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title: searchSecretMessages
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description: Searches for messages in secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order
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## Method: searchSecretMessages
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[Back to methods index](index.md)
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO
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Searches for messages in secret chats. Returns result in reverse chronological order
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### Params:
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| Name | Type | Required | Description |
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|chat\_id|[int53](../types/int53.md) | Yes|Identifier of a chat to search in. Specify 0 to search in all secret chats|
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|query|[string](../types/string.md) | Yes|Query to search for. If empty, searchChatMessages should be used instead|
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|from\_search\_id|[long](../types/long.md) | Yes|Identifier from the result of previous request, use 0 to get results from the beginning|
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|limit|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Maximum number of messages to be returned, can't be greater than 100|
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|filter|[SearchMessagesFilter](../types/SearchMessagesFilter.md) | Yes|Filter for content of searched messages|
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### Return type: [FoundMessages](../types/FoundMessages.md)
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