Avast BreachGuard Review 2025: Benefits and Drawbacks Explained

Avast BreachGuard is a low-maintenance tool for reducing your online footprint but it's not a robust data removal service. Avast only covers 14 data brokers, while other data removal services cover over 100 brokers. 

Its included browser extension helps you avoid personalized ads online while its data removal service advocates on your behalf to data brokers. BreachGuard even has a dark web scanner to check for your data.

If you want to see a reduction in spam and scam emails, calls, and texts, a data broker removal service like Avast BreachGuard can help. The best data removal services offer you protection for a low price, and Avast delivers with a monthly average cost that’s less than a cup of coffee.

Read on to see what we loved, what we thought could use improvement, and ultimately, if we’d buy Avast BreachGuard ourselves.

At a glance

Price	$43.99/yr
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days
# of people covered	1
# of site removals	14
Recurring removals	No
Custom removal requests	No
Privacy reports	No
Supported countries	U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and many more — available on all continents
Extras	Dark web scanning, Risk monitor, Privacy Advisor
Learn more	Get Avast BreachGuard

We last tested Avast BreachGuard on September 5, 2025.

Our experience

We purchased our Avast subscription before we actually downloaded it, so activating the key a few days after purchase gave us a little trouble. Support was helpful and got us started, at least. Installing the browser extension on Chrome was a breeze.

The features were easy to use, and the data broker removal feature didn’t require too much information. We had to input our birthday, name, phone number, email, and address into Avast so it could begin removing us from data broker sites.

If you’re concerned about entering your Social Security number (SSN), you won’t have to unless you sign up for the extra Secure Identity monitoring.

Within a few hours, Avast had already processed several data broker removal requests. It also scanned our email and let us know where we needed to update weak or reused passwords.

The Privacy Advisor shares multiple guides on how to increase our privacy depending on what operating system and platform we were using. Since everything is listed on the main dashboard, we didn’t need to hunt for features.

Avast BreachGuard is a data broker removal service with optional identity theft protection as a premium add-on. However, it provides limited data removal coverage and is best as an all-around privacy tool. 

Who is Avast BreachGuard best for?

• Recommended for individuals who want affordable data broker removal with monitoring features

Avast is a reasonably priced data broker removal service that includes a few extras like dark web monitoring and a Privacy Advisor that helps you make sites like Facebook and Amazon more secure for yourself. Since it doesn’t offer couple or family plans, this service is better for individuals.

If you’ve been looking for a data broker removal service, Avast BreachGuard offers an easy-to-use design that’s low-cost and low-maintenance.

Avast BreachGuard prices and subscriptions

There is only one price for Avast BreachGuard: $43.99/yr. You can purchase a Windows PC or a Mac subscription annually, with the option to add the Secure Identity feature for an additional fee.

Avast BreachGuard covers almost every major country in the world and can be installed on your Windows or Mac computer, but not on your mobile device. Since BreachGuard is fairly low maintenance, not having mobile access isn’t that big of a deal.

The Secure Identity premium feature may be worth it if you’re looking for identity theft protection, but it’s not necessary to use BreachGuard’s other features, including Scam Assist.

Plan	Windows	Mac	Premium Add-On: Secure Identity*
Annual plan	$43.99/yr	$43.99/yr	$89.88/yr (first year only)
Monthly plan	N/A	N/A	$9.99/mo (billed annually)
Max # of people covered	1	1	1
Data broker opt-out	Automatic	Automatic	N/A
# of site removals	14	14	N/A
Privacy reports
Real-time alerts
Recurring removals			N/A
Custom removal requests			N/A
Identity monitoring
Learn more	View plan	View plan	View plan

Avast BreachGuard security features

BreachGuard offers two features we were impressed with outside of the data broker removal feature. The Privacy Advisor and Identity Assist features teach you about scams, spam, and how to increase your security across the internet.

You can even filter help guides from Privacy Advisor by operating system.

