How to opt out of CheckThem
A people searchsite that exposes your name, address, phone, and relatives. Here's what they collect, how to opt out, and why it matters if you're on the job.
Visit CheckThemWhat CheckThem collects
- Full name and aliases
- Current and prior addresses
- Phone numbers
- Age and date of birth
- Relatives and known associates
- Email addresses
- Court records and criminal history summaries
- Social media profile links
How to opt out yourself
Direct opt-out: https://www.checkthem.com/optout/
- Open https://www.checkthem.com/optout/ in a private browser window.
- Search your first name, last name, city, and state on that page.
- Find the listing that matches you and select it.
- Enter an email address and complete the CAPTCHA to request removal.
- Open the verification email and click the confirmation link.
- Allow up to 24 to 72 hours for the listing to drop from search.
What CheckThem knows about you
CheckThem is a background-check site. Search a name and it shows a free teaser: age, city, sometimes a relative or two. The rest sits behind a paywall. Pay, and you get full address history, phone numbers, court records, and a criminal-history summary pulled from public filings.
CheckThem doesn't dig this up itself. It buys from public-records aggregators and repackages what's already out there into one report. The business is making scattered public data easy to search and easy to buy.
Why it matters if you're on the job
A criminal-record summary sitting next to your home address is a bad combination. Aggregated public records can be old or incomplete, and sealed or expunged entries sometimes surface where they shouldn't. Whatever shows up still reads as fact to anyone who pulls it. That can be someone you arrested, someone you're testifying against, or someone who wants to know where you live.
Relatives show up on the same report: a spouse, a parent, anyone who has shared an address with you. Search their name and your information can surface too. One listing can expose the people in your household along with you.
How to opt out
CheckThem's opt-out is a search, select, and confirm-by-email flow. Open the opt-out page, search your name and location, and select the listing that matches you. Enter an email address, complete the CAPTCHA, and CheckThem sends a verification link. The request doesn't process until you click it.
Two things to watch. Pick the listing that is actually you, not a near-match with the same name. And if you have more than one listing, which is common after a move or with a common name, opt out of each one separately.
The full step-by-step is listed above. We verified this flow on 2026-07-11; confirm the current URL before you rely on it, since people-search sites change their process without notice.
How long until you're back
Reappearance timing varies. CheckThem restocks from the same aggregators it buys from, so a new court filing or an address change anywhere in that supply chain can put you back on the site even when your opt-out worked exactly as intended. A move is a common trigger: a new address creates a new record, and you can resurface. This is why a one-time opt-out isn't enough.
What we do that's faster
We find your listing, file the opt-out, confirm the email link, and re-check CheckThem regularly so a new listing doesn't sit for months before anyone notices. We run the same process across the data-broker sites we monitor, and we tell you clearly when a site needs something only you can provide. Officers on the Frontline Privacy plan for individuals don't have to track this one by hand.
Who owns it
CheckThem's domain registration is masked through a privacy proxy, and no parent company is publicly named. A separate site, CheckPeople, runs a similar service but is not a confirmed owner. Confirm current ownership directly if it matters for a legal request.
Where the data comes from
- Court and criminal recordsCounty and state court filings, aggregated and resold.
- Property records
- Public records aggregatorsCheckThem buys and resells data compiled by larger aggregators rather than sourcing all of it directly.
- Social mediaPublicly visible profile links tied to a name and location.
Doing this for one broker is straightforward. Doing it for 200, on a continuous basis, is what we do.
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