# Request via Developer Console

Foursquare gives developers multiple ways of deleting their user's data to help ensure they stay compliant with various privacy laws.

We provide a form from your Developer Console that allows you to provide up to a 1000 install IDs to be processed and removes all visit data for those install IDs from our systems.

To request user data removal on behalf of your users:

1. On the **Delete IDs** page from the Pilgrim SDK, in the **Request User Data Removal** section, provide up to 1000 comma-separated Install IDs.
2. Click **Save**.

# Request via API

## Overview

To facilitate requests for deletion exercised under applicable privacy and data protection laws, we have made the following endpoint available to you to request removal of a user's data from our servers. This endpoint will allow you to submit deletion requests directly from your application.

### Install IDs

This endpoint requires the submission of the `installId` associated with the accounts you would like removed. These install ids have been provided to you by Pilgrim and starting **May 25th, 2018** it is your responsibility as the app developer to provide these install ids to Foursquare for the removal of a user's data. An example install id would be: `2B82C786-7BB8-4601-9A86-372417AAD4AC`

A successful request will return a `200` response code and a `400` will be returned for invalid install ids.

## Endpoint Description

### Request

`POST https://api.foursquare.com/v2/apps/CLIENT_ID/erasureRequest`

### Authentication

A valid `oauth_token` of an authorized administrator of the Foursquare application. A guide on how to generate this token can be found [here](https://docs.foursquare.com/overview/auth).

### Parameters

| Name          | Example                                     | Description                                                  |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| installId     | 2B82C786-7BB8-4601-9A86-372417AAD4AC      | **required** A comma separated string of installation UUIDs. |

### Response

JSON

```json
{
  "meta": {
    "code": 200,
    "requestId": "5b06e2624434b978253ff6b3"
  },
  "notifications": [
    {
      "type": "notificationTray",
      "item": {
        "unreadCount": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "response": {}
}
```

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> ### Bulk Upload Available via Your Developer Console
>
> You can also submit Data Erasure requests within your Developer Console. Enter up to 1000 Pilgrim SDK Install IDs.
>
>  [Learn More](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/manage-pilgrim-sdk-implementation#request-user-data-removal)