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Apply a Right to Be Forgotten policy to a customer record to delete the data from Salesforce.

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Apply a Right to Be Forgotten policy to a customer record to delete the data from Salesforce.
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| To create and use Right to Be Forgotten policies: | ModifyAllData and PrivacyCenter |
| Available in: all editions |
When you submit a Right to Be Forgotten request, the policy you selected is added to a queue that runs every 24 hours. You have the option to delete or immediately execute the request. After 24 hours, or after you immediately run the request, the entire customer record is deleted with no option to undo the action or restore the record.
To execute a Right to Be Forgotten request:

View the status and result of your request under RTBF Requests. You also see a history of all previous requests submitted.

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