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I believe, Truecaller is an auto opt-in and you have to manually opt out if you want your number not be listed. I had to "unlist" my number manually. Check if your number is already in and then unlist at https://www.truecaller.com/unlisting

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There is no such thing as unlisting a number, atleast last time we tried multiple times but it still keeps showing up

IIRC when looking into this some time ago, if someone who has your number uses truecaller then your number will reappear. So depending on your level of paranoia you might want to regularly check that unlisting page.

I have tried this for both of my numbers and it has worked quite well. May be you need to try it one more time?

I just tried to put my phone number through it and it gave no indication of success or failure. Pulled up the debugger and see that it gives a 400 exception of "ProfileNotDeactivated" when I submit my number.

Seems seriously shady.

>Check if your number is already in

How do you check whether your number is "in"?

Enter your phone number on this page: https://www.truecaller.com/

Once you do, you have to log in with either your Google or Microsoft identity and agree to let them download your contacts.

One piece of legislation that I wish would exist is a universal opt-out requirement with no contracts. Many times you want to "opt-out" of something they require you to create an account or agree to something.

Since they have already done an action without your consent or agreements they should be able to remove you permanently without requiring you to agree to anything, signing up or mailing crap.

You must be joking. You are joking? Aren't you?!?

I'm sorry; I didn't realize they need you to login to check that now. Earlier you can check any number.

Thank you for posting that link. The last time I checked, they were asking to install their app and then unlist yourself from there.

Well now they want you to sign in with google/microsoft. Never gonna do that. I should create a few dozen fake accounts for these kind of companies.

Indeed. You may also want to buy a bunch of (preferably pre-activated) SIM cards, as registering such accounts will require a phone number, and they limit the number of accounts that can be created with one phone number.

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