DeleteMe (1 person, 1 year) review 2027

What problem does DeleteMe solve?

DeleteMe is not a monitoring service. It is a team that removes you from 750+ data-broker sites every quarter and shows you the report. That single focus is why it took the removal category in our testing: it removed our seeded broker profile and 61 others in the first scan, and its human review caught removals that automated tools missed. The practical benefit is a quieter phone and mailbox — in our test it cut spam calls and mail measurably. Quarterly re-scans keep the listings from creeping back without you doing anything. It suits anyone whose home address is a search away, and it works as a complement to a protection service rather than a replacement. That is also the source of its limits: it does nothing else, and its 5.3 score reflects that.

How did we score DeleteMe?

• Monitoring & alerts — 12 of 30. We seeded six events and tracked which each service caught and how fast, plus one-, two- or three-bureau credit monitoring. DeleteMe caught 1 of 6 and monitors 0 bureaus.
• Restoration & insurance — 4 of 25. This measures a dedicated case manager, limited power of attorney, and an insurance limit for stolen funds and expenses. DeleteMe offers none of these.
• Tools — 15 of 15. Credit lock, data-broker removal, password manager, VPN, antivirus and parental features. DeleteMe's human-reviewed broker removal is the whole service, and it takes full marks here.
• Family & ease — 8 of 10. Child and elder coverage, number of adults, app clarity and alert noise. DeleteMe sells 2- and 4-person plans and its report is readable.
• Value — 14 of 20. Annual price for one adult and for a family, at renewal. At $129 for one person and $229 for a family, it is priced as a single-purpose tool.

Where DeleteMe stands out

The removal results are the story. Our seeded broker profile came down, along with 61 other listings, in the first scan. Quarterly re-scans follow, and each one arrives as a readable report rather than a dashboard you have to interpret. Human review is the difference: where automated tools file a request and move on, a person checks the outcome, which is why removals that automated tools miss still get caught here. The downstream effect we could measure was spam — calls and mail both dropped. Nothing in the monitoring, insurance or restoration columns moved, because DeleteMe does not compete there.

What you actually get

The service is nine spec rows deep, and they describe a narrow product. Individual coverage is $129 a year; a family plan is $229. Credit bureaus monitored: 0. Insurance: none. Restoration: none. Credit lock: no. Data-broker removal: yes — the whole service, human-reviewed. Bundled tools are limited to masked email and phone as an add-on. Family plans come in 2- and 4-person sizes. In other words, you are buying removal labour and a quarterly report, not a security suite.

How DeleteMe compares with the rivals we tested

Aura scored 8.8 at $144 and bundles three-bureau monitoring, $1M stolen funds plus $1M expenses per adult, automated broker removal, VPN, antivirus, a password manager and parental controls for 5 adults and unlimited children. DeleteMe beats it on removal depth and loses on everything else. Norton LifeLock Ultimate Plus scored 7.9 at $239.99 with three-bureau monitoring, $1M stolen funds plus $1M expenses, a dedicated US-based restoration specialist with power of attorney, and Norton 360 — but broker removal is an add-on, not the core. IDShield scored 7.8 at $179.40 and leans on licensed private investigators and LegalShield lawyers for restoration, with broker removal assistance included; DeleteMe is the more focused remover at a lower price. Identity Guard scored 7.4 at $239.99 with three-bureau monitoring on Ultra and no data-broker removal at all.

Feature comparison

Across the shared labels, the split is clean. On price, DeleteMe is $129 individual and $229 family; Aura $144 and $384; Norton LifeLock Ultimate Plus $239.99 and $479.99; IDShield $179.40 and $359.40; Identity Guard $239.99 and $359.99. On bureaus monitored, DeleteMe is 0 while Aura, Norton and Identity Guard cover 3 and IDShield covers 1 or 3. On insurance, DeleteMe lists none; Aura and Norton list $1M stolen funds plus $1M expenses, IDShield lists $3M expenses with stolen funds up to $1M on some plans, and Identity Guard lists $1M expenses with stolen funds on Ultra. On restoration, DeleteMe lists none; Aura uses US-based case managers, Norton a dedicated specialist with power of attorney, IDShield licensed private investigators, and Identity Guard US-based case managers. On credit lock, DeleteMe is a no, as are IDShield and Zander; Aura locks Experian and Norton locks TransUnion. On broker removal, DeleteMe is the service itself, Aura is automated, Norton is an add-on, IDShield offers monitoring and removal assistance, and Identity Guard offers none. On family plans, DeleteMe covers 2 or 4 people, Aura 5 adults plus unlimited children, Norton 2 adults plus 5 kids, IDShield 2 adults plus up to 10 dependants, and Identity Guard 5 adults plus unlimited kids.

Where DeleteMe falls short

Everything except removal, by design. There is no credit, dark-web or account monitoring, so the 1 of 6 seeded events it caught is the whole monitoring story. Removals reappear, so the subscription is ongoing rather than a one-time cleanup. If you want a service that watches your credit file and steps in when funds go missing, this is not it.

Is DeleteMe worth $129?

For one adult, $129 a year buys quarterly human-reviewed removal from 750+ data-broker sites and a report you can read. A family plan runs $229. The Value criterion gave it 14 of 20: fair for the labour involved, but you are paying separately for the monitoring and insurance it does not include, and the price recurs at renewal because listings come back.

Who should buy DeleteMe?

Anyone whose home address is a search away. If your name, phone number and relatives show up on people-search sites and you want them gone without managing the requests yourself, DeleteMe is the removal tool we tested. Pair it with a monitoring and restoration service rather than expecting it to cover those jobs.