diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/__tests__/options.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
index a33ce7aff382..6a4ca527cc93 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
@@ -96,12 +96,17 @@ describe('validateOptions', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('accepts anonymizeIP', () => {
+  it('rejects anonymizeIP', () => {
     const config: Options = {
       ...MinimalConfig,
+      // @ts-expect-error: removed option
       anonymizeIP: true,
     };
-    expect(testValidateOptions(config)).toEqual(validationResult(config));
+    expect(() =>
+      testValidateOptions(config),
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+      `"The "anonymizeIP" option is no longer needed and has been removed. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are not logged or stored, making IP anonymization unnecessary. See https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052"`,
+    );
   });
 
   it('accepts single trackingID', () => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
index 01ceb43713d6..9d1cc4822e91 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/index.ts
@@ -8,25 +8,14 @@
 import type {LoadContext, Plugin} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {PluginOptions, Options} from './options';
 
-function createConfigSnippet({
-  trackingID,
-  anonymizeIP,
-}: {
-  trackingID: string;
-  anonymizeIP: boolean;
-}): string {
-  return `gtag('config', '${trackingID}', { ${
-    anonymizeIP ? "'anonymize_ip': true" : ''
-  } });`;
+function createConfigSnippet(trackingID: string): string {
+  return `gtag('config', '${trackingID}');`;
 }
 
 function createConfigSnippets({
   trackingID: trackingIDArray,
-  anonymizeIP,
 }: PluginOptions): string {
-  return trackingIDArray
-    .map((trackingID) => createConfigSnippet({trackingID, anonymizeIP}))
-    .join('\n');
+  return trackingIDArray.map(createConfigSnippet).join('\n');
 }
 
 export default function pluginGoogleGtag(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/options.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/options.ts
index b2f6fc1bc6d8..2a6182d79ce5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-google-gtag/src/options.ts
@@ -13,21 +13,13 @@ import type {
 
 export type PluginOptions = {
   trackingID: [string, ...string[]];
-  // TODO deprecate anonymizeIP after June 2023
-  // "In Google Analytics 4, IP masking is not necessary
-  // since IP addresses are not logged or stored."
-  // https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en
-  anonymizeIP: boolean;
 };
 
 export type Options = {
   trackingID: string | [string, ...string[]];
-  anonymizeIP?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: Partial<PluginOptions> = {
-  anonymizeIP: false,
-};
+export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: Partial<PluginOptions> = {};
 
 const pluginOptionsSchema = Joi.object<PluginOptions>({
   // We normalize trackingID as a string[]
@@ -39,7 +31,11 @@ const pluginOptionsSchema = Joi.object<PluginOptions>({
       Joi.array().items(Joi.string().required()),
     )
     .required(),
-  anonymizeIP: Joi.boolean().default(DEFAULT_OPTIONS.anonymizeIP),
+  // @ts-expect-error: removed option
+  anonymizeIP: Joi.any().forbidden().messages({
+    'any.unknown':
+      'The "anonymizeIP" option is no longer needed and has been removed. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are not logged or stored, making IP anonymization unnecessary. See https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052',
+  }),
 });
 
 export function validateOptions({
diff --git a/project-words.txt b/project-words.txt
index 648db44b9b95..0197445a9169 100644
--- a/project-words.txt
+++ b/project-words.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ alexbdebrie
 Alexey
 algoliasearch
 Allez
+anonymization
 Anshul
 anshul
 APFS