Remove a Number From This Site
If a page on this site shows a phone number that now reaches you, ask us to take it down through the contact form. The digits come off the page the same day we read your request. Requests from a business or performer that published the line itself are handled as described below. This page covers numbers printed here only; for your details elsewhere on the internet, see the last section.
Is a number on this site mine, and how do I ask?
Numbers change hands. A line that belonged to a film campaign years ago can ring a private person today. If a number on this site now reaches you, send these in the form and choose "Remove or correct a number I own":
- The number, exactly as it appears on the page.
- The page address where it appears.
- What you want: the digits taken down, or the whole page removed.
- Your email address, so we can answer. Without it we cannot reply.
What do you need from me, and how fast do you act?
Usually nothing more. Taking digits off a page is low risk, so we act first and check afterwards. Expect the change on the day your request is read, and a reply within 14 days.
We ask for proof only if a request is disputed or you want a whole page removed. Then we reply to your email and say what to send, such as a phone bill or carrier account screenshot. Hide everything except your name and the number, and never put it in the form. We delete it within 30 days of checking it.
What do you take down, and what stays?
The number goes from every page, and stays off. The story can stay, because it is about the legend, not about you: where it began, what the line was, and the sources, without the number. We also keep pages about fictional numbers, such as movie props and 555 numbers; if one of those numbers turns out to reach a real person, only the digits go.
If you ask for a whole page to go, or the number belongs to a business or performer that published it itself, tell us in your request. We look at those requests one by one and tell you what we decided. For a whole page we ask for proof, as above; for a business or performer we ask only if we need it.
Search engines may show a page's old version for a while after we change it.
A page has wrong information. How do I report it?
Found a mistake in a verdict, a date or a status? Send the page address and what is wrong through the contact form, with a source if you have one. We check each correction against public sources before we change a page. How we check explains the method.
My number is on another site or on Google, or I get prank calls. Where do I go?
We cannot remove your details from other sites, but these official pages can help:
- Google: remove your personal contact information from search results, or use Results about you.
- Unwanted calls in the US: the FTC's guide to blocking them, the National Do Not Call Registry for sales calls, and the FCC for complaints.
- In the UK: Ofcom on unwanted calls and texts, and the ICO on deleting your data.
For what to do when a strange number rings you, read what to do after an unknown call. Numbers that are risky to dial are on our never-call list. Once we learn that a number reaches a private person who never published it, we take it down. The privacy policy explains how we handle your request.