How to Opt Out of Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, and B2B Data Brokers (2026)

If you work in tech, sales, or run a business, you are for sale.

Go to Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, or Lusha. Type in your name. There is a good chance you will see your work history, your email, and, more uncomfortably, your personal cell phone number.

These B2B databases are the fuel for the cold-calling industry. They scrape LinkedIn, corporate registries, and third-party data networks to build "rich profiles" of professionals. If you want to see how your profile got there and how to pull it, we maintain per-broker guides for Apollo.io and ZoomInfo, plus the full directory of 300+ brokers including Lusha.

To them, you are a "lead." To you, it’s a nightmare.

It starts with one recruiter calling your cell. Then a sales rep. Then a "founder" looking for advice. Before you know it, your personal number is essentially public property.

Can you make it stop?

Yes. But they don't make it easy.

Legally, you have the "Right to be Forgotten" (under GDPR, CCPA, and general privacy norms). If you ask them to delete you, they have to.

The catch? They bury the opt-out forms deep in their privacy policies. They make you verify your email. Sometimes they make you jump through captchas. They count on you giving up.

We didn't give up. We built a shortcut.

OfflistMe simplifies this for the 300+ other platforms you haven't even heard of yet.

Instead of hunting for the "Do Not Sell My Info" link on 50 different sites, you can use our tool to fire off formal removal requests to their privacy teams directly.

We've found that a direct email to privacy@zoominfo.com (or similar aliases) is often more effective than a web form. It creates a paper trail. It lands in a compliance officer's inbox, not an automated void.

Opting out isn't just about stopping spam. It’s about reducing your attack surface. The less info bad actors have on you, the harder you are to target.

Do not let your identity be a line item in someone else's spreadsheet.

Opt out of B2B data brokers now →