MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v105/methods/channels.deleteMessages.md
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title: channels.deleteMessages
description: Delete messages in a [channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Method: channels.deleteMessages
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Delete messages in a [channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | [Channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel) | Optional|
|id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | The IDs of messages to delete | Yes|
### Return type: [messages.AffectedMessages](../types/messages.AffectedMessages.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();
$messages.AffectedMessages = $MadelineProto->channels->deleteMessages(['channel' => InputChannel, 'id' => [int, int], ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
messages.AffectedMessages = channels.deleteMessages({channel=InputChannel, id={int}, })
```
### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|MSG_ID_INVALID|Invalid message ID provided|
|403|MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN|You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.|