Worth knowing before you start. Opting out cleans up what's already there, it does not stop it happening again. These databases are rebuilt continuously from crawling, contributor plugins, and data partnerships, so a colleague installing an inbox plugin next month can put you straight back in. Treat this as maintenance, not a fix. Here's how the data gets there in the first place →

ZoomInfo

privacyrequest.zoominfo.com

Asks for your email address and phone number; name is optional. Sends a six-digit code to your email to verify. Removal also counts as an opt-out of the sale or sharing of that profile where your jurisdiction provides for it.

Stuck? privacy@zoominfo.com

Apollo.io

apollo.io/claim/person/remove

Submit your business email, then click the confirmation link Apollo emails you. Typically processed within 24 hours. If the form can't find your profile, email them directly instead.

Stuck? privacy@apollo.io

Lusha

lusha.com/privacy-center

Select your country, give the work email they're likely to hold, complete a CAPTCHA, then confirm via the verification email. Expect 7–14 business days.

Stuck? privacy@lusha.co

RocketReach

rocketreach.co/remove-profile

Find the profile that's yours, then submit your name plus your RocketReach or LinkedIn profile URL and an email. Confirm via the emailed link, then choose Remove My Profile. The same page carries their Do Not Sell or Share tool.

Stuck? privacy@rocketreach.co

Seamless.AI

login.seamless.ai/personalDataRequest

A OneTrust-hosted request portal covering access, correction, deletion, and opt-out of sale or sharing. Under state privacy-law timelines they have up to 45 days to complete a verified deletion, so this is the slowest of the six.

Stuck? privacy@seamlessleads.com

Cognism

cognism.com/data-opt-out

First and last name, work email, company, country and state. You must complete the verification email before anything happens, requests sit unprocessed until you do. Removal from their data asset within about 120 hours after that.

Stuck? privacy@cognism.com

Links taken from each broker's own privacy documentation, August 2026. Several sit behind bot protection, so treat them as a starting point rather than a guarantee. Brokers also move these pages without notice. If one fails, the reliable route is the site's own footer: look for "Privacy Centre", "Do Not Sell My Info", or "Opt Out". Failing that, email the privacy address listed with each entry, a written request works everywhere and creates a record that a form submission doesn't.

If a form won't cooperate, email them

Every broker above publishes a privacy address, and a written request creates a record a form submission doesn't. Copy this, fill in the brackets, and send it:

Subject: Request for erasure and opt-out of sale, [your name]

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to request the deletion of all personal information you hold about me, and to opt out of any sale or sharing of that information.

Name: [your full name]
Email addresses you may hold: [your work email, and any previous ones]
Employer: [your company]

Please also tell me the source from which you obtained my information, and confirm in writing once the deletion has been actioned.

[If you're in the EU or UK: I make this request under Articles 15 and 17 of the GDPR. If you're in California: I make this request under the California Consumer Privacy Act.]

Asking for the source is deliberate. In several jurisdictions you have a right to know where they got your details, and the answer is often more useful than the deletion. It tells you which channel is feeding your information into the market.

Then stop refilling the bucket

Every opt-out above is undone the next time you hand your real address to a vendor. A demo request, a gated whitepaper, a conference badge scan. That's the part opting out can't reach, and it's the part Moniker is built for: give vendors a verified alias instead, and there's nothing new to opt out of next year.

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