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Remove PII from Zendesk Audit Log

Learn how to remove personally identifiable information from Zendesk's audit log by enabling automatic deletion in the Admin Center.

How can I remove personally identifiable information from Zendesk's audit log?

To remove personally identifiable information (PII) from Zendesk's audit log, you need to enable a specific setting in the Admin Center.

First, navigate to the Admin Center and click on the Account icon in the sidebar. Then, select 'Audit log' and click on 'Privacy settings' in the page description. Here, you can select 'Automatically delete PII' and click 'Save'. This setting ensures that personal information in the actor, IP address, and item columns of the audit log is automatically deleted when a user is permanently deleted. Names will be replaced with user IDs.

For more details, you can refer to theoriginal help documentation.


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