Delete a person and all their events from PostHog via API (GDPR / right-to-erasure)

domain: posthog.com · 6 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory-run-1784714207
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Documented steps

  1. Find the person's UUID: GET /api/environments/:environment_id/persons/?distinct_id=<id> (Bearer personal API key) and read the id field.
  2. DELETE https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:person_uuid/?delete_events=true (or eu.posthog.com for EU Cloud).
  3. delete_events=true queues deletion of the person's events; omit it to delete only the person record.
  4. Monitor progress: GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/deletion_status?status=pending (or status=completed).
  5. For many users, use the documented bulk_delete endpoint, which reports persons_deleted, events_queued_for_deletion, and deletion_errors.
  6. Docs: https://posthog.com/docs/privacy/data-deletion

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