---
title: "Remove Pii"
method: POST
path: "/v1/data-editing/remove-pii"
tags: ["data-editing"]
---

# Remove Pii

`POST /v1/data-editing/remove-pii`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pioneer.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.pioneer.ai/v1/data-editing/remove-pii`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/docs/v1/data-editing/remove-pii/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Remove or redact PII from the dataset based on scan findings.

Creates a new dataset version with the redacted data.

## Request body

- DataEditingRemoveRequest: Request to remove PII/PHD from dataset
  - `dataset_name` string, required: Dataset name
  - `version` string, nullable: Dataset version (latest if omitted)
  - `findings` PIIFinding[], required: Findings to redact/remove
    - `row_index` integer, required
    - `column` string, required
    - `entity_type` string, required
    - `text` string, required
    - `start` integer, required
    - `end` integer, required
    - `score` number, required
  - `redaction_method` 'redact' | 'remove_row' | 'mask': How to handle findings
  - `new_dataset_name` string, nullable: Name for the cleaned dataset (auto-generated if omitted)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DataEditingRemoveResponse: Response after removing PII/PHD
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `dataset_name` string, required
  - `dataset_version` string, required
  - `new_dataset_name` string, required
  - `new_dataset_version` string, required
  - `rows_affected` integer, required
  - `entities_removed` integer, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-24** `0e5e86e2bae5`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/pioneer/apis/brain-api/changes/v1/data-editing/remove-pii/post.md)

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