How To Remove Your Name From Truecaller So That People Can’t Track You
Truecaller is an application used to identify an unknown caller, likewise, it also shows your identity to other users. In a research made in 2020, the app has over 200 million users worldwide.
Due to privacy theft, people uphold their privacy very well. There have been many occasions where people sue others for privacy theft. Many tech giants and software developers get sued when privacy of users is less secured.
When it comes to privacy, it’s one thing people are sensitive to. Due to how Truecaller works, many people believe it violates their privacy.
Once you install and register on the app, your information is made available to whoever you receive call and receive calls from.
Most importantly, when a user installs Truecaller and registers, his/her contacts get synced to Truecaller so you on the other hand might not be registered on the app but once someone with your contact is on the app your information will be on Truecaller.
This makes people believe Truecaller violates their privacy. If you also believe your privacy has been violated, the w steps will show you how to remove your name from Truecaller so that people can’t track you.
Steps To Remove Your Name On true Caller (Android)
- Open the Truecaller app
- Login in to your account
- At the corner, tap on the people present and go to settings
- Choose about
- Select deactivate
Steps To Remove Your Name On true Caller (IOS)
- Open up the Truecaller app
- Login to your account
- Click on the gear icon
- Select about Truecaller
- Scroll down and tap on the Deactivate Truecaller option
Once this is done, you have removed yourself from Truecaller. One more step to follow is that Truecaller has a database where it stores all of its user’s data and your data might still be present there.
In order to completely erase all your data from Truecaller, you will need to visit their unlist page. Visit https://www.truecaller.com/unlisting, enter your registered mobile number with your country code.
Choose a reason for unlisting yourself. Once done, verify the ‘Captcha’ and click on the ‘Unlist’ option.
After performing all these steps, your information will successfully be removed from Truecaller permanently.
In the near future, f you wish to showcase your information to others without feeling any guilt of privacy, you can register back to Truecaller.
People have been using Truecaller to track others since it displays your information to anybody who want to access it.
Conclusion
As Truecaller can be advantageous to others in knowing and identifying new contacts and numbers, it can also be disadvantage to others in tracking you with your location address.
