Another site to remove yourself from. This is a biggie- a lot of other sites reference whitepages.com so it's a good idea to clear yourself out of this one. The interesting twist is this: white the site doesn't allow you to completely hide your information, it does allow you to completely EDIT your information.
What you'll need:
Just the website
1. Navigate to whitepages.com and search for yourself.
2. Click the Edit pencil icon to claim the profile. Don't worry- you don't have to give them more info. In fact, if you do this in an Incognito window, it's probably even safer.
3. When the page reloads, it asks if you want to sign in using Facebook. DON'T. This will link your Facebook account and all of its information to this site. Click the "Not interested in using Facebook" link, instead.
4.Once you make your account, you are brought to your "account home" page. You'll see all of the information that whitepages.com has about you. This is where you can get sneaky. The only information that this site requires is that at you have the First Name, Last Name, and Age populated....but it doesn't have to be with your info.
5. Just click the "Edit" button in that cell to navigate to the detail page for that data.
6. Edit the data.
7.If it's not required, delete it. Make sure you SAVE.
This, I think, is the safest way to remove your information from this site because it won't be coming back.
8. However, as an added precaution, you can click on the "Privacy Settings" on your account page. This will show the Privacy Settings for you account.
9. Select the "Hide all information about me" checkbox.
10. Click Update.
Make sure you repeat these steps for your friends and family, or your information will show up under their's as a relative.
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