Remove Location Data from User Profiles Programmatically

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To update user profiles programmatically and remove location data if necessary, you can use Mixpanel's SDKs and set the IP address to 0 when updating profile properties. This prevents Mixpanel from parsing geolocation data. Here are examples for different SDKs:1. Java SDK:LBKSJSONObject props = new JSONObject(); props.put("Plan", "Premium"); props.put("$ip", "0"); // do not update profile location JSONObject newUser = messageBuilder.set("sample_distinct_id", props); mixpanel.sendMessage(newUser);LBKSMixpanel SDKs: Java2. Node.js SDK:LBKSmp.people.set('sample_distinct_id', { name: 'sam', plan: 'premium', ip: '0' // do not update geolocation });LBKSMixpanel SDKs: Node.js3. Python SDK:LBKSmp.people_set('sample_distinct_id', { 'name' : 'sam', '$email' : 'sam@​[example.com](http://example.com)', }, meta = { '$ignore_time' : True, # do not update $last_seen '$ip' : 0}) # do not update geolocationLBKSMixpanel SDKs: Python4. PHP SDK:LBKS$mp-> people-> set("USER_ID", array( 'name' => "Samantha", ), $ip = 0);LBKSMixpanel SDKs: PHPBy setting the IP address to 0 in these profile updates, you prevent Mixpanel from parsing and storing geolocation data for the user profiles.

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Yes, there is a sample for Flutter to disable geolocation tracking in Mixpanel. Here's how you can do it using the Flutter SDK:LBKS// disable geolocation from IP parsing mixpanel.setUseIpAddressForGelocation(false);LBKSThis code snippet calls the setUseIpAddressForGelocation() method with false as the argument, which disables geolocation parsing from IP addresses.Mixpanel SDKs: FlutterBy using this method, you can prevent Mixpanel from automatically generating geolocation properties for events and profiles based on IP addresses. This is useful if you want to avoid unintentionally setting your data's geolocation to the location of your server or if you want to prevent geolocation data from being tracked entirely.

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