MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/channels_deleteMessages.md
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title: channels.deleteMessages
description: Delete channel/supergroup messages
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
---
# Method: channels.deleteMessages
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Delete channel/supergroup messages
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Optional|The channel/supergroup|
|id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | Yes|The IDs of messages to delete|
### Return type: [messages\_AffectedMessages](../types/messages_AffectedMessages.md)
### Can bots use this method: **YES**
### MadelineProto Example:
```
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], ]);
```
### [PWRTelegram HTTP API](https://pwrtelegram.xyz) example (NOT FOR MadelineProto):
### As a bot:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/botTOKEN/madeline`
Parameters:
* method - channels.deleteMessages
* params - `{"channel": InputChannel, "id": [int], }`
### As a user:
POST/GET to `https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz/userTOKEN/channels.deleteMessages`
Parameters:
channel - Json encoded InputChannel
id - Json encoded array of int
Or, if you're into Lua:
```
messages_AffectedMessages = channels.deleteMessages({channel=InputChannel, id={int}, })
```
### Errors this method can return:
| Error | Description |
|----------|---------------|
|CHANNEL_INVALID|The provided channel is invalid|
|CHANNEL_PRIVATE|You haven't joined this channel/supergroup|
|MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN|You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.|