title	chatMessage: softDelete
description	Delete a single message or message reply in a channel or a chat.
author	RamjotSingh
ms.subservice	teams
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.date	04/05/2024

chatMessage: softDelete

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Delete a single chatMessage or a chat message reply in a channel or a chat.

Note: This API works differently in one or more national clouds. For details, see Implementation differences in national clouds.

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Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permissions for channel

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	ChannelMessage.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.

Permissions for chat

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.

HTTP request

To delete a chatMessage in a channel:

POST /teams/{teamsId}/channels/{channelId}/messages/{chatMessageId}/softDelete
POST /teams/{teamId}/channels/{channelId}/messages/{messageId}/replies/{replyId}/softDelete

To delete a chatMessage in a chat:

POST /users/{userId}/chats/{chatsId}/messages/{chatMessageId}/softDelete

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Example 1: Soft-delete message in a chat

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/8f98f01d-1a73-401a-b9e9-9fd1e6f5e5ar/chats/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete

C#

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Go

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Java

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JavaScript

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PowerShell

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Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Soft-delete message in a channel

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PHP

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

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Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 3: Soft-delete message of a reply

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/replies/1649852161658/softDelete