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Guide · when people come at you
If you're being doxxed: save it, report it, then get it off Google and the data broker sites.
If anyone threatens you or shows up where you live, call 911 first. Everything below can wait an hour.
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Save the evidence before it's deleted
- Screenshot each post with the link, date and time showing. Copy the link too.
- Write down the account's handle, not only its display name.
- Don't reply to them. It tells them it worked and can spread the post further.
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Report it to the site it's on
- X: posting someone's private info is against the rules. Report the post as "private information".
- Reddit: its content policy bans posting personal info. Report the post in the app.
- TikTok: removes doxxing, even when it's done in revenge, and even when the target is a public figure.
- While you're at it: turn on two-factor login for your email and social accounts. People who post your info often try to get into them next.
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Get it out of Google
- Google's "Results about you" tool removes results showing your phone, home address or email. Free.
- It hides the result in Google. It doesn't delete the page itself, so step 2 still matters.
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Clear the data broker sites
- This is where most doxxers find home addresses. These services file the removal requests for you:
- Optery free exposure report, removal from $3.99/mo. Incogni $7.99/mo. DeleteMe about $129/yr. Kanary $250/yr.
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Find where else it's posted
- Search Google for your phone number and street address in quotes.
- Set a Google Alert on your name so you hear about new pages.
- Pressfront Trace can look for your info on forums and archive sites during one trace. It shows you the link, hides the text, and deletes what you typed when the trace ends.
No federal law
The US has no law that covers doxxing in general. Federal stalking law can apply when it's repeated, and some states have their own doxxing laws, including California.
If it's intimate images
- StopNCII.org makes a fingerprint of the image on your own phone, so partner sites can block copies. Free, 18+.
- Cyber Civil Rights Initiative helpline: 844-878-2274, free, 24/7, US.
What Trace will never do
- Tell you who someone is in real life. It shows accounts and posts, never names and addresses. Otherwise it would be a doxxing tool too.
- Keep your private info. What you type to watch for is used for that one trace, then deleted. It's never shown, and never sent to a search engine.
See who's posting about you, freePaste your @username. Public posts only. No account, no card.
This page isn't legal advice. For a lawyer or the police, bring the screenshots and links from step 1. Related: who started a pile-on · is it coordinated
Sources (checked 2026-10-24)