MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v27/methods/account.updateDeviceLocked.md

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title: account.updateDeviceLocked
description: When client-side passcode lock feature is enabled, will not show message texts in incoming [PUSH notifications](https://core.telegram.org/api/push-updates).
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# Method: account.updateDeviceLocked  
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When client-side passcode lock feature is enabled, will not show message texts in incoming [PUSH notifications](https://core.telegram.org/api/push-updates).

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|period|[int](../types/int.md) | Inactivity period after which to start hiding message texts in [PUSH notifications](https://core.telegram.org/api/push-updates). | Yes|


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

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### 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();

$Bool = $MadelineProto->account->updateDeviceLocked(['period' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Bool = account.updateDeviceLocked({period=int, })
```