How to remove yourself from Foursquare
Beyond its consumer app, Foursquare runs a major location-data business through its Pilgrim/Movement SDK embedded in other companies' apps, tracking place visits for advertising and analytics. Its Privacy Center lets you opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data and limit use of sensitive location data. The opt-out requires your mobile advertising ID.
Location and place-visit data collected via its Pilgrim/Movement SDK in third-party apps and sold for ad targeting and measurement.
Why removing yourself from Foursquare matters
On Foursquare, anyone can look you up — often for just a few dollars — and pull location and place-visit data collected via its Pilgrim/Movement SDK in third-party apps and sold for ad targeting and measurement. That is more than enough to target you with spam and phishing, fuel robocalls, or in the worst cases enable stalking, doxxing or identity theft. Removing your Foursquare listing cuts off one of the easiest public sources of that data about you.
Opting out of Foursquare is fairly straightforward, with one extra verification step — it works via web privacy form (device ID), and removals usually process in 10 minutes. It is free: under U.S. privacy laws Foursquare has to honor opt-out requests, so never pay a "removal" fee. Have your details ready for the verification step, then re-check in a few weeks to make sure the listing stayed down.
How to opt out of Foursquare, step by step
Open Foursquare's U.S. consumer privacy notice via the Privacy Center ('Your Privacy Choices' in the footer).
Choose to opt out of sale/sharing and limit use of sensitive (location) data.
Provide your mobile advertising identifier (MAID) so Foursquare can match your data.
Submit the request through the privacy portal.
Alternatively, write to Foursquare's Data Protection Officer at 50 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010.
Link verified June 2026 — brokers change their forms, so confirm it’s the official foursquare.com opt-out before entering anything.
Watch out: Foursquare's tracking rides inside other apps via its SDK, so you may be in its data even if you never used the Foursquare app.
Sample opt-out letter for Foursquare
Some brokers accept (or require) a written deletion request by email. Here’s a ready-to-send template addressed to Foursquare — open it in the generator to add your details and your state’s legal basis.
To the Privacy / Opt-Out Team at Foursquare, I am writing to request that you remove my listing and delete all personal information you hold about me, and that you stop selling or sharing it. I am making this request as a consumer exercising your opt-out and deletion process. To identify my records: Full name: [Your full name] Please take the following actions: 1. Delete all personal information you have collected about me. 2. Suppress my profile so it no longer appears on your website or any affiliated/partner sites. 3. Stop selling, sharing or licensing my personal information to third parties. 4. Confirm in writing once these steps are complete. Please process this request and respond within 45 days. If you need to verify my identity, contact me using the details above — but please do not require more information than is necessary to do so. Thank you for your prompt attention. Sincerely, [Your full name]
Foursquare is one of hundreds
Removing Foursquare is a great start — but your data is on many more sites, and Foursquare can re-list you within weeks. PersProtect removes you from 499 broker and people-search sites and keeps re-checking so you stay off.
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What is Pilgrim?
Pilgrim (now part of Foursquare's Movement SDK) is the technology that passively detects place visits inside partner apps.
Why does it need my advertising ID?
Foursquare keys location data to your device MAID, so it needs that ID to locate and suppress your records.
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