National Do Not Call Registry opt-out guide

How to remove yourself from National Do Not Call Registry (2026 opt-out guide)

Guide content reviewed 2026-09-07

Reading current independent checks… See route evidence

The FTC's Do Not Call Registry tells legitimate telemarketers not to call your number. It does not remove your number from data-broker listings, but it is free, permanent, and takes two minutes.

Open the official National Do Not Call Registry opt-out Check if you are listed

Get help with this listing

Direct link to donotcall.gov. Opt-outs on this page are free; you never need to pay National Do Not Call Registry or us to use them.

Work through this with your agent

Give your agent the published steps, sources and read-only tools. It should check the current official process and ask before taking action.

Copies public guidance only. You still approve any request your agent submits.

View or select the instructions

Instructions for your agent

Help me understand the published National Do Not Call Registry opt-out instructions.

Public guide: https://myprivacyagent.com/remove/donotcall

Guide content reviewed: 2026-09-07. This is a reference date, not a current native route check.

The FTC's Do Not Call Registry tells legitimate telemarketers not to call your number. It does not remove your number from data-broker listings, but it is free, permanent, and takes two minutes.

Before preparing any request, re-read the current official instructions and report any differences from this reference.

Official opt-out route: https://www.donotcall.gov/register.html

Privacy email: not documented

Requirements: email_confirmation

Published steps (reference only; submission steps require separate authorization):

1. Open donotcall.gov/register.html (linked above).

2. Enter up to three phone numbers and an email address you control.

3. Submit, then open the email from the FTC and click the verification link within 72 hours.

4. Keep the confirmation. Telemarketers have 31 days to stop calling.

5. Report violators at donotcall.gov once the 31 days have passed.

Troubleshooting and cautions:

- Registration is free; any site charging for it is not the FTC.

- Scammers and political or charity callers ignore the registry.

- The verification link expires after 72 hours.

- You can also register by calling 1-888-382-1222 from the number you want to register.

Sources cited by this guide (a source link alone does not verify the workflow):

- Documented opt-out route: https://www.donotcall.gov/register.html

Agent lookup (public, read-only MCP; no authentication):

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/mcp

get_opt_out_instructions {"broker":"donotcall"}

get_route_verification {"route":"donotcall.gov"}

Public HTTP references:

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v1/opt-out-instructions/donotcall

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v2/library/verification/donotcall.gov

https://myprivacyagent.com/library/verification/donotcall.gov

Preserve the exact scope, actor, region, observation date and expiry returned by route verification. Unknown or could_not_check is not evidence that a listing is absent.

Pause for CAPTCHA, email verification, identity verification or payment and hand control to me. Do not bypass access controls or send identity documents.

Ask for my explicit authorization before submitting any form, sending any request or taking another external action. Copying these instructions is not authorization.

Keep my identifiers out of public URLs, tool calls and analytics. Ask me privately only for information the official route requires.

Report preparation, actual submission, provider receipt or acceptance, and an independent removal check as separate stages. A prepared draft is not a sent request; a sent request or receipt is not proof of removal. Never promise removal or leak-database erasure.

A content review or directory snapshot is reference history. A historical route observation does not establish submission, provider acceptance or removal, and does not establish a current working route. Current independent evidence has its own scope and expiry.

Check if you are listed on National Do Not Call Registry

National Do Not Call Registry does not expose a stable public search URL we can prefill, so find your listing directly: open donotcall.gov, search your full name plus your state (and previous states), and copy the URL of the record that is you. The opt-out form usually asks for that URL or the same name and location.

Run the full free exposure scan

What National Do Not Call Registry typically shows

Telemarketing call lists

An exposure report can help organize candidate listings before you work through the site's official steps.

Step by step

Remove yourself from National Do Not Call Registry

5 steps. Use the official site in a normal browser and follow its current instructions if a human check fails.

01
Open donotcall.gov/register.html (linked above).
02
Enter up to three phone numbers and an email address you control.
03
Submit, then open the email from the FTC and click the verification link within 72 hours.
04
Keep the confirmation. Telemarketers have 31 days to stop calling.
05
Report violators at donotcall.gov once the 31 days have passed.

