messages.deleteMessages

Deletes messages by their identifiers.

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.messages.deleteMessages({
        revoke: true,
        id: [7969713],
        }));
    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.The method returns the list of successfully deleted messages in Vector<int>. = await client.invoke(new Api.messages.deleteMessages({
        revoke: true,
        id: [7969713],
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

messages.affectedMessages#84d19185 pts:int pts_count:int = messages.AffectedMessages;
---functions---
messages.deleteMessages#e58e95d2 flags:# revoke:flags.0?true id:Vector<int> = messages.AffectedMessages;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
flags	#	Flags, see TL conditional fields
revoke	flags.0?true	Whether to delete messages for all participants of the chat
id	Vector < int >	Message ID list

Result

The method returns the list of successfully deleted messages in Vector[int](https://core.telegram.org/type/int).

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
403	MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN	You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

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