What does ‘erase personal data’ tool actually erase?

User generated content, including comments, are not deleted – the author name, email, IP address etc is simply anonymized so it can no longer be linked to that user.

Nor is the user account account deleted – you would need to decide whether you wanted to do that manually or not.

The Personal Data Eraser functionality has also been designed so it can be added to your custom plugins.

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