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DELETE
/
instances
/
{instanceId}
/
token
/
{token}
/
messages
Delete messages
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{token}/messages \
  --header 'Client-Token: <api-key>'

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Overview

Method used to delete a message from a chat. You can delete both a message you sent and a message sent by a contact. To use this feature you only need the messageId of the message you want to delete.

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Attributes

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instanceId
string
required
Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under Instances.
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token
string
required
Your Z-API instance token.

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Query Parameters

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messageId
string
required
Original message ID
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phone
string
required
Recipient/sender phone number (or group ID for group messages) in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
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owner
boolean
required
Set to true if you sent the message or false if it was a received message

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Request Example

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Example URL

DELETE https://api.z-api.io/instances/{instanceId}/token/{instanceToken}/messages?messageId=123&phone=5511999998888&owner=true

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Response

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204

No content 
{}

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405

Make sure you are correctly sending the method specification, that is, verify that you sent DELETE as specified at the beginning of this topic.

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415

If you receive a 415 error, make sure to add the “Content-Type” header to your request, which in most cases is “application/json”.