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title: messages.deleteMessages
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description: Deletes messages by their identifiers.
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image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/messages_deleteMessages.html
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---
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# Method: messages.deleteMessages
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[Back to methods index](index.md)
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Deletes messages by their identifiers.
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### Parameters:
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| Name | Type | Description | Required |
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|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
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|id|Array of [int](../types/int.md) | IDs of messages to delete, use channels->deleteMessages for supergroups | Yes|
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### Return type: [messages.AffectedMessages](../types/messages.AffectedMessages.md)
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### Can bots use this method: **YES**
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### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
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```php
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if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
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copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
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}
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include 'madeline.php';
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$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
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$MadelineProto->start();
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$messages.AffectedMessages = $MadelineProto->messages->deleteMessages(['id' => [int, int], ]);
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```
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Or, if you're into Lua:
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```lua
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messages.AffectedMessages = messages.deleteMessages({id={int}, })
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```
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### Errors
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| Code | Type | Description |
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|------|----------|---------------|
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|403|MESSAGE_DELETE_FORBIDDEN|You can't delete one of the messages you tried to delete, most likely because it is a service message.|
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