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DIY data-broker removal instead of a paid service

Using 2% of his free weekly allowance, he had Muse email every data broker it could find asking to remove him, which he says is all Incogni does, so he skipped its paid plan.

CCuth ·2026-09-11 ·x.com

Try it yourself

Copy this to Muse and replace the [brackets] with your own details:

Find the main data-broker sites and submit removal requests for my personal information to each, tracking the status.

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