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title: channels.leaveChannel
description: channels.leaveChannel parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: channels.leaveChannel
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### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
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|----------|---------------|----------|
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|channel|[InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Yes|
### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid||CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup||USER_CREATOR|You can't leave this channel, because you're its creator||USER_NOT_PARTICIPANT|You're not a member of this supergroup/channel|
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### Example:
```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
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if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
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$MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
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}
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if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
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$sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
$code = '';
for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
$code .= fgetc(STDIN);
}
$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}
$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->leaveChannel(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);
```
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Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API ](https://pwrtelegram.xyz ):
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### As a bot:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`
Parameters:
* method - channels.leaveChannel
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* params - `{"channel": InputChannel, }`
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### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.leaveChannel`
Parameters:
channel - Json encoded InputChannel
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Or, if you're into Lua:
```
Updates = channels.leaveChannel({channel=InputChannel, })
```