Living trust is owner #1 on the deed, but the lender required the trustee's name as owner #2 — can that name be removed from the deed for privacy?

Normally only the trust needs to appear on title, and a grant deed can fix yours. Erasing your name from the property's history is another matter. The individual signs the note personally in their capacity as trustee, but they do not have to be a named owner on the deed, so seeing your own name listed as a second owner alongside the trust is unusual. The fix is straightforward: a grant deed can move title solely into the trust's name. Be realistic about the privacy goal, though. Even after you come off the current ownership record, your name stays permanently in the chain of title for that property, and anyone running a title search can still pull the prior deed showing you were there. Removing yourself going forward is easy. Erasing that you were ever on title is impossible. Deeds and trust title are legal instruments, so have a real estate attorney or your title officer prepare and record the grant deed rather than doing it yourself, so the transfer is executed correctly.