How to remove your details from 192.com
Short answer: yes, and you do not need to pay anyone. 192.com provides its own free online removal form at 192.com/c01/new-request/. Enter your name and postcode, then click the confirmation link that 192.com emails you. 192.com states that removals are usually carried out within 24 hours. You can only make a request for yourself or immediate family, but you can add up to five other people at the same address on the same form.
This page explains what 192.com is, how its removal process works, and what it does not achieve.
Why your details appear on 192.com
192.com is the main UK consumer people-search site. Its own search categories are People, Businesses, Places, Directory Enquiries, Electoral Roll and Directors. Much of what it shows is compiled from public sources — the open electoral register and Companies House director records — combined with directory and marketing data. Its privacy policy includes a "Right to Erasure / to Restrict Processing" section, which means it already treats UK GDPR erasure requests as applying to it.
Because 192.com operates within data protection rules and republishes public sources, it is not a leak and there is no breach to chase. It is a directory, and it offers a removal route. Describing it neutrally matters: the task here is to reduce what is published about you, not to make accusations.
Check the other UK sources too
192.com is usually the highest-value single step for most people, but it is not the only place your details can sit. The UK picture is different from the United States: exposure here is driven less by American people-search sites and more by a handful of UK sources.
- UK Phone Book (ukphonebook.com) is a second UK-facing directory. It publishes its own opt-out route, so use the site's own form. We could not confirm that form's exact wording first-hand when researching this page, so treat the specifics of its process as unverified.
- The open electoral register is the underlying source many directories republish. Opting out of it reduces what brokers have to work with.
- Companies House holds directors' and other officers' details. If your home address is there, there is a separate process (form SR01) to suppress it.
A caution about US sites: most of the famous people-search brands — Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified and similar — are US-focused. Do not spend time on their opt-outs unless you can actually see your own UK details on the page. There is no confirmed evidence they hold meaningful UK records.
Step-by-step: remove your details
- Open 192.com's own removal form at 192.com/c01/new-request/. Use the site's own form — some third-party "removal services" only resell this same free request.
- Enter your name and postcode. If you do not know the full postcode, email [email protected] with as much of the address as you know and they will help.
- Add up to five further inhabitants of the same address if you want them removed too. Any more than that needs a further form.
- Give an email address you control. 192.com sends a confirmation link to it. Your removal will not be processed until you click that link — this step is easy to miss.
- Click the confirmation link in the email.
- Repeat for each name and address. If you have been registered at other addresses, a separate form is needed for each name and address combination.
- Wait. 192.com says removals are usually effected within 24 hours of confirmation.
What happens behind the scenes: 192.com adds your name and postcode to a suppression file. That file also automatically blocks future supplier data files that contain those details, so the same suppliers should not re-supply them later.
On identity checks: the published process uses email confirmation (a link you click), not documentary ID. 192.com's privacy policy separately says it may use a credit reference agency to confirm identity for its own registration and paid products, and states that no credit check is performed.
What this does not do
- It does not remove you from other directories. Each site has its own process. Use each site's own form.
- It does not remove you from the underlying public records. 192.com republishes the open electoral register and Companies House data. Removing yourself from 192.com leaves those source records untouched. To reduce the supply, opt out of the open register via GOV.UK, and consider the Companies House SR01 process if your home address is on the register.
- It does not make removal permanent. The suppression file blocks future supplier files containing your name and postcode, but it cannot stop a different broker from gathering and re-listing your details.
- It does not remove search results. Getting a page removed from Google Search is a separate process, and it only delists the link — it does not delete the page.
- It is not an ID-based verification process. There is no upload of documents in the published route.
If it does not work
If a removal request is not actioned, remember that Article 17 of the UK GDPR gives you a right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"). It is not absolute, but 192.com's privacy policy acknowledges it applies to them.
Make the request in writing (there are no magic words, but a written record helps), state what you want erased, and identify yourself so the organisation can match the record. Organisations must normally respond within one calendar month. For complex requests they can take up to two further months, but they must tell you inside the first month that they need more time, and why. There is normally no fee, unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
If the organisation refuses, it must still reply, explain why, and tell you how to complain to the ICO or go to court. If you do complain to the ICO, be realistic: the ICO can log the complaint and tell the organisation to do more work, but it cannot award you compensation, and it says complaints needing more detail are currently being assigned to case officers within 40 weeks. The ICO is a regulator, not a fast removal service.
Information, not legal advice. This page describes published processes and does not promise any particular outcome.
Last reviewed: 28 September 2026
Sources
All links accessed 2026-09-28.
- 192.com — Removal of Personal Data from 192.com: 192.com/c01/new-request/
- 192.com — Privacy Policy (right to erasure; identity checks): 192.com/misc/privacy-policy/
- GOV.UK — Opt out of the "open register": gov.uk/electoral-register/opt-out-of-the-open-register
- GOV.UK — Removing your personal details from the Companies House register: gov.uk/guidance/removing-your-home-address-from-the-companies-house-register
- ICO — Your right to get your data deleted: ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-right-to-get-your-data-deleted
- ICO — Make a complaint about how an organisation has used your personal information: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/data-protection-complaints/
Disclaimers
General information, not legal advice. This guide explains how UK data-protection and public-register processes work. It is general information only and is not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, consult a solicitor or a recognised advice service.
We are not a data-removal service. cyberawareuk.co.uk does not remove anyone's personal data, does not act on your behalf, and does not handle your personal information in connection with these steps. Everything described here is done by you, directly — usually for free.
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No guarantee of outcome. These are the published processes. The result depends on the organisation you contact. Some records cannot be removed at all, and some organisations may refuse a request or take longer than expected.
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