DeleteMe

Maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $10.75/mosubscription / year $129estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For DeleteMe, maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs. The hard boundary is broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes, plus security assurance, infrastructure, and trust.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes
  • independent security audits
  • global relay infrastructure
  • breach monitoring data
  • account recovery and support

Why people still pay

People still pay for DeleteMe because security products are paid for because expert review, infrastructure, and accountability matter more than recreating screens. The recurring cost buys cryptography, secure updates, key recovery, threat intelligence, relay capacity, abuse response, audits, and incident handling, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • desktop OS
  • secure backup location
  • modern cryptographic libraries
  • careful review before real-world use
01
Use Rust, Tauri 2, React, SQLite, Argon2id, and audited cryptographic libraries.
02
Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
03
Interface for this passwords, privacy and private networking workflow: a desktop window with source import, a work list, and result export.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

1

Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Rust, Tauri 2, React, SQLite, Argon2id, and audited cryptographic libraries. Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

2

Phase 2, implement

Keep all vault data encrypted with a master key derived through Argon2id and a unique salt.

3

Phase 3, implement

Implement lock timeout, clipboard clearing, password generation, import, export, and encrypted backups.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs, stored with strong encryption, explicit threat-model documentation, and no claim of replacing an audited service. Implement lock timeout, clipboard clearing, password generation, import, export, and encrypted backups.

5

Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Implement lock timeout, clipboard clearing, password generation, import, export, and encrypted backups. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A wrong credential must reveal no record content; a recovery import must restore the same record IDs and values. State the practical limit: broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused passwords, privacy and private networking workflow for the personal core of DeleteMe. Requirements:

- Use Rust, Tauri 2, React, SQLite, Argon2id, and audited cryptographic libraries. Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs. Build only this DIY scope: Maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs, stored with strong encryption, explicit threat-model documentation, and no claim of replacing an audited service.
- For passwords, privacy and private networking, define the master credential, local threat boundary, and recovery path before importing secrets.
- Create, edit, lock, and unlock one encrypted vault using a maintained primitive and explicit key derivation settings.
- Search the unlocked vault and export an encrypted recovery copy with clear user action.
- Use a desktop window with source import, a work list, and result export. Required input or access: desktop OS; secure backup location.
- Recovery: Implement lock timeout, clipboard clearing, password generation, import, export, and encrypted backups.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A wrong credential must reveal no record content; a recovery import must restore the same record IDs and values.
- Out of scope: broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes; independent security audits. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

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Alternatives to building your own

California DROPCalifornia residents get one government request to 600-plus brokers; everyone else gets a geography lesson.$0free↗Optery Free BasicFinds the profiles and hands you the opt-out links; your unpaid labor is the business model.$0free↗Permission Slip by DeleteMeA phone app that sends individual privacy requests and tracks them; bulk broker removal is the paid part.$0free↗

all 3 free alternatives to DeleteMe →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real

DeleteMe pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
1 person, 1 year—$10.751 person; ongoing removals and quarterly privacy reports; average cited result of about 15 public listings removed$129 billed yearly.
2 people, 1 year——2 people; ongoing removals and quarterly reportsThe live official page offered this tier but did not expose a stable numeric USD total to the crawler.
family (4 people), 1 year——Up to 4 people; ongoing removals and quarterly reportsThe live official page offered this tier but did not expose a stable numeric USD total to the crawler.
1 person, 2 years——1 person; 24 months of ongoing removals and reportsBiennial prepayment; exact official USD total was not exposed reliably.
2 people, 2 years——2 people; 24 months of ongoing removals and reportsBiennial prepayment; exact official USD total was not exposed reliably.
family (4 people), 2 years——Up to 4 people; 24 months of ongoing removals and reportsBiennial prepayment; exact official USD total was not exposed reliably.
business——Custom employee count, data-broker coverage, support and contract termsContact sales.

free tierno free removal tier; a free exposure scan is offered

billingannual or biennial prepayment only; no month-to-month plan

hidden costsThe low monthly figure is an annualized or biennial equivalent and the full term is charged upfront; service is primarily for U.S. residents, renews automatically, and wider business/custom-removal coverage is quote priced

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about DeleteMe

Can you build your own DeleteMe with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For DeleteMe, maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs. The hard boundary is broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes, plus security assurance, infrastructure, and trust.

What does the DeleteMe build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Maintain a manual data-broker checklist and evidence log for user-driven opt-outs, stored with strong encryption, explicit threat-model documentation, and no claim of replacing an audited service. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes; independent security audits; global relay infrastructure. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the DeleteMe prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this DeleteMe project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing DeleteMe?

broker coverage, repeated submissions, identity verification, human operations, and legal processes; independent security audits; global relay infrastructure; breach monitoring data; account recovery and support. People still pay for DeleteMe because security products are paid for because expert review, infrastructure, and accountability matter more than recreating screens. The recurring cost buys cryptography, secure updates, key recovery, threat intelligence, relay capacity, abuse response, audits, and incident handling, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded 1 person plan is $10.75/mo (annual-equivalent), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building DeleteMe?

California DROP: California residents get one government request to 600-plus brokers; everyone else gets a geography lesson. Optery Free Basic: Finds the profiles and hands you the opt-out links; your unpaid labor is the business model. Permission Slip by DeleteMe: A phone app that sends individual privacy requests and tracks them; bulk broker removal is the paid part. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/deleteme/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.

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