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title: channels.deleteChannel
description: Delete 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.deleteChannel
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Delete 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) to delete | Optional|
### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.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();
$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->deleteChannel(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
Updates = channels.deleteChannel({channel=InputChannel, })
```
### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|400|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|400|CHANNEL_TOO_LARGE|Channel is too large to be deleted; this error is issued when trying to delete channels with more than 1000 members (subject to change)|
|400|CHAT_ADMIN_REQUIRED|You must be an admin in this chat to do this|
|403|CHAT_WRITE_FORBIDDEN|You can't write in this chat|