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How-to8 November 2026

Remove Personal Data from the Web with Incogni: A Practical Guide

Data brokers collect and sell your personal information — browsing habits, location history, and more. You can legally demand removal, but doing it manually across hundreds of companies is impractical. Incogni handles the process for you, continuously scanning and re-requesting takedowns. A Black Friday discount is available for 9to5Mac readers.

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What it helps with
  • Automates takedown requests to hundreds of data brokers, genealogy sites, and social media platforms
  • Monitors for re-added data and issues new removal requests automatically
  • Unlimited plan accepts custom links you find for additional removals
  • Covers People Search Sites often missed by other services
  • Black Friday deal offers 58% off the annual Unlimited plan with code 9TO5MAC
Why it matters

Anyone with an online presence — students, freelancers, small business owners in Nigeria and across Africa — has personal data circulating among brokers. This data fuels targeted ads, scams, and identity theft. Automated removal reduces exposure without requiring technical skill or endless manual follow-up.

Step by step
  1. 01Visit Incogni via the 9to5Mac special link
  2. 02Choose a plan (Standard, Family, Unlimited, or Family Unlimited)
  3. 03Apply checkout code 9TO5MAC for the Black Friday discount
  4. 04Complete sign-up and authorize Incogni to act on your behalf
  5. 05Let Incogni scan brokers, send takedown requests, and monitor for new data
  6. 06Optionally submit custom links you discover for removal (Unlimited plan)
The facts

In the source’s own words

  • Data brokers legally scrape and sell personal data including browsing habits and location history“Personal data bought and sold includes everything from your web-browsing habits and interests to your location history.”, 9to5Mac
  • Data brokers must remove your data on request by law“By law, data brokers have to remove your data if you tell them to.”, 9to5Mac
  • Manual takedown is difficult because brokers hide links and create obstacles“many of those companies deliberately make takedown links hard to find, then force you to jump through all sorts of hoops”, 9to5Mac
  • Incogni handles takedowns across hundreds of brokers, genealogy sites, and social media“they do all of the hard work for you across literally hundreds of data brokers, genealogy websites, and social media”, 9to5Mac
  • Incogni monitors for new data and issues fresh takedown requests“they monitor to ensure that it has been done, scan for the later addition of new data, and issue new takedown requests for that”, 9to5Mac
  • Black Friday deal: 58% off annual Unlimited plan with code 9TO5MAC“offering 58% off its annual Unlimited plan. Savings are also available on the Standard, Family, and Family Unlimited plans. Use this special link and the checkout code 9TO5MAC.”, 9to5Mac
Questions
Is Incogni free?

No. The article mentions paid plans (Standard, Family, Unlimited, Family Unlimited) with a Black Friday discount, but does not state a free tier.

Does Incogni remove data from all types of brokers?

Yes, the article says Incogni covers all broker types including People Search Sites often missed by others.

Can I submit my own links for removal?

Only with the Unlimited plan, which allows you to send links you've discovered for Incogni to handle.

Written by Olexweb in our own words, based on reporting by 9to5Mac (8 November 2026). Every fact is quoted from that source. Things change: check the source before you rely on details.

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