How to remove yourself from 192.com
192.com is one of the most widely used people-search sites in the UK. Here's exactly how to submit a removal request — and why you may need to do it more than once.
192.com is a UK people-search directory that holds name, address, phone number, and electoral register data on tens of millions of UK adults. It is one of the first sites to appear when someone searches your name, and it is one of the primary sources from which other data brokers pull updated address data. Removing yourself from 192.com is one of the more effective single steps you can take — though it is not permanent.
What 192.com holds about you
192.com sources its data primarily from the Edited Electoral Register, which local councils are permitted to sell commercially under the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001. It also draws from BT directory enquiries data and Companies House for business-related entries.
A typical 192.com entry includes your full name, current address, and in some cases previous addresses and phone numbers. Paying users of the platform can access more detailed reports, cross-referenced with other public records.
How to submit a removal request
192.com provides an opt-out process, though it requires you to find your own listing first and submit a request for each entry separately.
- Search for your listing. Go to 192.com and search your name combined with your postcode or town. If you have lived at multiple addresses, search for each one — you may have multiple entries.
- Open each listing. For each entry you want removed, open the listing page.
- Use the opt-out link. At the bottom of each listing page, 192.com provides a link to opt out of that specific entry. This takes you to a removal request form.
- Complete the form. You will be asked to confirm your name, address, and email. Submit the form and retain the confirmation.
Under UK GDPR Article 17 and Article 21, 192.com is required to comply with your removal request within 30 days. If you do not hear back within that period, the silence is itself a breach — you can escalate to the ICO.
What 192.com will and won't remove
192.com will remove your current address listing and phone number entries. It may retain historical entries from previous addresses — these require separate requests. Entries derived from Companies House (director or PSC records) may be treated differently, as that data is considered public interest information; you may need to cite both Article 17 and Article 21 for those entries specifically.
The re-listing problem
This is the part of the 192.com opt-out process that most guides do not mention. 192.com re-populates its database from the Edited Electoral Register on an annual cycle. If you are still on the Edited Electoral Register — which you will be unless you have explicitly opted out — your address will re-appear on 192.com after the next data refresh, typically in early spring each year.
This means your 192.com removal is not a one-time fix. To maintain your removal, you need to:
- Opt out of the Edited Electoral Register with your local council (see our guide on how to opt out of the Edited Electoral Register).
- Re-submit your 192.com removal request after each annual data refresh.
DataDelete handles both steps automatically — the electoral register opt-out with your local authority, the 192.com removal, and the annual re-check to catch re-listing before it becomes a problem.
Other brokers that use 192.com data
Removing yourself from 192.com does not remove your data from the brokers that have already sourced records from it. Sites including Spokeo UK, PeopleTraceUK, and various address verification APIs draw from the same underlying data pools. A complete removal requires separate requests to each.
DataDelete covers 192.com and 22 other confirmed UK data brokers, submitting and monitoring all requests simultaneously.
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