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# Privacy delete people from Audiences

> Queues deletion of people from Audiences to support privacy-related requests.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /audiences/privacy-delete
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Clay
    url: https://www.clay.com
  description: Programmatic access to Clay.
  title: Clay Public API
  version: '0'
servers:
  - description: production
    url: https://api.clay.com/public/v0
security:
  - ClayApiKey: []
tags:
  - description: Audiences endpoints.
    name: audiences
  - description: Authenticated user and workspace endpoints.
    name: me
  - description: Workspace credit balances.
    name: credits
  - description: Search creation and pagination endpoints.
    name: search
  - description: Structured table query endpoints.
    name: tables
  - description: Routine discovery and execution endpoints.
    name: routines
  - description: Search workflow runs by query.
    name: workflowsRuns
paths:
  /audiences/privacy-delete:
    post:
      tags:
        - audiences
      summary: Privacy delete people from Audiences
      description: >-
        Queues deletion of people from Audiences to support privacy-related
        requests.
      operationId: privacyDeletePeople
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleRequest'
        description: Body
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeople200Response'
          description: Returns HTTP 200 for a dry-run preview or when no people match.
        '202':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeople202Response'
          description: Returns HTTP 202 when deletion is queued.
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '400'
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '401'
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '403'
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '404'
        '429':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '429'
components:
  schemas:
    AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleRequest:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Identifies people to delete within the workspace associated with your
        API key.
      properties:
        dry_run:
          default: false
          description: >-
            Preview the number of matching people without queueing deletion.
            Defaults to false.
          type: boolean
        person_identifiers:
          description: >-
            Provide 1–100 email, LinkedIn slug, or phone identifiers. People
            matching any identifier are selected.
          items:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailIdentifier'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinkedInSlugIdentifier'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PhoneNumberIdentifier'
          maxItems: 100
          minItems: 1
          type: array
      required:
        - person_identifiers
      type: object
    AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeople200Response:
      description: Returns HTTP 200 for a dry-run preview or when no people match.
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleDryRunResponse'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleNoMatchesResponse'
    AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeople202Response:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Returns HTTP 202 when deletion is queued.
      properties:
        job_id:
          description: Deletion job ID for asynchronous processing.
          type: string
        status:
          const: in_progress
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - job_id
      type: object
    ErrorResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - message
      type: object
    EmailIdentifier:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        type:
          const: email
          type: string
        value:
          format: email
          maxLength: 254
          pattern: >-
            ^(?!\.)(?!.*\.\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\-\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$
          type: string
      required:
        - type
        - value
      type: object
    LinkedInSlugIdentifier:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        type:
          const: linkedin
          type: string
        value:
          description: >-
            LinkedIn profile slug (vanityName) after /in/, such as alice-smith.
            Do not include the URL.
          maxLength: 200
          minLength: 1
          pattern: ^[\p{L}\p{N}_%-]+$
          type: string
      required:
        - type
        - value
      type: object
    PhoneNumberIdentifier:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        type:
          const: phone
          type: string
        value:
          maxLength: 50
          pattern: ^\+?(?:[().\s-]*[0-9]){7,15}[().\s-]*$
          type: string
      required:
        - type
        - value
      type: object
    AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleDryRunResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        matched_count:
          description: >-
            The number of unique matching people, including archived people. No
            deletion was queued.
          maximum: 9007199254740991
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
        status:
          const: dry_run
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - matched_count
      type: object
    AudiencesPrivacyDeletePeopleNoMatchesResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        matched_count:
          const: 0
          description: No matching people were found.
          type: number
        status:
          const: no_matches
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - matched_count
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ClayApiKey:
      description: >-
        Personal API key tied to your Clay user. Create one under Settings →
        Account in the Clay app.
      in: header
      name: clay-api-key
      type: apiKey

````

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