Data Broker Remover vs Redact

Data Broker Remover is a web service that submits data-broker opt-out and deletion requests for one U.S. adult aged 18 or older. Its annual plan costs $30 a year, paid and renewed once yearly. Requests go to covered sites about four times yearly; a site is skipped while an earlier request remains open. The free check searches eight people-search sites using a name and city, displays matching pages, and removes nothing. The paid plan currently sends requests to five of those eight sites, while three are listed for future development. A public catalog names 190 broker organizations, but request availability depends on each broker and state. The service handles matching broker replies and alerts customers when attention is needed. Receipts record submission details, not proof of deletion. Removal is not guaranteed, and data may return. Court, arrest, inmate, mugshot, voter, parcel, state-resident, custom, and extra-person requests are excluded. Account data and receipts are encrypted, with role-limited access and audit trails.

Redact is an app for bulk deleting or editing posts, comments, likes, messages and other content across more than 35 services. Users can filter by keywords, hashtags, date range and content type, then preview items before deletion. Supported services include Twitter/X, Facebook, Discord, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads and Slack. The free plan covers the last 30 days of Twitter/X, Discord and Facebook content, plus Reddit history anonymization at any date. Premium adds unlimited deletion, major social platforms and scheduled recurring cleanup; Ultimate adds professional platforms such as LinkedIn and Slack, advanced filtering and priority support. For social and messaging cleanup, credentials and content pass directly between the user's device and the service; Redact receives de-identified usage and diagnostic information. A local archive can save content to the device before deletion, but it is off by default. Deletion speed depends on platform rate limits, supported content types vary, and integrations may pause when platforms change. Redact says deleted content cannot be restored or copies made by others removed.