How to Remove Your Information from FamilyTreeNow

FamilyTreeNow presents itself as a free genealogy and family-tree tool and publishes home addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, and relatives, searchable with nothing more than a name. Here's how to request removal.

Last checked: October 2026 · Opt-out steps checked against FamilyTreeNow's own privacy request page

Quick overview

  • FamilyTreeNow presents itself as a free family-tree tool, but a search returns home addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, and relatives, with no account, payment, or identity check for the searcher.
  • The opt-out is free: you enter your name and email, click the emailed link (valid 24 hours), complete a detailed form, and the site says removal takes 3 days.
  • FamilyTreeNow says removal takes 3 days. Its pages don't say whether a removed listing can return, so search your name again afterward.
  • The operator is Family Tree Now LLC of Roseville, California.

Prefer to have it handled for you? Get a confidential assessment →

What is FamilyTreeNow

FamilyTreeNow.com is operated by Family Tree Now LLC of Roseville, California. It presents itself as a free family-tree and genealogy tool.

A search returns home addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, and a list of relatives, accessible with a name and rough location, with no account, payment, or identity check for the searcher.

How to remove yourself from FamilyTreeNow

FamilyTreeNow's privacy request page lists four steps and says the process is completely free. They were checked in October 2026.

  1. 1

    Start the privacy request

    At familytreenow.com/optout, keep "I am requesting as" on "The person whose information is being opted out." Enter your first name, last name (middle name is optional) and email address, tick the authorization box, complete the hCaptcha and click "Begin Privacy Request."

  2. 2

    Click the verification link

    Check your inbox, and your spam folder, for the verification email and click the link to return to FamilyTreeNow. The link expires in 24 hours.

  3. 3

    Complete the opt-out form

    Fill in the detailed opt-out form. FamilyTreeNow says you will need to provide additional information for verification.

  4. 4

    Wait for removal

    FamilyTreeNow says your information will be removed within 3 days.

Notice: FamilyTreeNow usually isn't the only place this kind of information about you shows up — the same details often turn up on other data-broker and people-search sites too. A quick, no-cost check of the major data-broker sites will tell you where else this same information shows up.

If a request is denied or a listing reappears

FamilyTreeNow's privacy request page doesn't address whether a removed listing can return. Search your name again after the removal window has passed to confirm the listing is gone.

If the listing comes back, or you're on several of these sites, our Data Broker Removal service handles the opt-outs for you, and Privacy Monitoring re-checks the sites so a returning listing is caught early.

Common questions

Does FamilyTreeNow charge a fee to opt out?

No. FamilyTreeNow's privacy request page at familytreenow.com/optout says the process is completely free. You enter your name and email, complete an hCaptcha, and confirm through a verification link sent to your inbox before filling in the detailed opt-out form.

Will my information come back after I opt out?

FamilyTreeNow's privacy request page doesn't address this. Search your name again after the removal window has passed to confirm the listing is gone.

Do I pay if my listing isn't removed?

Opting out yourself is free. Our removal services are no-removal, no-fee: you're invoiced only once we achieve the removal defined in your Service Agreement. Search suppression is billed for the work performed.

Related

Also showing up on SearchPeopleFree or PeopleFinders? See our SearchPeopleFree or PeopleFinders removal guides, or the full Data Broker Removal service. If a listing stays online, see Search Suppression and Google De-indexing.

Start today

Listed on FamilyTreeNow?

Tell us what's happening. We'll tell you honestly what your options are, confidentially.

Get my confidential assessment