How to erase a contact?

Hi,

I notice there is a DELETE Operation on the Person endpoint, however when testing that method it doesn't do the same thing as the UI does when you "Erase this Contact".

What is the appropriate way to perform this "Erase this Contact" process?

Additionally, I imagine there are bad things that can happen if you straight up DELETE Person that has existing corelating data (e.g. orders). Does the DELETE Operation handle/check for this? If not, what are the best practices/processes that should be taken with this?

Thanks.