Hunter.io opt-out
hunter.io How to remove yourself from Hunter.io
Hunter sells professional email addresses to sales and recruiting teams. To get yours out, claim it at hunter.io/claim. Hunter says it then deletes everything tied to that address straight away, including the record of where it found it.
- Serus data
- On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect Hunter.io to be one of many.
- Opt-out page
- hunter.io
- Method
- Online form
- Privacy email
- privacy@hunter.io
- What you need
- Email address
- Time to remove
- Immediately once claimed (stated on its claim page)
- Cost
- Free
- Phone
- (617) 631-0371
- Mailing address
- 2810 N Church St, Wilmington, Delaware, 50754, United States
- Says it sold or shared data with
- A foreign actor
- Last updated
Phone, address, request figures and data practices: as Hunter.io reported them to the California data broker registry for 2024.
Reviewed by Anthon Wansland
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.
How to opt out of Hunter.io
- 1
Go to hunter.io/claim
The page is headed "Claim your email address". You don't need to sign in to Hunter first.
- 2
Enter the address you want removed
Do it once for every address you think Hunter holds, work and personal.
- 3
Finish the claim
Hunter says it deletes everything tied to the claimed address right away, including its original source.
- 4
Write to privacy@hunter.io for anything else
That's the privacy contact in Hunter's policy. Use it for questions the claim page doesn't answer.
Watch out for
- Hunter doesn't only collect addresses people published. It also builds them from name and company patterns, so an address you never shared can still be in its database. Claim every variant of your work email.
- If a public page still shows your address, Hunter can pick it up again. Its policy says it keeps profiles while the details sit on public sources or until you ask for removal, and drops them within 3 months after they leave the source pages.
Sources checked: hunter.io
Last verified against the official page:
Who runs Hunter.io
Hunter.io is run by Hunter Web Services.
Source: California data broker registry
What Hunter.io holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Employment and education
- Social media profiles
What Hunter.io is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Hunter keeps a profile as long as the details stay on public web pages, or until you ask for removal, and removes profiles within 3 months after they disappear from the source pages. A page that still publishes your address can bring it back.
Frequently asked
Do I need a Hunter account?
No. The claim page only asks for the email address.
Does claiming delete the source of the email too?
Yes. Hunter says it removes the reference to where the address came from, so it no longer has that information.
Is Hunter the same as the people who emailed me?
No. Hunter's customers use its database to find addresses and send the emails. Claiming yours stops Hunter supplying it.
Related guide How to delete yourself and your information from the internet 
Something changed? If these steps no longer match the Hunter.io opt-out, tell us and we'll re-check it.
What changed
- Text rewritten in plainer language; Hunter now says claimed data is deleted immediately and reports 7 million users, so we updated both.
