Muck Rack opt-out
muckrack.com How to remove yourself from Muck Rack
Muck Rack, a media-contact database, lets journalists hide a profile or have it removed. To remove one without claiming it, email hello@muckrack.com with a link to your profile.
On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect Muck Rack to be one of many.
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Head of Product & Co-Founder
Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This guide shows the free way to do it yourself.
- Opt-out page
- muckrack.com
- Method
- Email, Account settings
- Privacy email
- privacy@muckrack.com
- What you need
- Email address, Listing URL
- Cost
- Free
- Last updated
Muck Rack doesn't say how long removal takes. Under California law, a business has 45 days to act on a deletion request (15 business days for an opt-out of sale).
How to opt out of Muck Rack
- 1
Search Muck Rack for your name
Open your profile and copy its URL.
- 2
Choose: hide, edit or remove
Claiming the profile lets you hide it entirely or remove specific details from it. That keeps the account but hides the listing, and Muck Rack offers a claimed profile extra features.
- 3
Or ask for removal without claiming
Email hello@muckrack.com with the link to your profile. Muck Rack's journalist privacy notice describes this route.
Watch out for
- Muck Rack builds records from information indexable by any search engine, so deleting the profile doesn't change the source pages.
- The notice is written for individuals about their own record, so request it as yourself.
Sources checked: muckrack.com, help.muckrack.com
Last verified against the official page:
What Muck Rack holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Employment and education
- Social media profiles
What Muck Rack is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Muck Rack doesn't publish a relisting policy. It aggregates from public web sources, so a new profile can appear later; search your name now and then.
Frequently asked
Do I have to claim my Muck Rack profile to remove it?
No. Muck Rack says you can email hello@muckrack.com with a link to your profile instead of claiming it.
Can I hide the profile and keep an account?
Yes. Its notice says you can hide your profile entirely or remove specific information from it.
Where does Muck Rack get my details?
It says it aggregates information from sources such as data on the internet that any search engine can index.
Related guide How to delete yourself and your information from the internet 
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