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title: Data Deletion
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt).

# Data Deletion
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The Data Deletion API allows the user to target and delete data from the allowed products. It's enabled for Logs and depends on the `logs_delete_data` permission.

## Creates a data deletion request →{% #creates-a-data-deletion-request %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                      |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/deletion/data/{product}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product}  |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product} |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/data/{product} |

## Cancels a data deletion request →{% #cancels-a-data-deletion-request %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                           |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | PUT https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel  |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel |
| app.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel |
| us5.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests/{id}/cancel |

## Gets a list of data deletion requests →{% #gets-a-list-of-data-deletion-requests %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                               |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/deletion/requests      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/requests      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/deletion/requests  |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/deletion/requests |