We started DELEATUR because we know what it feels like to need this help.
We are a former adult content creator and her fiancé. Before DELEATUR was a business idea, it was something we were facing together.
Leaving the industry did not stop unauthorized copies from circulating. We spent hours finding websites, documenting files, submitting reports, and checking whether anything had actually disappeared. Every new copy meant more work—and another reminder of something we were trying to move beyond.
We needed practical help, persistence, and someone who understood why it mattered. Our experience seeking that help led us to learn the work ourselves. As we began making progress, we started asking what it would mean to help carry that burden for someone else.
That is why we are building DELEATUR together.
The human support was what we needed most.
In our experience with other DMCA takedown services, the human side of the help could fall away because some of the material was considered too hardcore. We were left feeling as though we had little more than a scanning tool, at precisely the point when we needed someone willing to work through a difficult case with us.
We also found that making content less visible in search wasn’t the same as getting it removed. A result could disappear while the underlying page or file remained available. That distinction mattered to us. We wanted to know what was actually gone, not just what had become harder to find.
That is our experience, not a claim about every removal service. It helped us understand what we wanted to do differently.
So we started learning the work ourselves.
We began learning how to trace copies to their sources, identify hosts, pursue removal through the available reporting channels, and follow up when an initial request didn’t resolve the problem. We learned to check the files, the pages, and the previews separately—and to keep track of what remained.
It became persistent, hands-on work. Sending a notice was a step, not proof that something had disappeared. We wanted to pursue actual source removal wherever possible, with a clear account of what had and hadn’t worked.
Now we want to help carry that burden for others.
We’re building DELEATUR for people who shouldn’t have to spend so much of their lives searching for content they no longer want circulating. Our aim is to bring together practical removal work and human understanding, so getting help doesn’t mean explaining why you deserve it.
Our connection to the sex-work community is part of that purpose. Lawful, consensual adult content—including explicit, fetish, kink, or hardcore material—should not make someone less deserving of thoughtful, nonjudgmental support. We also want to help people facing private leaks, unauthorized intimate images, and intimate deepfakes.
We can’t promise that every copy can be removed, or that removed content will never reappear. What we’re building toward is persistent follow-up, honest reporting, and people who take the work—and the person behind it—seriously.