How to Remove Yourself from Social Catfish
Social Catfish is a people search and online identity verification service originally designed to help people verify online dating profiles. They aggregate social media profiles, photos, phone numbers, and public records into searchable profiles. Opting out prevents your information from being used in their identity verification searches.
Social Catfish 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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Social Catfish collects names, social media profiles, photos, phone numbers, email addresses, usernames across platforms, dating site profiles, addresses, and public records data. They specialize in linking online identities (usernames, photos) to real-world identities, making them particularly invasive for social media privacy.
Step-by-Step Opt-Out Instructions
- Go to https://socialcatfish.com and search for your name or image
- If your profile appears, note the details
- Go to https://socialcatfish.com/opt-out/
- Enter your full name, email address, and any additional identifying information
- Explain that you want all your data removed
- Submit the opt-out request form
- Check your email for any verification requirements
- Allow 1-2 weeks for processing
What to Expect After Opting Out
Social Catfish will process your removal within 1-2 weeks. Your profile will be removed from their search results. Note that images of you on other websites will not be affected by this removal -- only Social Catfish's copy and index.
Additional Tips
Social Catfish can search by image, so even if you opt out by name, images of you from public sources may still be findable. Consider doing a reverse image search of your profile photos to find other sites that need removal.
Done with Social Catfish? 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 Social Catfish and 100+ Sites from Selling Your Data →Last updated: February 10, 2026