account.deleteAccount

Delete the user's account from the telegram servers.

Can also be used to delete the account of a user that provided the login code, but forgot the 2FA password and no recovery method is configured, see here » for more info on password recovery, and here » for more info on account deletion.

 Method schema is available as of layer 143. Switch »

Parameters

Name Type Description
flags # Flags, see TL conditional fields
reason string Why is the account being deleted, can be empty
password flags.0?InputCheckPasswordSRP 2FA password: this field can be omitted even for accounts with 2FA enabled: in this case account account deletion will be delayed by 7 days as specified in the docs »

Result

Bool

Possible errors

Code Type Description
420 2FA_CONFIRM_WAIT_%d Since this account is active and protected by a 2FA password, we will delete it in 1 week for security purposes. You can cancel this process at any time, you'll be able to reset your account in %d seconds.

Related pages

Two-factor authentication

How to login to a user's account if they have enabled 2FA, how to change password.

Account deletion

How to reset an account if the 2FA password was forgotten.