Classmates
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 ClassmatesWhat Classmates collects
- Full name and aliases
- Current and prior addresses
- School and graduation year
- Phone numbers
- Relatives and household members
- Approximate age
How to opt out yourself
Direct opt-out: https://secure.classmates.com/auth/removemember
- Open https://secure.classmates.com/auth/removemember in a private window.
- Search your name and find your profile. If you attended more than one school, you may have a separate profile for each.
- Select a reason for removal and submit the request.
- If Classmates emails a verification link, open it to confirm the request.
- Allow a few business days, then search your name again to confirm the listing dropped.
What Classmates knows about you
Classmates started as a school-reunion and yearbook site: find former classmates, look up old yearbooks, sign up for a reunion. Under PeopleConnect, it also became a people-search listing. A profile now can include your name, the school you attended, your graduation year, current and prior addresses, phone numbers, relatives, and approximate age.
The school and graduation-year detail is what sets Classmates apart. Most brokers don't carry it. Someone who knows roughly when and where you graduated can pick your record out of a list of similar names, and the old yearbook photo Classmates still hosts can put a face to it.
Why it matters if you're on the job
Classmates opens a path most brokers don't. Someone who knows where you went to school can confirm they have the right person, then pull the rest of the profile: current address, phone, relatives. That home address is also the address of the people who live with you.
Piecing an identity together from public data is how a lot of targeting starts. The graduation year and the yearbook photo make that first confirmation easier, which is the step that matters if someone is trying to get from your name to your front door.
How to opt out
Classmates runs its own removal at https://secure.classmates.com/auth/removemember. Search your name, find your profile, choose a reason, and submit. If you attended more than one school, check for a separate profile under each. The full steps are in the optOutSteps field above.
PeopleConnect also runs a central suppression tool for its other people-search brands, such as Intelius and US Search. Reports differ on whether that tool covers Classmates, so use the Classmates removal page above for this site and confirm your listing is gone afterward.
We confirmed this opt-out URL and flow on July 11, 2026. Brokers change their process without notice, so check the current page before you rely on it.
How long until you're back
An opt-out clears the profile Classmates shows now. It does not stop the site from rebuilding one later from yearbook archives, public records, or a fresh commercial feed. Treat one removal as a starting point, not a finish line, and plan to check again.
Daniel's Law, New Jersey's privacy statute for police, judges, prosecutors, and child-protective investigators, lets covered people demand that data brokers remove their home address and unpublished phone number. Frontline Privacy files under it where it applies. PeopleConnect is a named defendant in Daniel's Law litigation over takedown requests, so a filing may not clear on the first pass.
What we do that's faster
We submit the Classmates removal, handle any verification step as soon as it lands, and keep checking the listing after that. When your profile comes back, we file again. We run the same process across the other brokers that have your information, so you're not working through them one site at a time. We handle most of the work and tell you clearly when a site needs something only you can provide.
Run a free scan to see where Classmates and the other broker sites list you.
Who owns it
H.I.G. Capital portfolio company that also operates Intelius, US Search, TruthFinder, and other people-search brands. PeopleConnect is a named defendant in Atlas Data Privacy's Daniel's Law suits in New Jersey (Atlas v. PeopleConnect, Inc., MON-L-000484-24).
Where the data comes from
- School yearbook archivesScanned yearbooks, graduation years, and yearbook photos going back decades.
- Public records and commercial feedsAddresses, phone numbers, and relatives added after PeopleConnect turned the site into a people-search product.
- Member-submitted profilesDetails people entered when they registered to find former classmates or attend a reunion.
Doing this for one broker is straightforward. Doing it for 200, on a continuous basis, is what we do.
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