# Kanary

> Threat-based personal data removal for people at risk of doxxing

Kanary builds a threat model for each person, then finds and removes the exposures most likely to lead to harm across search engines and data brokers, and on its Advanced plan social media and AI chatbots too. It also asks Google to drop links once the source is gone and tidies account settings to stop new leaks. Members use a web dashboard and iPhone and Android apps to review results and approve removals.

- **Category:** Data Removal Services
- **Made by:** Kanary (since 2020)
- **Website:** https://www.kanary.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Kanary is a paid product, starting at $250 per year, billed yearly ($25 a month billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Core | $250 per year, billed yearly ($25 a month billed monthly) | Search engines and data brokers, monthly scans and removal requests, managed removals and 24 to 48 hour email support. Family members $125 a year. |
| Advanced | $500 per year, billed yearly ($50 a month billed monthly) | Adds social media and AI chatbots, weekly scans and requests, attorney general escalation, priority support and incident research. Family $250 a year. |

Read from https://www.kanary.com/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kanary before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **2 months free with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Kanary's pricing page shows Core at $250 a year against $25 a month, and Advanced at $500 a year against $50 a month, which it calls 2 months free. Source: https://www.kanary.com/pricing
- **50% off each family member** (Other savings): Family members added to an account cost half: $125 a year on Core and $250 a year on Advanced, or $12.50 and $25 a month. Source: https://www.kanary.com/frequently-asked-questions

## Key features

- **Threat model per person:** Kanary weighs each exposure by how likely it is to lead to doxxing, impersonation or phishing and works on those first, not only the easy opt-outs. It says it has covered more than 68,000 sites.
- **Search engines, brokers, social and AI:** Core covers search engines and data brokers. Advanced adds social networks such as LinkedIn, X and YouTube, and AI chatbots, with full-site monitoring.
- **Google cleanup:** After a source page is cleaned, Kanary asks Google to drop the link, handles Google's doxxing and harassment removals for sites that will not cooperate, and updates your Google settings to block new results.
- **Approve before removal:** Unfamiliar results get a quick approve or deny check from you in the app, and known business-safe sites are skipped, which suits people who need a public profile.
- **Scans and reports:** Core scans and sends removal requests monthly and emails a report once a month; Advanced scans weekly and reports twice a month, with live stats on the dashboard.
- **Escalations on Advanced:** Advanced can enroll you in a state address confidentiality program, escalate stubborn sites to an attorney general and research active incidents. Some of these may cost extra.

## Good for

- Public figures, executives and creators facing doxxing or harassment
- People who want social media and AI chatbot exposures covered
- Adding family members at half price

## Worth knowing

- Built for US residents or people with a US address; Kanary says it has recently added UK users and helps others case by case.
- No free plan or trial; the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the first month only.
- Weekly and daily scans, unlimited custom removals and address confidentiality enrollment are Advanced options that may cost extra.
- Kanary says removal rates average 60 to 80% for hands-off members and 90 to 95% for those who answer identity checks.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Kanary isn't really a bulk opt-out service. It works out which bits of your data are most likely to get you doxxed or impersonated and goes after those first, across search engines and data brokers, and on Advanced social media and AI chatbots too. At $250 a year for Core it's the dearest here, so it suits people facing a real threat more than people who just want fewer spam calls.

- **Value for money: D.** Core is $250 a year paid yearly, or $25 a month paid monthly, the dearest way into this category by a distance. Advanced, where social media and AI chatbots come in, is $500 a year. Family members are half price, $125 a year on Core.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial. The 30-day money-back guarantee only covers the first month, and it isn't a trial anyway.
- **Features: B.** Search engines and data brokers on Core, with scans and requests it says run monthly, and it asks Google to drop dead links. Advanced adds social media, AI chatbots, weekly scans and attorney general escalation, though some of those may cost extra.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record, and it wants some of your time. You approve or deny unfamiliar results in the app, and Kanary says removals average 60 to 80% for hands-off members against 90 to 95% for those who answer identity checks.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** A web dashboard plus iPhone and Android apps for reviewing results and approving removals. There's no computer app and no integrations on record, so it stops at B. It's built for US residents, with UK users only recently added.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kanary's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among data removal services

- Kanary's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 0 of the 6 other data removal services we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on features (B, above 3 of 6) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $20.83 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 6 of the 6 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Kanary you would be making opt-out requests to hundreds of data brokers, sent again whenever they list you again. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 4 of the 6 other data removal services grade higher. It costs $250 a year.

- You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Opt-out requests to hundreds of data brokers, sent again whenever they list you again.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Data removal, Reports

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://www.kanary.com/pricing
- https://www.kanary.com/frequently-asked-questions
- https://www.kanary.com/remove-from-sites

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/kanary
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