account.deleteAccount

Delete the user's account from the telegram servers. Can be used, for example, to delete the account of a user that provided the login code, but forgot the 2FA password and no recovery method is configured.

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.account.deleteAccount({
        reason: 'random string here',
        }));
    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.Bool = await client.invoke(new Api.account.deleteAccount({
        reason: 'random string here',
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

TL schema

boolFalse#bc799737 = Bool;
boolTrue#997275b5 = Bool;
---functions---
account.deleteAccount#418d4e0b reason:string = Bool;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
reason	string	Why is the account being deleted, can be empty

Result

Bool

Possible errors

Code	Type	Description
420	2FA_CONFIRM_WAIT_X	Since this account is active and protected by a 2FA password, we will delete it in 1 week for security purposes. You can cancel this process at any time, you'll be able to reset your account in X seconds.

Can bots use this methd ?

yes

Related pages

Two-factor authentication

How to login to a user's account if they have enabled 2FA, how to change password.