Delete without ClientID - User Deletion API Google Analytics

Question

I have a question regarding User Deletion API for Google Analytics. We have a Property and View that does not collect UserID or ClientID as Custom Dimension, but we have a lot of PII data in our Events report (emails and phone numbers).

When i go to User Explorer i can get the ClientID, but unfortunately as far as i know this report is not available in any API versions of Google Analytics.

My question is HOW can i then delete all these PII without knowing the ClientID? I do not have a 360 account.

Answer 1

Unfortunately I think you've done your research correctly and I'm afraid there aren't more options available than what you already listed:

You have 2 ways of deleting data:

1. User Deletion API
2. Deleting views (I know it's too radical, but that's the only other option)

As for option 1, indeed, none of the reporting APIs expose the Client ID or the User ID, so you have 2 options:

• Export the Client ID manually from the User Explorer report, but you won't be able tell which PII is associated with which Client ID
• Implement a custom dimension to store the Client ID so you can then identify the corresponding PII, and automate that process if you want to