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DELETE
/
identity-records
/
{ir}
Anonymise an Identity Record
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.central.consent/v1/identity-records/{ir}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/identity-records/ir_a3c5e7f9b1d3a3c5e7f9b1d3",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-24T10:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_abc123def456abc123def456"
  },
  "ir": "ir_a3c5e7f9b1d3a3c5e7f9b1d3",
  "anonymised-at": "2026-03-24T10:00:00Z"
}
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/access-records/ak_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-11T12:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "error-code": "VAL001",
      "message": "Field 'mpxn' does not match the required pattern."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/access-records/ak_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-11T12:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "error-code": "VAL001",
      "message": "Field 'mpxn' does not match the required pattern."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/access-records/ak_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-11T12:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "error-code": "VAL001",
      "message": "Field 'mpxn' does not match the required pattern."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/access-records/ak_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-11T12:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "error-code": "VAL001",
      "message": "Field 'mpxn' does not match the required pattern."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "response": {
    "resource": "/v1/access-records/ak_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-11T12:00:00Z",
    "transaction-id": "tid_691df0c788ca043403b7fa90"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "error-code": "VAL001",
      "message": "Field 'mpxn' does not match the required pattern."
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

JWT from GET /auth/token. Pass as Authorization: Bearer <token>. Expires after 7200s.

Path Parameters

​
ir
string
required

The identity record key to anonymise. Unique opaque identifier for an Identity Record, issued by the register on creation. Referenced from record-metadata.identity-record-ref on an AccessRecord to link the two resources.

Pattern: ^ir_[0-9a-f]{24}$
Example:

"ir_a3c5e7f9b1d3a3c5e7f9b1d3"

Response

Identity record anonymised. All PII permanently destroyed.

​
response
object
required
​
ir
string
required

Unique opaque identifier for an Identity Record, issued by the register on creation. Referenced from record-metadata.identity-record-ref on an AccessRecord to link the two resources.

Pattern: ^ir_[0-9a-f]{24}$
Example:

"ir_a3c5e7f9b1d3a3c5e7f9b1d3"

​
anonymised-at
string<date-time>
required

UTC timestamp of anonymisation.

Example:

"2026-03-24T10:00:00Z"

Last modified on March 25, 2026