You can start by looking up your name on major search engines and delete social accounts that are yours, and for the people search websites some of them have opt outs but most are really annoying and don’t comply (in my experience)

Consider using a privacy respecting browser like Firefox with the extension uBlock origin. Keep it to a max of two other extensions because it makes your browser more identifiable.

Consider using open source software over closed source software (just because it’s open source doesn’t mean it’s always safe)

For email I use proton mail and I’ve been very happy with it along with there other stuff.

As some other people have mentioned, self hosting is a good option if you have the time for it, and a spare computer laying around.

Depending on where you live, you can request data removal and they are supposed to oblige.

Never create an account unless it is seriously necessary.

Delete old content.

https://justdeleteme.xyz/ has direct links for removing your accounts. You can also make requests to places like archive.org to have things removed.

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My advice would be to take things gradually. This endeavor can be a bit overwhelming if you’re one to hyperfixate.

In addition to the other comment, for places and things where you cannot delete yourself, or where you cannot avoid tracking even if you do, you can use stuff like , which sends out random queries to hide your actual interactions. Got my interest profile on Google completely generic after a few months.

@solarzones I can recommend the book “Beginner’s Introduction to Privacy” by Naomi Brockwell and Michael Bazzell’s work at Intel Tecniques.

https://www.nbtv.media/beginnersintrotoprivacy

https://inteltechniques.com/index.html