How to Remove Yourself from Classmates.com
Classmates.com is a social networking site focused on reconnecting school alumni. While it started as a reunion tool, it now exposes personal information including school history, yearbook photos, and contact details. If you have an old account or your information appears without your consent, removing it protects your privacy.
Classmates.com is just one of hundreds of sites selling your data. Even after you opt out here, your personal records will keep appearing on other data broker sites — often within weeks. Manually removing yourself from every site takes 20–30 hours and needs to be repeated constantly. Aura automatically removes your data from 100+ brokers and monitors for reappearance 24/7 — so you never have to do this again.
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Classmates.com collects names, school attendance history (elementary through college), graduation years, yearbook photos, current location, email addresses, and in some cases employment history and personal bios. For paying members, they may also have additional profile details, messages, and activity history. Even non-members may have their names listed in school directories.
Step-by-Step Opt-Out Instructions
- If you have an account: log in at https://www.classmates.com
- Go to your Account Settings or Profile Settings
- Look for 'Delete Account' or 'Close Account' option
- Follow the prompts to permanently delete your account
- If you do NOT have an account but your info appears: email [email protected]
- Include your full name, school name, and graduation year
- Request removal of your information from their directory
- Allow 1-2 weeks for processing
What to Expect After Opting Out
If you delete your account, your profile and associated data will be removed within 1-2 weeks. For non-members requesting removal, Classmates.com will process the request and remove your name from school listings. Yearbook images may take longer to remove as they are sourced from physical records.
Additional Tips
Classmates.com is owned by PeopleConnect. Even after deleting your account, verify your information does not appear on their other people search sites. Old yearbook photos may be cached by search engines, so request removal from Google's cache as well.
Done with Classmates.com? You're not done yet. There are hundreds of other data broker sites that still have your information. Instead of repeating this process manually for every one of them, Aura handles all removals automatically and keeps monitoring so your data stays off.
Stop Classmates.com and 100+ Sites from Selling Your Data →Last updated: February 10, 2026