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title: messages.updatePinnedMessage
description: Pin a message
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_updatePinnedMessage.html
---
# Method: messages.updatePinnedMessage
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Pin a message

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|silent|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Pin the message silently, without triggering a notification | Optional|
|peer|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | The peer where to pin the message | Optional|
|id|[int](../types/int.md) | The message to pin, can be 0 to unpin any currently pinned messages | 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->updatePinnedMessage(['silent' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'id' => int, ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
Updates = messages.updatePinnedMessage({silent=Bool, peer=InputPeer, id=int, })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|400|CHAT_NOT_MODIFIED|The pinned message wasn't modified|
|400|MESSAGE_ID_INVALID|The provided message id is invalid|
|400|PIN_RESTRICTED|You can't pin messages|
|403|CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN|You can't write in this chat|