---
title: "Delete Purposes from Data Subjects"
method: DELETE
path: "/rest/api/consent/v4/data-subjects/profiles"
tags: ["Data Subjects V4"]
---

# Delete Purposes from Data Subjects

`DELETE /rest/api/consent/v4/data-subjects/profiles`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hostname`
- URL: `https://hostname/rest/api/consent/v4/data-subjects/profiles`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://{hostname}/api/access/v1/oauth/token` scopes: `CONSENT`

Initiates TTL-based deletion of specific purposes from data subjects

## Request body

- ConsentAPIDeletePurposeFromDataSubjectV4
  - `purposes` string[], required: The unique identifiers of the purposes.
  - `identifier` string, required: The data subject identifier of the data subject.
  - `retainReceipts` boolean: This flag indicates whether receipts will be retained while deleting purposes from data subjects. When set to `false`, receipts are removed from the database and no longer appear in the OneTrust Platform UI. However, these receipts are not permanently deleted and can still be retrieved using the [Get List of Receipts API](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/getreceiptlistdetailsusingpost).

## Response `200`

Accepted request to delete purposes from DataSubjects using TTL

- string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized access
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Unable to find a datasubject with given identifier
- `422`: Missing identifier(or)additionalidentifier OR missing purposes in the request
- `429`: Too Many Requests. For more information, see [API Rate Limits](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/rate-limits-overview).
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/onetrust/apis/consent-preferences-universal-consent-preference-management.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/onetrust/apis/consent-preferences-universal-consent-preference-management/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/onetrust/apis/consent-preferences-universal-consent-preference-management/revisions/fe4a0697ec9d?raw)