Types of data removed

Avast BreachGuard requests that your data be removed from 14 sites it monitors across its dashboard. It went to work sending requests and finished them within 48 hours.

For the companies it couldn’t make successful contact with, it gave us the option to request removal directly from the broker’s site.

You don’t have to input your SSN into this service, which is good because that can be nerve-wracking. We input our name, birthday, email, phone number, and home address.

Data brokers and people-search sites covered

• # of sites covered: 14

Avast BreachGuard covers the lowest number of brokers out of the 10 data removal services we've covered. Most services cover at least 100 data brokers, like Incogni (420+) and DeleteMe (153+). Just note that those options are more expensive.

Avast BreachGuard processes removal requests from sites like America Phone Book, Lexis Nexis, and PhoneBooks. There can be thousands of data broker sites at any given time, and the industry is always in flux. To keep your digital footprint low, you’ll want to send requests every few months.

Reports

Other than the immediate reports you get on the screen in your app, there isn’t any other data that’s aggregated and sent to you on a regular basis. You’ll need to check the dashboard for action items.

Alerts

There aren’t alerts that pop up in real time (unless you add Secure Identity) to let you know if there’s something you need to take action on immediately. Rather, you’ll see the data on the dashboard and can take action from there.

Recurring and custom removals

There isn’t an option for custom removals, but if Avast BreachGuard isn’t able to contact the data broker to request your information be deleted, it will navigate you to the site and help you request it there.

BreachGuard will remind you every two months to run another set of removal requests so you can stay on top of your digital footprint.

Bonus features

Privacy Advisor, Identity Assist, and the BreachGuard Chrome extension are extra features that help increase your overall security.

• Privacy Advisor: This function gives you helpful, operating system-based guides on configuring popular sites like Amazon and Facebook to increase your security.

• Identity Assist: You’ll get a number to call to ask about anything from phone calls to texts to emails to see if they’re scams (Scam Assist) or if you think your identity has been stolen (Identity Resolution).

• BreachGuard Chrome extension: This feature helps shield your online activities from trackers to reduce the information available about you that data brokers harvest for their sites. It can also help remove your data from Google.

We tested all three, and a shoutout to our Scam Assist support person for being informative, warm, helpful, and kind. We had a great experience.

Does Avast BreachGuard keep your data safe?

Avast recently settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding potentially leaked customer data. As part of that settlement, Avast is not allowed to sell or divulge any of your information for the purpose of advertising.^[1]

As a result, Avast’s privacy policy is now very clear on what data is collected, how it’s used, and what permissions you have to give. We’re privacy policy nerds, and we liked what we read. We feel comfortable recommending Avast to anyone.

Avast BreachGuard customer support

We had a decent experience with customer support. We purchased BreachGuard before installing it, then had some trouble with the activation key when installing it a few days after purchase.

The initial support member in chat took a long time to answer questions, which can get frustrating when you’re just sitting and waiting.

Once we were transferred over to a remote session, the specialist there got everything working for us quickly. Our product activation still wasn’t showing in our online portal, so the remote session specialist escalated the issue. Twenty-four hours later, we were still waiting for an email.

Overall, though, support was friendly and helpful, and it fixed our issue, so BreachGuard was working. It was definitely a better experience than we’ve had with competitor support representatives.

Top alternatives

If BreachGuard doesn’t tick all your boxes, you could check out one of the other data removal services we’ve tested. Data removal helps reduce your online footprint and gives you more protection against scams, spam, and phishing attacks.

Avast BreachGuard FAQs

Bottom line: Is Avast BreachGuard good?

We like Avast BreachGuard, even if it isn’t the most robust product. The best data removal services make the process effortless. Avast doesn’t include all the features you might wish for, like custom data removal requests or automatic recurring removals, but it’s an affordable way to increase your privacy and security.

Even with the effort you have to put in, it’s still a low-maintenance product.

Data removal services can be done manually, but you may spend a lot of free time trying to keep up. Avast BreachGuard can give your free time back while also helping you stay secure. We like that kind of multitasking.