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title: Purge password request control
description: The proprietary purge password request control may be included in a modify or password modify extended request to indicate that the server should completely purge the former password from the user's entry, even if it would have otherwise been treated as a retired password. The control has an OID of 1.3.6.1.4.1.30221.2.5.32, and it does not take a value.
component: pingdirectory
page_id: pingdirectory:directory:controls/purge-password-request-control
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/directory/controls/purge-password-request-control.html
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# Purge password request control

The proprietary purge password request control may be included in a modify or password modify extended request to indicate that the server should completely purge the former password from the user's entry, even if it would have otherwise been treated as a retired password. The control has an OID of 1.3.6.1.4.1.30221.2.5.32, and it does not take a value.

The following sample shows the JSON encoding for the control:

```json
{
    "oid": "1.3.6.1.4.1.30221.2.5.32",
    "control-name": "Purge Password Request Control",
    "criticality": false
}
```