How to Remove Your Information from Nuwber
Nuwber publishes free people-search profiles alongside paid subscriptions and background reports. Its own help center confirms opting out is free and doesn't require membership — but canceling a subscription and actually opting out are two different things, and its BBB record shows plenty of people who found that out the hard way.
Quick overview
- Nuwber's ownership is tied to reported (not fully confirmed) claims — see who's said to run it.
- Opting out is free and doesn't require membership — here's the exact process.
- Nuwber's own help center flags that listings can reappear — here's what to expect.
- Nuwber's own support article says removal "may take up to 48 hours" after confirmation — opening your old profile URL directly and getting a 410 response confirms it's gone. More on what to expect.
What is Nuwber
Nuwber.com is a people-search site offering free basic profiles — name, age, location, relatives — alongside paid subscriptions that unlock fuller background reports. Its own help center confirms directly that you don't need to be a paying member to have your listing removed.
The legal entity behind the site is Nuwber Inc, registered at an address in Alexandria, Virginia — confirmed through California's official data broker registry. A March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation separately reported that Nuwber has ties to Dimitri Shelest, the CEO of the data-removal company Onerep.
Onerep's site has publicly stated it isn't associated with Nuwber, but Shelest told Krebs he maintains an ownership stake in Nuwber while denying any operational overlap between the two companies.
That ownership detail is a single-sourced claim from a credible investigative outlet, not something we independently confirmed — worth knowing, but flagged accordingly rather than stated as settled fact.
How to remove yourself
We pulled the timeline and membership details directly from Nuwber's own help center; the exact click-by-click steps below are corroborated by two independent third-party removal guides, since Nuwber's main site blocks automated access to its opt-out form.
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Find your record
Search your name on Nuwber, open your matching profile, and copy its URL from the address bar.
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Submit the free opt-out request
Scroll to the footer, click "Remove My Info," paste your profile URL, and enter your email address. Nuwber's help center is explicit: "you don't have to be a member to remove your listing" — no fee and no ID are required.
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Confirm and verify
Click the confirmation link in the email Nuwber sends. Its support article says removal "may take up to 48 hours," though it's often faster — revisit your old profile URL afterward and a 410 response confirms it's gone.
One catch worth calling out: canceling a paid Nuwber subscription is not the same as opting out. Nuwber's own help center frames removal as a separate, free process independent of membership status, so ending a subscription stops billing but doesn't by itself take your listing down — you still need to run the steps above.
If removal doesn't stick
Nuwber's own help center carries a dedicated article addressing whether opted-out records can reappear — the fact that the question gets its own page suggests it's a known occurrence, not a hypothetical. Independent removal guides describe the same pattern: profiles resurfacing later as Nuwber pulls in new source data.
The Better Business Bureau's profile for Nuwber, Inc. gives the company an F rating and lists it as not BBB-accredited, with 65 total complaints on file (8 left unanswered by the company). Reviewers commonly describe the removal process as harder than advertised.
Nuwber has also faced litigation over how it handles personal data — including claims about how it uses free preview pages to market paid subscriptions, and a separate suit tied to a wave of litigation across several people-search sites over data on law enforcement and judicial personnel. We didn't find a final resolution for either case, and found no FTC action specifically against Nuwber.
Common questions
Does Nuwber charge a fee to remove my listing?
No. Nuwber's own help center states plainly that you don't need to be a paying member to opt out — removal of your listing is free and doesn't require an active subscription. The opt-out form itself confirms this too: submitting your profile URL and email costs nothing, and no fee or ID is required to get a listing taken down.
Do I need to submit ID to opt out of Nuwber?
No. Nuwber's official opt-out instructions never mention an ID requirement, and independent removal guides we checked confirm the same. The process only asks for your profile URL and an email address — you submit those through the footer's "Remove My Info" link, then confirm the request by clicking the link Nuwber emails you.
If I cancel my paid Nuwber subscription, does that remove my listing?
Not on its own. Nuwber's help center confirms opting out is a separate, free process that doesn't depend on membership status — so canceling a subscription stops billing, but you still need to submit the actual opt-out request to get your listing taken down.
How do I actually confirm my Nuwber listing was removed?
Nuwber's own support center recommends revisiting the site "in a couple of days" after confirming your request by email, to check whether the listing is actually gone — it doesn't suggest relying on the confirmation email alone as proof the removal completed.
Who actually runs Nuwber?
The legal entity is Nuwber Inc, registered in Alexandria, Virginia — confirmed through California's data broker registry. A March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation reported ties between Nuwber and Dimitri Shelest, CEO of the data-removal company Onerep, who acknowledged an ownership stake in Nuwber. That claim comes from a single investigative source, not something we independently confirmed.
Will my information come back after I opt out?
It's a real possibility. Nuwber's own help center has a dedicated article addressing whether records can reappear after opt-out, and independent removal guides describe profiles resurfacing later as the site pulls in new source data — so a single opt-out pass isn't guaranteed to be permanent.
Related
Also showing up on CheckPeople or USPhoneBook? See our CheckPeople or USPhoneBook removal guides, or the full Data Broker Removal service.
We don't stop at canceling a subscription and assuming that's enough — we run Nuwber's actual opt-out process, confirm the listing returns a 410, and keep checking for the reappearance its own help center warns about.
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