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# Erase a person

> GDPR erasure. Deletes the person, their answers, classifications and billing matches, and queues blanking the Rumorly attributes in Attio. Pass `email` or `external_id`. Erasure works on every plan.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json delete /v1/people
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Rumorly API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Send "how did you hear about us?" answers in; get channels, named entities
    and revenue out. All JSON is snake_case.
servers:
  - url: https://api.rumorly.io
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:4100
    description: Local development
security: []
tags:
  - name: Basics
  - name: Responses
    description: Answers and their classification.
  - name: People
    description: The people who answered.
  - name: Reports
    description: Revenue by self-reported channel.
  - name: Snippet
    description: Endpoints the JS snippet calls.
paths:
  /v1/people:
    delete:
      tags:
        - People
      summary: Erase a person
      description: >-
        GDPR erasure. Deletes the person, their answers, classifications and
        billing matches, and queues blanking the Rumorly attributes in Attio.
        Pass `email` or `external_id`. Erasure works on every plan.
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: email
          required: false
          name: email
          in: query
        - schema:
            type: string
          required: false
          name: external_id
          in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Erased (counts are 0 when nobody matched); CRM cleanup is queued.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  deleted:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      people:
                        type: integer
                      responses:
                        type: integer
                    required:
                      - people
                      - responses
                required:
                  - deleted
        '400':
          description: The body or query failed validation; `issues` says which field.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - secretKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: invalid body
        code:
          type: string
        issues:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              path:
                type: array
                items:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: number
              message:
                type: string
            required:
              - path
              - message
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    secretKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A secret key (`sk_live_…` / `sk_test_…`) from Settings → API keys.
        Server-side only.

````

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