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How to Remove Yourself from Hiya (2026)
Last updated September 1, 2026
Hiya (caller ID: Samsung, AT&T Call Protect) publishes a person profile about you — typically your name, current and past addresses, phone numbers, age, and relatives — assembled from public records and data brokers.
Before you start: the honest math
- This site: about 25 minutes to file, then a reply to read, then up to three follow-ups over the 45 days the law gives them to act. Many sites go quiet until you follow up.
- Your home and your name are on 925 sites like this one, each with its own process, its own inbox, and its own excuses. Done by hand, that's 250+ hours spread across months.
- Then it comes back. These sites re-import from public records and each other. What you removed in March can reappear in September, and the whole list starts over.
- HomeCloak: $109.99 a year. Every request filed the moment you subscribe, with a signed authorization brokers can't bounce. Every reply read and answered. Every silence followed up at 14, 30, and 45 days. Everything re-filed when it comes back, and every new site we find added automatically. You just watch the statuses change.
What it takes to get this removed
Roughly 25 minutes to file on your own, plus reading the reply and following up when they don't answer. Here's what it involves.
- A written privacy request to the right team at Hiya — not the general support inbox — that cites the correct laws, identifies the exact record, and asks them to delete it and keep it deleted so it doesn't come back.
- Proof. Most brokers now demand identity verification, and if anyone files on your behalf, a signed authorization letter. Requests without one get bounced or ignored.
- Then the back-and-forth: identity questions, requests for more details, "use our form instead", or plain silence that you have to follow up on at 14 and 30 days before the 45-day legal deadline.
What to expect
- State privacy laws generally give Hiya up to 45 days to act on a deletion request, though many sites process them much faster.
- You may get an acknowledgment first and a completion confirmation later — keep both.
- Some sites reply asking you to verify your identity or use their own form before they proceed. Answer promptly; the clock effectively restarts if you don't.
- Hiya shares data with affiliated brands (caller ID: Samsung, AT&T Call Protect) — confirm your removal applied across all of them, not just the main site.
Common questions
Is it legal to have my personal information removed from Hiya?
Yes. State consumer-privacy laws — the California CCPA/CPRA and a growing list of similar laws in other states — give you the right to ask for your personal information to be deleted. Most sites also honor removal requests under their own published privacy policies, no matter which state you live in.
How long does Hiya take to remove a profile?
Privacy laws generally allow up to 45 days for a verified deletion request, with one 45-day extension in complex cases. In practice many sites act within days to a couple of weeks. If you hear nothing by day 45, send a follow-up referencing your original request date.
Will my personal information come back after removal?
It can. Sites like Hiya routinely re-import from public records and upstream data brokers, so a successful removal today can quietly reappear months later. That's why re-checking periodically matters — or using a monitoring service that re-files the removal automatically when something resurfaces.
Does removing from Hiya also remove me from caller ID: Samsung and AT&T Call Protect?
Not automatically in every case. Hiya operates or shares data with caller ID: Samsung, AT&T Call Protect, and a well-written request should ask for removal across all of them by name — but verify each site separately after you get confirmation.
Hiya is 1 of 925 sites showing your home or your name.
You just read what one of them takes. Working through all 925 yourself is 20+ hours of filing, reading replies, and following up on silence over two months, and then doing it again when your listings come back. HomeCloak files every one the moment you buy, with a signed authorization attached, reads every reply, follows up at 14, 30, and 45 days, shows you each status as it changes, and re-files anything that comes back. $109.99 a year, up to 3 properties.