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id: data-deletion-rules
title: Data Deletion Rules APIs
sidebar_label: Data Deletion Rules
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  - data-deletion
  - delete-data
description: Data Deletion Rules APIs allow you to delete ingested data from Sumo Logic.
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Data Deletion Rules APIs let you request removal of ingested data from Sumo Logic, helping you quickly address inadvertently ingested sensitive data.

## Documentation

<ApiIntro/>

| Region code | Region name | AWS region | API endpoint |
|:----|:----|:---|:-----|
| AU  | Asia Pacific (Sydney)  | ap-southeast-2 | https://api.au.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| CA  | Canada (Central)       | ca-central-1   | https://api.ca.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| CH  | Switzerland (Zurich)   | eu-central-2   | https://api.ch.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules  |
| DE  | EU (Frankfurt)         | eu-central-1   | https://api.de.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| ESC | AWS European Sovereign Cloud | eusc-de-east-1 | https://api.esc.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules  |
| EU  | EU (Ireland)           | eu-west-1      | https://api.eu.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| FED | US East (N. Virginia)  | us-east-1      | https://api.fed.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules  |
| JP  | Asia Pacific (Tokyo)   | ap-northeast-1 | https://api.jp.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| KR  | Asia Pacific (Seoul)   | ap-northeast-2 | https://api.kr.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules   |
| US1 | US East (N. Virginia)  | us-east-1      | https://api.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules      |
| US2 | US West (Oregon)       | us-west-2      | https://api.us2.sumologic.com/docs/#tag/dataDeletionRules  |

## Required role capabilities

<ApiRoles/>

* [Data Management](/docs/manage/users-roles/roles/role-capabilities/#data-management)
   * Review Deletion Requests
   * Manage Deletion Requests
   * View Deletion Requests

## Additional information

* [Deletion Requests](/docs/manage/deletion-requests/)