MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v42/methods/messages.editChatTitle.md

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title: messages.editChatTitle
description: Chanages chat name and sends a service message on it.
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# Method: messages.editChatTitle  
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Chanages chat name and sends a service message on it.

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|chat\_id|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | The ID of the chat | Optional|
|title|[string](../types/string.md) | New chat name, different from the old one | Yes|


### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)

### Can bots use this method: **YES**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->messages->editChatTitle(['chat_id' => InputPeer, 'title' => 'string', ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Updates = messages.editChatTitle({chat_id=InputPeer, title='string', })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHAT_ID_INVALID|The provided chat id is invalid|
|400|CHAT_NOT_MODIFIED|The pinned message wasn't modified|
|400|CHAT_TITLE_EMPTY|No chat title provided|
|400|PEER_ID_INVALID|The provided peer id is invalid|