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FamilySearch privacy guide · last reviewed September 2026

Remove your listing from FamilySearch

How to remove your listing from FamilySearch: the direct opt-out link, what to expect, and how long it takes. Reviewed from public opt-out documentation.

Open the official familysearch.org opt-out

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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.

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Instructions for your agent

Help me understand the published FamilySearch opt-out instructions.

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

Directory source snapshot: 2026-09-16. This is a reference date, not a current native route check.

How to remove your listing from FamilySearch: the direct opt-out link, what to expect, and how long it takes. Reviewed from public opt-out documentation.

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

Official opt-out route: https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-remove-vitals-information-in-family-tree

Privacy email: nasupport@familysearch.org

Requirements: not documented

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

1. Open the FamilySearch opt-out form.

2. Search for your listing on familysearch.org and copy the profile URL or the details the form asks for.

3. Submit the form with your details.

4. If the site sends a verification email or requests another confirmation step, follow its instructions. Keep any receipt and recheck the listing separately.

5. Send the removal request template below to nasupport@familysearch.org.

6. Keep a copy of the sent email.

7. Re-check the listing in 14 days; if it is still up, reply to your own email as a follow-up.

Troubleshooting and cautions:

- The confirmation email never arrives -- check spam before resubmitting.

- The form rejects the submission without a clear reason; use a normal browser and follow the official site's troubleshooting before changing privacy settings.

- The listing reappears weeks or months later after the site refreshes its data.

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

- Documented privacy route (workflow not established by the directory): https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-remove-vitals-information-in-family-tree

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

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/mcp

get_removal_route {"domain":"familysearch.org"}

get_route_verification {"route":"familysearch.org"}

Public HTTP references:

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v1/removal-route?domain=familysearch.org

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v2/library/verification/familysearch.org

https://myprivacyagent.com/library/verification/familysearch.org

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.

Step by step

Remove yourself from FamilySearch

7 steps for using FamilySearch's published privacy route. Check the official page for current requirements.

01
Open the FamilySearch opt-out form.
02
Search for your listing on familysearch.org and copy the profile URL or the details the form asks for.
03
Submit the form with your details.
04
If the site sends a verification email or requests another confirmation step, follow its instructions. Keep any receipt and recheck the listing separately.
05
Send the removal request template below to nasupport@familysearch.org.
06
Keep a copy of the sent email.
07
Re-check the listing in 14 days; if it is still up, reply to your own email as a follow-up.

Link checked October 5, 2026

What the FamilySearch opt-out page looked like when we checked

Opt-out page up

We loaded the opt-out page on familysearch.org 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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Found your details on another site?

TruePeopleSearch opt-out instructions
Use this guide if you find a matching listing on TruePeopleSearch. Check that site separately; a request elsewhere does not establish removal here.
Unmask opt-out instructions
Use this guide if you find a matching listing on Unmask. Check that site separately; a request elsewhere does not establish removal here.

Email template

Send this to nasupport@familysearch.org

Subject: Opt-out / data removal request -- FamilySearch

Please remove my listing from FamilySearch (familysearch.org). I am the person named in the listing. Please confirm once my information has been removed and let me know if you need anything else from me to process this request. Thank you.

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Who runs FamilySearch, and which sites one request covers

FamilySearch (familysearch.org) handles its own removal requests. We have not found sister sites that share its opt-out, so a request here covers familysearch.org only. It is listed as a people search site in our Custom Removals coverage tier.

Where people get stuck

Common FamilySearch failure states

The confirmation email never arrives -- check spam before resubmitting.
The form rejects the submission without a clear reason; use a normal browser and follow the official site's troubleshooting before changing privacy settings.
The listing reappears weeks or months later after the site refreshes its data.

Set expectations

Realistic scope

This guide explains how to request the action FamilySearch publishes for its own site. Reading the guide or sending a request does not establish completed removal. Other sites and original public records are separate; recheck the specific familysearch.org page after the site's response and if the information appears again.

Directory entry

Not yet a filed-for-you target

This page documents FamilySearch's published privacy route. My Privacy Agent Patrol does not file this site automatically yet. An exposure check uses configured sources and does not confirm that this specific site is included.

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Common questions

FamilySearch opt-out FAQ

What is the familysearch.org opt-out removal process?

FamilySearch publishes an opt-out form and a privacy email (nasupport@familysearch.org). Submit the form with the details on your listing, then confirm any verification email it sends. We loaded the opt-out page on familysearch.org on October 5, 2026 and it was up.

Is the FamilySearch opt-out free?

Yes. FamilySearch's own removal route costs nothing. You never need to pay FamilySearch or a third party to submit it.

How long does FamilySearch take to remove a listing?

FamilySearch does not publish a firm timeline. Re-check your listing a few days after you confirm the request, and again after two weeks; if it is still up, resubmit or email the site's privacy contact.

Will my FamilySearch listing come back?

It can. FamilySearch and similar sites refresh their data from public records and commercial feeds, so a removed listing can reappear. Re-check every few months and file again if it does.

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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.

2026-09-16 · Directory source snapshot for the published privacy route. This is an inventory date; a hands-on editorial review or form submission is not recorded by this baseline.
- https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-remove-vitals-information-in-family-tree
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.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-remove-vitals-information-in-family-tree

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

Remove your listing from FamilySearch

Work through this with your agent

Remove yourself from FamilySearch

What the FamilySearch opt-out page looked like when we checked

Continue with your next privacy task

Found your details on another site?

The source page changed, but Google still shows it

You found more than one profile

The confirmation email never arrived

Remind me to recheck FamilySearch in 30 days

Send this to nasupport@familysearch.org

Who runs FamilySearch, and which sites one request covers

Common FamilySearch failure states

Realistic scope

Not yet a filed-for-you target

FamilySearch opt-out FAQ

What is the familysearch.org opt-out removal process?

Is the FamilySearch opt-out free?

How long does FamilySearch take to remove a listing?

Will my FamilySearch listing come back?

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