--- title: deleteMessages description: Deletes messages. UpdateDeleteMessages will not be sent for messages deleted through that function --- ## Method: deleteMessages [Back to methods index](index.md) YOU CANNOT USE THIS METHOD IN MADELINEPROTO Deletes messages. UpdateDeleteMessages will not be sent for messages deleted through that function ### Params: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|---------------|----------|-------------| |chat\_id|[InputPeer](../types/InputPeer.md) | Yes|Chat identifier| |message\_ids|Array of [long](../types/long.md) | Yes|Identifiers of messages to delete| ### Return type: [Ok](../types/Ok.md)