How to Find My Previous Addresses (2024 Guide)

Looking to get your address history to obtain a new property to rent or for a job application? Fortunately, there are a few methods to try.

This post provides a few methods to find your precious addresses.

1. Check Your Delivery Addresses

If you’ve ever shopped online on sites like Amazon, eBay, etc. or you’ve ordered food from sites like Grubhub, chances are you can obtain your past addresses from your accounts.

Just log in to the sites you’ve placed orders on, and check your purchase history for the shipping addresses.

2. Check Your Credit Reports

Your creditors usually report your addresses and other credit information to credit bureaus that update your credit report. Therefore, you might find your current and past addresses listed on accounts in your name, even if you don’t live there anymore.

If you’ve requested credit reports previously and you’ve kept them, you can easily pull your past addresses from this. If you don’t have your credit reports handy but you’ve notified your creditors of your change of address each time, you can request a credit report online. (Everyone is eligible for one free credit report per year from each of the big three credit agencies – TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian at www.annualcreditreport.com.)

3. Review Your Tax Records

If you’ve kept your tax returns from previous years, you may be able to pull some past addresses from the records.

If you haven’t kept your tax documents, you can request a copy of your tax return for the current tax year and up to seven years prior. For this, you’ll need to pay $43 per copy.

An alternative to this is to order a free tax transcript from the IRS. You can get them for the current tax year and three prior tax years. However, your address details along with other personally identifiable information such as names and Social Security numbers are partially hidden. This means the address details won’t be fully visible to you, but you have a chance to recall the information from it.

4. Use People Search Tools

You might also find your old address information by using people search tools. These tools source various public records and might be able to bring up your old addresses.

While there are many paid options, like PeopleFinders, that claim to offer comprehensive information, we recommend that you use free tools for looking up past addresses.

Here is a list of free people search tools you can try. Just go to each site and search your full name. Be aware that these services are ad-supported and may display misleading ads. For example, clicking on “View Full Details” or “View Background Report” on these sites might redirect you to another paid website. However, clicking “View Details” usually provides the information for free.

5. Check Your Social Media Posts

If you enjoy posting pictures, checking in to locations, and sharing location data with your friends and followers on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, you might be able to figure out your past address from your posts.

Although you’re not likely to find a post with your exact address information, you might be able to recall some of your addresses from pictures or location tags.