MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v38/methods/channels.deleteMessages.md

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channels.deleteMessages	Delete messages in a [channel/supergroup](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)	https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png

Method: channels.deleteMessages

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Delete messages in a channel/supergroup

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	Channel/supergroup	Optional
id	Array of int	The IDs of messages to delete	Yes

Return type: messages.AffectedMessages

Can bots use this method: YES

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();

$messages.AffectedMessages = $MadelineProto->channels->deleteMessages(['channel' => InputChannel, 'id' => [int, int], ]);

Or, if you're into 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.