MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v5/methods/account.deleteAccount.md

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account.deleteAccount	Delete the user's account from the telegram servers. Can be used, for example, to delete the account of a user that provided the login code, but forgot the [2FA password and no recovery method is configured](https://core.telegram.org/api/srp).	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/account_deleteAccount.html

Method: account.deleteAccount

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Delete the user's account from the telegram servers. Can be used, for example, to delete the account of a user that provided the login code, but forgot the 2FA password and no recovery method is configured.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
reason	string	Why is the account being deleted, can be empty	Yes

Return type: Bool

Can bots use this method: NO

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

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();

$Bool = $MadelineProto->account->deleteAccount(['reason' => 'string', ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Bool = account.deleteAccount({reason='string', })

Errors

Code	Type	Description
420	2FA_CONFIRM_WAIT_X	Since this account is active and protected by a 2FA password, we will delete it in 1 week for security purposes. You can cancel this process at any time, you'll be able to reset your account in X seconds.