WipeDataFlag

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Device deletion uses flags to control data wiping behavior.
By default, all user data and factory reset protection data are wiped during device deletion.
Flags exist to preserve reset protection data, wipe external storage, and remove eSIMs.

Flags used to control data wiping behavior when a device is deleted. By default all user data and factory reset protection data is wiped.

Enums
`WIPE_DATA_FLAG_UNSPECIFIED`	This value is ignored.
`PRESERVE_RESET_PROTECTION_DATA`	Preserve the factory reset protection data on the device.
`WIPE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`	Additionally wipe the device's external storage (such as SD cards).
`WIPE_ESIMS`	For company-owned devices, this removes all eSIMs from the device when the device is wiped. In personally-owned devices, this will remove managed eSIMs (eSIMs which are added via the `ADD_ESIM` command) on the devices and no personally owned eSIMs will be removed.

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Last updated 2025-06-25 UTC.