How to Remove Yourself from Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate is a popular background check service that provides detailed personal reports including criminal records, contact information, and social media profiles. They are a subscription-based service under the PeopleConnect umbrella. Opting out prevents your data from appearing in their paid reports.
Instant Checkmate 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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Instant Checkmate collects and sells access to names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, criminal records, sex offender status, court records, traffic violations, social media profiles, known associates, relatives, property records, and financial data like bankruptcies and liens. Their reports are comprehensive and often purchased by employers, landlords, and individuals running personal background checks.
Step-by-Step Opt-Out Instructions
- Go to https://www.instantcheckmate.com/opt-out/
- Enter your first name, last name, and state
- Click 'Search' to find your listing
- Select your record from the results
- Confirm the record details match yours
- Enter your email address
- Complete the CAPTCHA verification
- Click 'Submit Opt-Out Request'
- Check your email and click the verification link
- Allow up to 1-2 weeks for processing
What to Expect After Opting Out
After email verification, Instant Checkmate will process your removal within 1-2 weeks. Your information will be suppressed from their search results and reports. The removal may also propagate to affiliated PeopleConnect sites.
Additional Tips
Instant Checkmate is part of PeopleConnect, which also owns TruthFinder and PeopleSmart. Opting out of one may not automatically remove you from the others, so submit separate requests for each service.
Done with Instant Checkmate? 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 Instant Checkmate and 100+ Sites from Selling Your Data →Last updated: February 10, 2026