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  tags:
    - Identity
    - DELETE
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  description: >-
    Erases the Organization's identity for a user, deleting its properties and…
    Reference for the DELETE /v1/identities/{user_id} endpoint in the EmitKit
    API.
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  label: Delete Identity
  badge: DELETE
title: Delete Identity
type: openapi-operation
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Erases the Organization's identity for a user, deleting its properties and aliases. Events already recorded are kept under their 90-day retention, but no longer show the user when they are read. Pass the canonical user_id; an alias is not accepted.

`DELETE /v1/identities/{user_id}`