Stop Doxing

Make your personal information harder to find

Doxing is when someone shares private details about you to scare or hurt you. This site shows you how to make that harder, one step at a time. It's free, and we don't track you.

Start with step 1 Find resources for your state

The path

Thirteen steps in three stages. Start at step 1 and go in order. Later steps take more time and effort, so go as far as makes sense for you.

Steps 1–6The Basics

Quick steps that everyone should do.

  1. 1What doxing is
  2. 2Where your information comes from
  3. 3Look yourself up
  4. 4Lock down your main accounts
  5. 5Tighten your social media
  6. 6Remove yourself from people-search sites

Steps 7–11Going further

These take more time.

  1. 7A separate email and phone number
  2. 8Marketing lists and data brokers
  3. 9Photos and location
  4. 10Your household
  5. 11Keep your address off sign-ups

Steps 12–13The deep end

These take the most time and care.

  1. 12Public records
  2. 13Keep it up

For specific situations. Some people need more than the path covers, like creators, people in certain jobs, and others with higher risk. Guides for them are coming later.

Resources by state

Official programs where you live, like ones that keep your home address private, plus where to find a lawyer or free legal help. Use them alongside any step.

Find your state

What to expect

No one can make themselves impossible to find. Each step closes off some of the easy ways in, so anyone looking for you has to work harder for less.