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How to remove yourself from Open Electoral Register

United Kingdom · Government source · Difficulty: Easy · 5 minutes

The open register (formerly the 'edited register') is the version of the UK electoral roll that anyone can buy. It's the root source feeding 192.com, UKPhoneBook, and countless marketing databases. Opting out does not affect your right to vote or your credit rating.

What Open Electoral Register can expose about you

  • Full name
  • Home address

Step-by-step removal

  1. This is the single highest-impact step for UK users.
  2. Contact your local Electoral Registration Office (find it via the gov.uk link) and ask to opt out of the OPEN register.
  3. You stay on the full register (for voting/credit) but are removed from the version brokers buy.
  4. 192.com and similar usually drop you within ~48 hours afterwards.

Open the official Open Electoral Register opt-out page →

The root source most UK brokers buy from, so do this first.

Councils can't recall register editions already sold. Sites holding old copies keep that data until you ask them directly. Opting out stops all future editions carrying your details, which is what prevents re-listing.

Keeping it removed

Most people-search sites keep ingesting fresh public records, so a removed listing can reappear months later under a new URL. The reliable fix is cutting off the sources where you can (for UK users, start with the open electoral register) and re-checking periodically.

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Opt-out processes change. This guide was last reviewed in July 2026. If a step no longer matches what you see, tell usand we'll update it.