# Problematic IP address fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** gdpr, privacy\
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785 "2018-03-25T07:06:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aclarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aclarke/32/99490_2.png) [@aclarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aclarke)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785/20 "2018-04-20T12:38:37Z")

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Until any changes are made to discourse, would there be any issue with me regularly running a query on my server to remove the problematic IP addresses (i.e. those where there is also a user\_id) from incoming\_links, search\_logs, and topic\_link\_clicks?

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