How to remove yourself from Smartbackgroundchecks
smartbackgroundchecks.com publishes an opt-out process, and you can use it yourself for free. Below is the link, what the process actually asks of you, and how it has gone for us — we have completed 91 removals on this broker, the most recent on 2026-10-04.
The official opt-out page
https://www.smartbackgroundchecks.com/optout
- How the request is made
- A web form on their site
- Email confirmation needed
- Yes — they send a link you must click
- CAPTCHA
- Yes
- Our success rate here
- 64% of attempts complete
Doing it yourself
- Open the opt-out page.
- Search for your own name and open the listing that matches your city and age. Brokers often hold several records for one person — check for middle initials, maiden names and former addresses, and submit each one.
- Watch your inbox. Smartbackgroundchecks sends a confirmation link, and the request is discarded if nobody clicks it. It often lands in spam.
- There is a CAPTCHA on the form. If it keeps rejecting you, try a different browser without an ad blocker.
- Check again in three months. This is the part people miss. Brokers rebuild their listings from public records and purchased feeds, so a record you removed can reappear. One opt-out is not permanent.
Or let us do it — and the other 89
Smartbackgroundchecks is one broker. We cover hundreds, re-file when a record comes back, and send you the evidence. 11,596 removals completed across the brokers documented here.
