# channels.deleteHistory

Delete the history of a [supergroup](/api/channel.md)

```tl
updatesTooLong#e317af7e = Updates;
updateShortMessage#313bc7f8 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int user_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShortChatMessage#4d6deea5 flags:# out:flags.1?true mentioned:flags.4?true media_unread:flags.5?true silent:flags.13?true id:int from_id:long chat_id:long message:string pts:int pts_count:int date:int fwd_from:flags.2?MessageFwdHeader via_bot_id:flags.11?long reply_to:flags.3?MessageReplyHeader entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
updateShort#78d4dec1 update:Update date:int = Updates;
updatesCombined#725b04c3 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq_start:int seq:int = Updates;
updates#74ae4240 updates:Vector<Update> users:Vector<User> chats:Vector<Chat> date:int seq:int = Updates;
updateShortSentMessage#9015e101 flags:# out:flags.1?true id:int pts:int pts_count:int date:int media:flags.9?MessageMedia entities:flags.7?Vector<MessageEntity> ttl_period:flags.25?int = Updates;
---functions---
channels.deleteHistory#9baa9647 flags:# for_everyone:flags.0?true channel:InputChannel max_id:int = Updates;
```

### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | :---: | --- |
| **flags** | [\#](/type/%23) | Flags, see [TL conditional fields](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields) |
| **for\_everyone** | [flags](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields).0?[true](/constructor/true.md) | Whether the history should be deleted for everyone |
| **channel** | [InputChannel](/type/InputChannel.md) | [Supergroup](/api/channel.md) whose history must be deleted |
| **max\_id** | [int](/type/int.md) | ID of message **up to which** the history must be deleted |

### Result
[Updates](/type/Updates.md)

### Only users can use this method

### Possible errors

| Code | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | CHANNEL\_INVALID | The provided channel is invalid. |
| 400 | CHANNEL\_PARICIPANT\_MISSING | The current user is not in the channel. |
| 400 | CHANNEL\_PRIVATE | You haven't joined this channel/supergroup. |
| 400 | CHANNEL\_TOO\_BIG | This channel has too many participants (>1000) to be deleted. |
| 400 | CHAT\_ADMIN\_REQUIRED | You must be an admin in this chat to do this. |

### Related pages

#### [Channels, supergroups, gigagroups and basic groups](/api/channel.md)
How to handle channels, supergroups, gigagroups, basic groups, and what's the difference between them.