---
title: customers.privacyDelete | Doing Work API
description: Erase a customer's personal details for a privacy request. Money and job records stay, unnamed. Owner only, never an agent.
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/customers-privacydelete/
---

# customers.privacyDelete

Erase a customer's personal details for a privacy request. Money and job records stay, unnamed. Owner only, never an agent.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | A person's own sign-in only (agent tokens are refused) |
| REST | `POST /v1/customers/erase` |
| MCP tool | Not an MCP tool |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

Erase a customer's personal details for a privacy request. Money and job records stay, unnamed.

## What to tell the owner

Ask the person to do this with their own sign-in. Your agent token is refused here.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `customer_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `confirm` | string (one of erase) | yes |

## Example

```http
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/customers/erase
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...

{
  "customer_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "confirm": "erase"
}
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |