provider plaid POST /user/identity/remove
@utdk/plaid /user/identity/remove
Remove user identity data
This endpoint allows customers to explicitly purge identity/PII data provided to Plaid for a given user. This is not exposed to customers by default, as it is meant for special scenarios or requests, but Plaid is obligated to enable customers to delete PII provided to us.
Plaid-New-User-API-Enabled header
The HTTP header used in API requests to determine which set of User APIs to invoke: the legacy CRA version or the new User API version.
boolean

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useridentityremove
POST/user/identity/remove
This endpoint allows customers to explicitly purge identity/PII data provided to Plaid for a given user. This is not exposed to customers by default, as it is meant for special scenarios or requests, but Plaid is obligated to enable customers to delete PII provided to us.

Input

Your Plaid API `client_id`. The `client_id` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` header or as part of a request body.

Your Plaid API `secret`. The `secret` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-SECRET` header or as part of a request body.

required

A unique user identifier, created by `/user/create`. Integrations that began using `/user/create` after December 10, 2025 use this field to identify a user instead of the `user_token`. For more details, see [new user APIs](https://plaid.com/docs/api/users/user-apis).

Enter a gateway URL above to enable sending.

Code snippet
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TypeScript

import plaid from '@utdk/plaid';

await plaid.useridentityremove({
  "Plaid-New-User-API-Enabled": false
})