Key takeaways
- DocDefender is free for eligible Doximity members; Doximity compares it with DeleteMe, which it says costs $130 a year.
- Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs and pharmacists can enroll; Doximity says setup takes 2 minutes.
- Doximity’s help center says removals take from a few days to several weeks, and a privacy report page shows progress.
- It only works on sites that exclusively publish personal information, so professional profiles such as Healthgrades and Vitals stay up.
DocDefender at a glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price | Answer: Free; the sign-up page says “100% free for US Physicians” and the FAQ says scans and year-round monitoring are free to invited members |
| Who can enroll | Answer: Practicing physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs and pharmacists on Doximity |
| What it removes | Answer: Your home address and personal phone number from people-finder sites and public data brokers |
| Sites covered | Answer: 290+ on the sign-up page; 30+ in the help center article |
| Setup | Answer: Confirm your name, age, home city and email; Doximity says it takes 2 minutes |
| Time to remove | Answer: A few days for some sites and several weeks for others, according to the help center |
| Monitoring | Answer: Doximity says it verifies removals and monitors sites throughout the year; progress shows on a privacy report page |
| Not covered | Answer: Professional profile sites such as Healthgrades and Vitals |
| Your data | Answer: Doximity says it will never sell your email, home address or phone number |
From Doximity’s DocDefender page and its help center article on eligibility and enrollment, checked October 28, 2026. Site counts and setup time are Doximity figures.
The short answers
Free
Price
No charge for eligible members. Doximity contrasts it with DeleteMe, which it says costs $130 a year.
Clinicians on Doximity
Who can use it
Practicing physicians, NPs, PAs, CRNAs and pharmacists, after confirming their name, age, home city and email.
Days to weeks
How long
Doximity says some sites delete a listing within days while others take several weeks.
Professional listings
What it skips
Healthgrades, Vitals and other professional profile sites are left as they are.
What is Doximity DocDefender?
DocDefender is a privacy service from Doximity, the professional network for US clinicians, launched on November 1, 2023. After you confirm a few details, it searches people-finder sites and public data brokers for your home address and personal phone number and asks each site to delete what it finds. Doximity’s page says this removes those details from Google as well as the sites themselves. Main limitation: it works through each site’s deletion process, so how fast a listing disappears from search results depends on the site and on when Google next crawls it.
Is DocDefender really free?
Yes, for eligible members. Doximity’s sign-up page says it is “100% free for US Physicians”, and its FAQ says privacy scans and year-round monitoring are free to invited members. Doximity sets it against paid removal services, naming DeleteMe and OneRep and saying DeleteMe costs $130 a year. Main limitation: you need a Doximity account, and Doximity does not say whether it removes listings for family members at the same address.
Who can use DocDefender, and how do you sign up?
Doximity’s help center lists five eligible groups: physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs and pharmacists, and its FAQ adds that they must be practicing. To enroll, sign in at doximity.com/docdefender and select Start Here, then confirm your name, age, home city and email so the service can match listings to you. Doximity says setup takes about 2 minutes.
- •Main limitation: registered nurses and other clinicians are not on the list, and Doximity describes the service as free for US physicians.
How many sites does DocDefender cover?
Doximity gives two different numbers. Its sign-up page says DocDefender requests removal from “290+ top people finder sites”, while its help center article says it scans “the 30+ leading people-finder sites and public data brokers”. We could not tell from Doximity’s pages which figure is current, so after enrolling, check the privacy report to see which sites it scanned and which still list you.
How long does DocDefender take?
Doximity sends removal requests shortly after its first scan finishes. Its help center says some removals happen within a few days and others take several weeks, and you can follow each site on your DocDefender privacy report page. Doximity says it then verifies the removals and keeps monitoring the sites through the year, and you can change your enrollment on the DocDefender Settings page. Main limitation: Doximity does not say how often it re-scans.
What does DocDefender not remove?
Doximity says DocDefender only removes information from sites that exclusively publish personal information, and it does not modify professional profiles such as Healthgrades or Vitals. Those listings stay public. Doximity also does not say it covers government records, so check the CMS NPI Registry: it is public and searchable by name, city and state. If your NPI record shows your home address, change it in NPPES.
Does Doximity sell the data you give DocDefender?
Doximity’s help center says it will never sell your email, home address or phone number. DocDefender still asks for your name, age, home city and email to find your listings, so enrolling means sharing those details with Doximity. Read Doximity’s privacy policy before enrolling if that matters to you.
How does DocDefender compare with other ways to remove your information?
Paid services such as DeleteMe and OneRep do similar work for anyone who pays, which suits family members or clinicians DocDefender does not cover. Google’s free Results about you tool finds search results that show your home address, phone number or email and lets you ask Google to drop them, but Google says removing a result does not remove the information from the internet. You can also use each people-finder site’s own opt-out form, which is free but slow to repeat across many sites. DocDefender’s advantage for eligible clinicians is that it files the requests and keeps checking at no cost.