{"id":4073,"date":"2019-08-22T16:54:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&amp;p=4073"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:54:56","slug":"how-to-remove-yourself-from-smart-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-yourself-from-smart-background-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Yourself from Smart Background Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block uk-card-default uk-padding\" style=\"font-size:16px\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>Table of Contents<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#delete-mes-smart-background-checks-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Smart Background Checks Review<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-remove-yourself-from-smart-background-checks\">How to Remove Yourself from Smart Background Checks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delete-mes-smart-background-checks-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Smart Background Checks Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a aria-label=\"Smart Background Checks (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartbackgroundchecks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smart Background Checks<\/a><\/strong> is a data broker site that posts personal information online. To remove yourself from Smart Background Checks, you must use their opt-out form. After this, your information will be removed within 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <table style=\"width:100%; text-align:center;\">\r\n      <tr style=\"background-color:#d9edf7;\">\r\n        <th style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000;\">Speed: 3<\/th>\r\n        <th style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000;\">Difficulty: 1<\/th>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/level3difficulty.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/td>\r\n        <td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/level1difficulty.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n    <\/table>\r\n    \n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Remove Yourself from Smartbackgroundchecks.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxOrRmpe3r8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Remove yourself from Smartbackgroundchecks.com using this video tutorial.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-remove-yourself-from-smart-background-checks\">How to Remove Yourself from Smart Background Checks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartbackgroundchecks.com\/optout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.smartbackgroundchecks.com\/optout<\/strong><\/a>. Check the box, perform the CAPTCHA, and click &#8220;Accept Terms and Start Removal&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1342\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/22031055\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-21-at-11.04.19-PM.png?fit=643%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4074\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Click the &#8220;search features&#8221; link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Enter your name and location and click &#8220;search&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4610\" style=\"width:941px;height:492px\" width=\"941\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc2.png 941w, https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc2-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>  Find your listing, and click &#8220;Click for More Details&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1948\" height=\"1096\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/22031849\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-21-at-11.10.03-PM.png?fit=643%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4078\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Click &#8220;Request My Record To Be Removed&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc3.png 651w, https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbgc3-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Your information should be removed within 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1890\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/22031323\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-21-at-11.09.08-PM.png?fit=643%2C156&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4077\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeleteMe&#8217;s Smart Background Checks Review Smart Background Checks is a data broker site that posts personal information online. To remove yourself from Smart Background Checks, you must use their opt-out form. After this, your information will be removed within 48 hours. How to Remove Yourself from Smart Background Checks 1. Go to https:\/\/www.smartbackgroundchecks.com\/optout. 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