MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v8/methods/channels.deleteChannel.md

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channels.deleteChannel	Delete a [channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png	/API_docs/methods/channels_deleteChannel.html

Method: channels.deleteChannel

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Delete a channel/supergroup

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	Channel/supergroup to delete	Optional

Return type: Updates

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();

$Updates = $MadelineProto->channels->deleteChannel(['channel' => InputChannel, ]);

Or, if you're into 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