DeleteHistoryRequest

Only users can use this request. See code examples.

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channels.deleteHistory#9baa9647 flags:# for_everyone:flags.0?true channel:InputChannel max_id:int = Updates

Returns

Updates

This type can be an instance of either:

UpdateShortUpdateShortChatMessage
UpdateShortMessageUpdateShortSentMessage
UpdatesUpdatesCombined
UpdatesTooLong

Parameters

channelInputChannelAnything entity-like will work if the library can find its Input version (e.g., usernames, Peer, User or Channel objects, etc.).
max_idint
for_everyoneflagThis argument defaults to None and can be omitted.

Known RPC errors

This request can cause 1 known error:

ChannelTooBigError.

You can import these from telethon.errors.

Example

from telethon.sync import TelegramClient
from telethon import functions, types

with TelegramClient(name, api_id, api_hash) as client:
    result = client(functions.channels.DeleteHistoryRequest(
        channel='username',
        max_id=0,
        for_everyone=True
    ))
    print(result.stringify())