How to Remove Your Information from Casetext
Casetext, now part of Thomson Reuters, has no public opt-out form — every removal request is reviewed manually. Here's what actually gets a case listing reviewed for removal, and what's realistic if it isn't.
Quick overview
- Casetext is a real legal-research platform, now owned by Thomson Reuters. See what it hosts and why.
- No public opt-out form — only a documented email request. See what qualifies.
- Sealed cases, factual errors, and mistaken identity have the strongest odds. See the FAQ.
- Casetext's content is genuinely public case law, so a request without a sealing order, factual error, or mistaken-identity claim often goes unanswered. What's realistic instead.
What is Casetext?
Casetext is an AI-powered legal research platform, now owned by Thomson Reuters after a 2023 acquisition and folded into their CoCounsel product line. It openly indexes the text of public court opinions and case filings, sourced from PACER and other public databases — which is how a case can show up there even if you've never used the platform yourself.
Because the underlying material is genuine public case law used by attorneys for legal research, Casetext doesn't treat removal as a routine service — it's reviewed case by case against a fairly narrow set of criteria.
How to remove yourself from Casetext
There's no self-serve form. Every request goes through email and is reviewed manually against Casetext's own standard.
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Confirm you have qualifying grounds
The strongest cases: a sealed or expunged record, outdated or factually inaccurate case details, being a minor or an uninvolved party named erroneously, or a genuine privacy/redaction-policy violation.
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Gather your supporting documentation
Collect the court order, a case disposition summary, and identity verification. Casetext reviews each request manually, and an undocumented request is unlikely to move.
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Email [email protected] directly
Send a clear, formal, documented request with your evidence attached — there's no public opt-out form to submit through instead.
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Plan for a possible denial or silence
If there's no response or the request is declined, the realistic next steps are Google de-indexing for the specific page or a suppression strategy.
If DIY removal doesn't work
A case without a sealing order, factual error, or mistaken-identity claim behind it often gets declined or simply goes unanswered — Casetext's underlying content is genuinely public case law, and it isn't obligated to take a listing down just because someone requests it.
When that's where things land, the realistic path shifts to getting the specific page de-indexed from Google, or building a suppression strategy so the listing stops being the first thing that surfaces for your name. Tell us what's showing up and we'll give you an honest read.
Common questions
Is Casetext legit?
Yes — it's a legal research platform now owned by Thomson Reuters (acquired 2023, folded into their CoCounsel AI product line), built on genuine public court opinions and filings sourced from PACER and other public databases.
Can I remove my case from Casetext?
Sometimes, but there's no public-facing opt-out form — every request is reviewed manually. The strongest grounds are a sealed or expunged case, outdated or factually inaccurate information, being a minor or an uninvolved party named by mistake, or a genuine privacy/redaction-policy violation.
How do I request removal from Casetext?
Email [email protected] with a formal, documented request. Attach what supports your case — a court order, a case disposition summary, and identity verification — since an unsupported request is unlikely to move.
Does Casetext remove content just because I ask?
No. Casetext hosts genuine public case law, so a request without one of the qualifying grounds above — sealing, inaccuracy, mistaken identity, or a policy violation — is generally declined, similar to how most court-record archives handle removal.
What if Casetext doesn't respond or denies the request?
That happens often enough that it's worth planning for. At that point the realistic options are pursuing Google de-indexing for the specific page, or suppression — building content that outranks the Casetext listing for searches on your name.
Related
Dealing with the record on a federal PACER-based site instead? See our PacerMonitor removal guide. Same opinion also archived on a nonprofit legal database? See our CourtListener removal guide. Also connected to political donations or corporate profiles? See our PlainSite removal guide. State or county case? See our UniCourt removal guide or the full Court Record Removal service.
We know which documentation actually gets a Casetext request reviewed versus which gets ignored — a specific court order or a clearly proven error, not a general ask, is what separates a real review from silence.
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