# How to erase a candidate

> Erase a candidate from OpenATS under the right to erasure, and what stays in your reports.

An admin opens the candidate’s **More application actions** and chooses **Erase this candidate (GDPR right to erasure)**, gives a reason and a note for the audit log, and types the person’s name to confirm. Their personal details and files are removed; an anonymized record stays so your reports still add up. It can’t be undone.

*Privacy & data · Last updated 2026-11-11*

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1. Open the candidate and choose **More application actions → Erase this candidate (GDPR right to erasure)**.
2. Pick why, and add a **Note for the audit log**.
3. Type their name to confirm, and erase.

Their personal details, files and saved photo go. The record stays, anonymized, so counts and reports still add up. Hired candidates get an extra warning first.

> **Important:** Erasing can’t be undone.

> **Note:** Text that refers to them only by a first name, a nickname or a misspelling, such as in a teammate’s note, can stay. Search for those before erasing if it matters.

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Still need help? Write to the OpenATS team at https://openats.ai/support (or support@b150.ai). We reply by email.

Source: https://openats.ai/docs/privacy-and-data/erase-a-candidate
OpenATS help center: https://openats.ai/docs