channels.deleteMessages

Delete messages in a channel/supergroup

Example

Javascript

const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.channels.deleteMessages({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        id: [1503858],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TypeScript

import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.messages.AffectedMessages = await client.invoke(new Api.channels.deleteMessages({
        channel: new Api.InputChannel({...}),
        id: [1503858],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

messages.affectedMessages#84d19185 pts:int pts_count:int = messages.AffectedMessages;
---functions---
channels.deleteMessages#84c1fd4e channel:InputChannel id:Vector<int> = messages.AffectedMessages;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
channel	InputChannel	Channel/supergroup
id	Vector < int >	IDs of messages to delete

Result

messages.AffectedMessages

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
400	CHANNEL_INVALID	The provided channel is invalid
400	CHANNEL_PRIVATE	You haven't joined this channel/supergroup
403	MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN	You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.
400	MSG_ID_INVALID	Invalid message ID provided

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Channels

How to handle channels, supergroups, groups, and what's the difference between them.