How to Opt Out of FaceCheck.ID (2026 Step-by-Step Guide)

FaceCheck.ID is a public reverse face search engine marketed for catfish-checking, background verification, and "safety" searches, built from an index scraped from social media, news sites, mugshot databases, and sex offender registries. It's operated anonymously, paid for exclusively in cryptocurrency, and — like PimEyes — searchable by anyone with your photo, no law enforcement credentials needed. Here's how to get your face removed from its index.

Key Takeaways

• FaceCheck.ID's opt-out is at facecheck.id/Face-Search/RemoveMyPhotos and requires you to search for your own photos, select the ones to remove, and upload a government-issued ID to verify your identity.
• The company is operated by Tech Solutions (Belize), under the direction of a named president, and accepts payment only in cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero) — a structure that maximizes corporate anonymity and complicates regulatory reach.
• FaceCheck.ID's self-reported, unaudited claim is an index of over one billion faces, sourced from social media, news, mugshot sites, and sex offender registries.
• Regulatory scrutiny is emerging indirectly rather than through direct enforcement: a New Zealand Police internal audit found officers had accessed FaceCheck.ID roughly 300 times before the department formally blocked the site in May 2023.
• Because FaceCheck.ID pulls from mugshot and offender-registry sources in addition to social media, its results can surface information most people search engines wouldn't — making removal a higher priority if you've ever had a photo in any of those source categories, even from an expunged or resolved case.

What FaceCheck.ID Actually Does

FaceCheck.ID works like PimEyes: upload a photo, get back a list of web pages where a matching face appears. Its marketing leans into "safety" use cases — checking if someone you're meeting online is who they claim to be, verifying a date, or running a background check on a new acquaintance — but the same tool works identically for anyone trying to locate you.

What sets FaceCheck.ID apart from PimEyes and Clearview is its stated source mix: in addition to social media and news content, the company says its index draws from mugshot databases and sex offender registries. That combination means a search can return not just "where does this person's face appear on the web" but potentially criminal-history-adjacent hits, which raises the stakes of exposure for anyone with an old, resolved, or even wrongful record in those source systems.

The company's own marketing claims an index of over one billion faces. This is a self-reported figure with no independent audit confirming its accuracy.

How to Opt Out of FaceCheck.ID: Step-by-Step

Step 1: Search for your own face

Run a search on FaceCheck.ID using a clear photo of yourself to see what the platform currently has indexed under your face.

Step 2: Go to the removal request page

Navigate to facecheck.id/Face-Search/RemoveMyPhotos.

Step 3: Select the specific photos to remove

Unlike a blanket opt-out, FaceCheck.ID has you manually identify and select each matching photo you want taken down from its results.

Step 4: Upload a government-issued ID

FaceCheck.ID requires an ID to verify you are the person shown in the photos you're requesting removal for.

Step 5: Submit and monitor

After submission, periodically re-search your face, since FaceCheck.ID continues scraping the open web and can re-index a photo it finds again later.

The Corporate Structure: Anonymous by Design

FaceCheck.ID operates under Tech Solutions, registered in Belize, and accepts payment exclusively through cryptocurrency — Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Monero. This is a meaningfully different setup from a typical US consumer-facing SaaS company: no credit card processor, no US-based billing entity, and a jurisdiction not known for aggressive data-protection enforcement.

Practically, this means if the opt-out process is ignored or a removal is refused, your escalation options are limited. There's no US-based data protection authority with direct jurisdiction, and Belize doesn't have a comprehensive privacy law with the kind of consumer enforcement mechanism the FTC or a state attorney general could use domestically.

Regulatory Scrutiny Is Emerging Indirectly

There's no public record of a direct enforcement action or lawsuit against FaceCheck.ID as of mid-2026. What scrutiny exists has surfaced sideways, through institutional audits of *users* of the platform rather than the company itself.

A New Zealand Police internal audit found officers had accessed FaceCheck.ID approximately 300 times (and a competing tool, PimEyes, nearly 400 times) before the department formally blocked access to both sites in May 2023. That audit is a signal of how normalized these tools had become inside institutions well before any formal policy caught up — and it's one of the only public data points showing FaceCheck.ID being used at meaningful scale by an official body.

FaceCheck.ID vs. PimEyes vs. Clearview AI

Why Removal Here Matters Even If You Have Nothing to Hide

Because FaceCheck.ID's stated sourcing includes mugshot and offender-registry data alongside general web scraping, a search against your face can return misleading associations, an old booking photo from a charge that was later dismissed, a case of mistaken identity, or a genuinely unrelated person who resembles you. Combined with the accuracy concerns documented across facial-recognition search tools generally (independent 2026 research found meaningfully higher false-positive rates on lower-quality, web-scraped images), a FaceCheck.ID result is not a reliable identity verification, but it can still be treated as one by someone using it to vet you.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I remove my photos from FaceCheck.ID?

Search for your face on the site, then submit a removal request at facecheck.id/Face-Search/RemoveMyPhotos, selecting the specific matching photos and uploading a government-issued ID to verify your identity.

Is FaceCheck.ID legal?

There's no public record of a direct regulatory enforcement action or court ruling specifically against FaceCheck.ID as of mid-2026. It operates under a Belize-registered entity (Tech Solutions) and cryptocurrency-only payments, a structure that limits the practical reach of consumer-protection regulators.

Does FaceCheck.ID show criminal records?

The company states its index draws in part from mugshot databases and sex offender registries, in addition to social media and news content. This means results can include criminal-history-adjacent hits — which is a stronger reason to check your own exposure and remove inaccurate or outdated matches.

Why does FaceCheck.ID only accept cryptocurrency?

The company doesn't publicly explain this choice, but it has the practical effect of avoiding traditional payment processors and banking relationships that carry more compliance oversight, consistent with its Belize incorporation and generally low public transparency.

How accurate is FaceCheck.ID?

Independent 2026 research on facial recognition accuracy generally (not FaceCheck.ID specifically) found that degraded or low-quality web-scraped probe images significantly increase false-positive match rates. Since FaceCheck.ID's index is built the same way, its results should not be treated as confirmed identifications.

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