GramJS

⚠️ This project is archived and no longer maintained. Development continues in teleproto, an actively maintained fork. It's largely compatible with GramJS for most projects, migration means little more than swapping the package:
npm install teleproto
See the migration guide for details.

messages.DeleteHistory

Delete the history of a supergroup

Example

const { Api, TelegramClient } = require("telegram");
const { StringSession } = require("telegram/sessions");

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.DeleteHistory({
      peer: "username",
      maxId: 0,
      justClear: true,
      revoke: true,
      minDate: 43,
      maxDate: 43,
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
import { Api, TelegramClient } from "telegram";
import { StringSession } from "telegram/sessions";

const session = new StringSession(""); // You should put your string session here
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
  await client.connect(); // This assumes you have already authenticated with .start()

  const result: Api.messages.AffectedHistory = await client.invoke(
    new Api.messages.DeleteHistory({
      peer: "username",
      maxId: 0,
      justClear: true,
      revoke: true,
      minDate: 43,
      maxDate: 43,
    })
  );
  console.log(result); // prints the result
})();

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelInputChannelSupergroup whose history must be deleted
maxIdintID of message up to which the history must be deleted

Result

Bool

Possible errors

CodeTypeDescription
400CHANNEL_INVALIDThe provided channel is invalid.
400CHANNEL_PRIVATEYou haven't joined this channel/supergroup.

Can bots use this method?

No

Channels, supergroups, gigagroups and basic groups

How to handle channels, supergroups, gigagroups, basic groups, and what's the difference between them.