There seems to be an influx of people landing here looking for details on how to delete free Yell listings. I know from experience cleaning up citations for local listings that Yell/Hibu don’t seem to have this information available on their site – or if it is, it is so far buried that no one can find it!
Your business data you provide in your free Yell listing is included in:
- the Yell.com online directory
- your local Yellow Pages paper directory
- the 118 247 telephone directory
- the Yell mobile app
Yell is a handy business listing to have and is often quite high profile in local searches. It’s a business citation I recommend you keep up to date.
How to delete your free Yell listing
You cannot delete a free Yell listing simply by logging in to your ad and editing the details. Remove your listing by contacting them directly by phone.
The best number I have found to request removing your business details is 0800 533433. You will need to know the name of the person who registered the Yell account. Other than that, it’s a simple and quick process. I find that details are removed from the Yell website in a couple of days.
Remember: You don’t need to delete your free Yell.com listing if your business has moved. Simply log in to your Yell account and update your business details.
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Cool tip for people needing to update their details.
Thanks Victoria 🙂
I take it that this is for UK customers? Is Yell.com similar to the US yellow pages?
Yes Bonnie – Yell is UK Yellow Pages. The paper directory is still called that.
looks like it is a lot of tricky work trying to remove listing from Yell. I am from India and am glad that this is not a problem as YELL is yet to launch for India. But this information is still nice to know. Wonder if it is the same for FourSquare app too. I have two listings for my property and both seem to get checkins. However I own only one and the other is un-claimed.
Hi Harish – did you know you can request to merge duplicate FourSquare listings? There’s more info at http://www.whitespark.ca/blog/post/25-facebook-foursquare-duplicate-listings
I wish everyone would clear up their details. I would say most of the information in online directories is waaaaaay out of date, making it pretty much useless for researching companies (which I was doing for a few months part time until a little while ago).
Hi Ana, my clients’ details are not often out of date (even the ones who move 3 times in 2 years!) 🙂
To be fair, a lot of data out there is scraped and it can be a pain to keep on top of it. Cleaning up business listings is not a fun task and can take months to filter through. It’s one job that is often overlooked by business owners.
I feel your pain though!
Thanks for the quick tip on removing a yell.com listing!
You’re welcome Misty 🙂
Thanks for this tip Jan. They’re always ringing me up and trying to sell me more paid advertising. Well, I suppose in all honesty it’s probably only once a year – but it seems more often! Joy