--- title: messages.deleteMessages description: Delete messages image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png --- # Method: messages.deleteMessages [Back to methods index](index.md) Delete messages ### Parameters: | Name | Type | Description | Required | |----------|---------------|-------------|----------| |id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | IDs of messages to delete, use channels->deleteMessages for supergroups | Yes| ### Return type: [messages\_AffectedMessages](../types/messages_AffectedMessages.md) ### Can bots use this method: **YES** ### MadelineProto Example: ```php if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) { copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php'); } define('MADELINE_BRANCH', ''); include 'madeline.php'; $MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline'); $MadelineProto->start(); $messages_AffectedMessages = $MadelineProto->messages->deleteMessages(['id' => [int, int], ]); ``` ### [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz) example (NOT FOR MadelineProto): ### As a bot: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline` Parameters: * method - messages.deleteMessages * params - `{"id": [int], }` ### As a user: POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/messages.deleteMessages` Parameters: id - Json encoded array of int Or, if you're into Lua: ```lua messages_AffectedMessages = messages.deleteMessages({id={int}, }) ``` ### Errors this method can return: | Error | Description | |----------|---------------| |MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN|You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.|