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title: "Remove specific data for a user using an external platform id"
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# Remove specific data for a user using an external platform id

Get/DeleteUserDataByExternalId/{id}

Allows you remove specific types of user data for a user in the system by providing a unique identifier from your external system.

SecurityAPI Key: api_keyHeader parameter nameapi_key

Path parametersidstringRequired

The external ID of the user to have data deleted.

Query parametersdataTypeIdinteger (int32) Required

The ID of the data type to delete.

- Account = 0
- MicrosoftCommunications = 1
- PaymentInstrument = 2
- PreciseUserLocation = 3
- ProductAndServicePerformance = 4
- ProductAndServiceUsage = 5
- ProfessionalAndPersonalProfile = 6
- PublicPersonal = 7
- Recruitment = 8
- SearchRequestsAndQuery = 9
- SoftwareSetupAndInventory = 10
- Support = 11
- SupportContent = 12
- SupportInteraction = 13
- WorkContracts = 14
- WorkplaceInteractions = 15
- WorkProfile = 16
- LicensingAndPurchase = 17
- LearningAndDevelopment = 18
- InterestsAndFavorites = 19
- InkingTypingAndSpeechUtterance = 20
- Any = 21
- BrowsingHistory = 22
- CloudServiceProvider = 23
- CommuteAndTravel = 24
- CompensationAndBenefits = 25
- ContentConsumption = 26
- Credentials = 27
- CustomerContact = 28
- WorkRecognition = 29
- CustomerContactList = 30
- DemographicInformation = 31
- DeviceConnectivityAndConfiguration = 32
- EnvironmentalSensor = 33
- EUII = 34
- FeedbackAndRatings = 35
- FinancialAccountingAndRecords = 36
- FinancialTransactions = 37
- FitnessAndActivity = 38
- CustomerContent = 39
- WorkTime = 40
- Social = 41

Example10

Responses200

OK Response

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='51cb50c1-a917-421a-8086-5ff719df2393'>application/json</option>
</select>object  Statusinteger  (int32)    

Indicates the status of the API request.

0 = Success 10 = Error 20 = Not found 30 = Invalid integration key

Example10
Errorstring   | null  

Error details. This will only have a value if an error was encountered. The status property will also be set to Error (10).

RowsAffectedinteger  (int32)    

The number of database rows affected while removing all data.

Example5