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How to make your phone number unsearchable
Updated 9 November 2026
Your phone number gets found because it sits in sales databases, old listings, social profiles and leaked databases. To make it unsearchable, remove it from those places and stop it from spreading again. GDPR lets you make companies delete it for free.
We do this for you. You don't have to do anything.
- Autopilot sends the request to every company we find, plus dozens of other data brokers that likely hold your data.
- We send the reminders, handle the replies and keep track of the one-month deadline.
- We rescan you every week. If your data comes back, we send a new request.
- All you do is enter your name, confirm your email and give us permission. Free during the beta.
Remove it from where it is now
- Data brokers: sales databases like ZoomInfo, Lusha and Apollo.io sell phone numbers. See the opt-out guides.
- Social profiles: hide your number on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, and turn off "find me by phone number".
- Old listings: marketplaces, club websites and directories. Ask them to remove it.
- Google: use Google's form for results with your contact details.
Keep it off new lists
- Use a second number or email for shops and competitions.
- Untick "share with partners" boxes.
- Don't answer unknown numbers; answering confirms the number is live.
Questions
Can I see who has my phone number?
You can ask any company with a GDPR access request (Article 15). Autopilot asks the main data brokers for you.
More numbers on data brokers, breaches and scams: privacy statistics 2026.