Privacy · Free Grok Bot template
Phone Privacy Scrubber: a Grok Bot that finds your number on data broker sites
Finds where your phone number is listed on public directory and people-search sites, and drafts removal requests for you to approve.
When to use the Phone Privacy Scrubber template
- You get spam calls and want to know where your number is public
- You want to remove your phone number from the internet, one site at a time
- You want a repeat check every few months, because listings come back
What it does
- Searches public listing and reverse-lookup sites for your number
- Builds a table of each site, what it shows, and its opt-out link and method
- Drafts removal requests
Ask-first rules built in
- Never sends or submits a removal without your approval
- Sign-ins and codes are yours, through Take over
What it needs
Web search. Optional: your email account, only if you want it to draft removal emails.
How to set up the Phone Privacy Scrubber template, step by step
- Make a new Bot. Name it Phone Privacy Scrubber so it only does this one job.
- Paste the starting instruction. Copy the instruction below and edit the parts in brackets.
- Run it once by hand. Give it one small job and read the result closely.
- Correct it, then save a skill. Tell it what to change until you are happy, then save the method as a skill.
- Add a routine last. Only once you trust it, schedule it with a routine.
New to skills and routines? Read Grok Bot routines and skills, explained.
Starting instruction
One-click template: coming soon
The shareable version is being prepared. Until then, the starting instruction above works in any new Bot today.
Example: what you get back
Ask it to check your number. It returns a table: each directory or people-search site, whether you are listed, what the listing shows, and the opt-out link and method (web form, email or sign-in). Then it drafts the removal requests and waits for you.
Full walkthrough: How I used a Grok Bot to find where my phone number is listed online.
Phone Privacy Scrubber template FAQ
Can a Grok Bot remove my phone number from data brokers?
It can find listings and draft the removal requests. You approve each request and handle any sign-in or verification code yourself, so nothing is sent without you.
Will removing my number stop spam calls?
It removes the public listings it can find, which helps. It cannot reach lists that are not public, so some calls may continue.
Is it safe to give a Bot my phone number?
Keep that Bot private and only use it for this job. If you share your own version of the template, strip your number and name out first.