.
Yes. Search yourself and follow the opt-out link, or contact us directly — removals are honored without friction.