MadelineProto/docs/API_docs/methods/channels_deleteMessages.md
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---
title: channels.deleteMessages
description: channels.deleteMessages parameters, return type and example
---
## Method: channels.deleteMessages
[Back to methods index](index.md)
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required |
|----------|---------------|----------|
|channel|[InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Optional|
|id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | Yes|
### Return type: [messages\_AffectedMessages](../types/messages_AffectedMessages.md)
### 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|
|MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN|You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.|
### Example:
```
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
$MadelineProto->session = 'mySession.madeline';
if (isset($token)) { // Login as a bot
$MadelineProto->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) { // Login as a user
$MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
$code = readline('Enter the code you received: '); // Or do this in two separate steps in an HTTP API
$MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}
$messages_AffectedMessages = $MadelineProto->channels->deleteMessages(['channel' => InputChannel, 'id' => [int], ]);
```
Or, if you're using the [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz):
### As a bot:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`
Parameters:
* method - channels.deleteMessages
* params - `{"channel": InputChannel, "id": [int], }`
### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.deleteMessages`
Parameters:
channel - Json encoded InputChannel
id - Json encoded array of int
Or, if you're into Lua:
```
messages_AffectedMessages = channels.deleteMessages({channel=InputChannel, id={int}, })
```