{"id":4152,"date":"2019-08-30T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&amp;p=4152"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T19:05:16","slug":"how-to-remove-yourself-from-equifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-yourself-from-equifax\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Yourself from Equifax"},"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-equifax-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Equifax Review<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-remove-yourself-from-equivax-via-opt-out-prescreen\">How to Remove Yourself from Equivax via Opt-Out Prescreen<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delete-mes-equifax-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Equifax Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a aria-label=\"Equifax (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.equifax.com\/personal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equifax<\/a><\/strong> is a credit reporting agency that provides background checks and reports, SSN search and credit records monitoring. You can remove yourself from Equifax via Opt-Out Prescreen, which supplies personal information in marketing lists to creditors and insurers which use these lists to make firm offers of credit or insurance. To remove yourself from Opt-Out Prescreen, you must fill out and mail their opt-out form. After this, it is not clear how long it will take them to remove your information.<\/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: 5<\/th>\r\n        <th style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000;\">Difficulty: 5<\/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\/level5difficulty.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\/level5difficulty.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n    <\/table>\r\n    \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-remove-yourself-from-equivax-via-opt-out-prescreen\">How to Remove Yourself from Equivax via Opt-Out Prescreen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete the Opt-Out \/ Opt-In request form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Go to their online form at<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optoutprescreen.com\/selection\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.optoutprescreen.com\/selection<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Scroll to the bottom, select &#8220;Permanent Opt-Out by Mail&#8221;, and click &#8220;Continue&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/05204505\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-05-at-4.44.38-PM.png?fit=643%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"remove yourself from opt out prescreen opt out removal\" class=\"wp-image-3097\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> They will ask for your name and address. Your social security number and date of birth are not required, and we recommend not giving it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/05204525\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-05-at-4.42.04-PM.png?fit=643%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"remove yourself from opt out prescreen opt out removal\" class=\"wp-image-3098\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Fill out the security letters and click &#8220;Confirm&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/05204553\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-05-at-4.42.18-PM.png?fit=643%2C409&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"remove yourself from opt out prescreen opt out removal\" class=\"wp-image-3099\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Print out and mail the &#8220;Permanent Opt-Out Election form&#8221; to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Innovis Consumer Assistance<br>PO Box 495<br>Pittsburgh, PA 45230-1689<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may take a while for your letter to get there and for your information to be removed from their database.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeleteMe&#8217;s Equifax Review Equifax is a credit reporting agency that provides background checks and reports, SSN search and credit records monitoring. You can remove yourself from Equifax via Opt-Out Prescreen, which supplies personal information in marketing lists to creditors and insurers which use these lists to make firm offers of credit or insurance. 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