Link checked October 5, 2026

What the National Do Not Call Registry opt-out page looked like when we checked

Opt-out page up

We loaded the opt-out page on donotcall.gov on October 5, 2026 and it was up.

This is a dated record of what our browser saw, not a removal. We never submit requests from this page.

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What you need

An email address you control (they send a confirmation link)
The URL of your listing (search donotcall.gov for yourself first).

Gotchas

Registration is free; any site charging for it is not the FTC.
Scammers and political or charity callers ignore the registry.
The verification link expires after 72 hours.
You can also register by calling 1-888-382-1222 from the number you want to register.

Scope

Who does what for National Do Not Call Registry

The honest split, so nothing here reads as a promise we cannot keep.

What we handle

Opening the official National Do Not Call Registry form pre-filled with your scan details.
Tracking the request status after you complete the step only you can do.
Re-checking donotcall.gov before anything is marked removed.

What you must do

Complete the step National Do Not Call Registry requires from you directly: email confirmation.
Open the confirmation email and click the link -- the request is not filed until you do.
Re-check donotcall.gov after 31 days for calls to stop and repeat the process if the listing returns.

Where people get stuck

Common National Do Not Call Registry failure states

Registration is free; any site charging for it is not the FTC.
Scammers and political or charity callers ignore the registry.
The verification link expires after 72 hours.
You can also register by calling 1-888-382-1222 from the number you want to register.

Set expectations

Realistic scope

This guide removes this one National Do Not Call Registry listing once you complete the step only you can do. It does not touch National Do Not Call Registry's other data products, other brokers that buy data from National Do Not Call Registry, or the public records the listing was built from -- those need their own opt-outs. Most people-search sites re-ingest data on their own schedule, so plan on re-checking donotcall.gov every few months even after a successful removal.

Guided handoff, then tracked

My Privacy Agent opens the National Do Not Call Registry form and tracks the outcome.

National Do Not Call Registry requires a step only you can do (email confirmation). After you authorize a mission, our agent opens the official form with your scan details, hands you that step, records the request as filed only when the site confirms it, and re-checks the listing before anything is called removed. If the site blocks the agent, you get the same instructions above instead of a fake status.

Current service availability and terms are listed on the pricing page. Nothing is marked removed before a provider or native action succeeds.

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Common questions

National Do Not Call Registry opt-out FAQ

Does it cost anything to opt out of National Do Not Call Registry?

No. The National Do Not Call Registry opt-out at https://www.donotcall.gov/register.html is free. You do not need to pay National Do Not Call Registry or My Privacy Agent to use the steps on this page.

How long does National Do Not Call Registry take to remove my information?

National Do Not Call Registry typically processes removals in 31 days for calls to stop. Re-check the listing after that window before assuming it is gone.

What do I need before I start the National Do Not Call Registry opt-out?

You will need email confirmation. Most people also want the URL of their listing, so search donotcall.gov for yourself first.

Will my National Do Not Call Registry listing come back after I opt out?

Possibly. People-search sites rebuild listings from public records and commercial feeds, so a suppressed record can reappear months later. Re-check every few months and file again if needed.

Does My Privacy Agent remove me from National Do Not Call Registry automatically?

Keep going

Related broker opt-outs

Most people-search listings come in clusters. Clear the related sites while the details are fresh.

All opt-out guides The 50-site opt-out list

Review record

Review and change history

A content review or directory snapshot is reference history. A historical route observation does not establish submission, provider acceptance or removal, and does not establish a current working route. Current independent evidence has its own scope and expiry.

2026-09-07 · Guide content reviewed against the published sources. This is the recorded review baseline; no earlier editorial change log is available.
- https://www.donotcall.gov/register.html
2026-10-05 · Historical route observation: reachable (HTTP 200). This describes only the page observed on that date; later steps and today's availability were not established by that observation.
- https://www.donotcall.gov/register.html

Read current independent route evidence. That record reports its own scope, date, expiry and any gaps; this history does not renew verification.