chatMessage: softDelete

Article
10/03/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

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.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

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

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


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Chats["{chat-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].SoftDelete.PostAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta users chats messages soft-delete post --user-id {user-id} --chat-id {chat-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").SoftDelete().Post(context.Background(), nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").chats().byChatId("{chat-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").softDelete().post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/users/8f98f01d-1a73-401a-b9e9-9fd1e6f5e5ar/chats/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete')
	.version('beta')
	.post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->softDelete()->post()->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users.Actions

Invoke-MgBetaSoftUserChatMessageDelete -UserId $userId -ChatId $chatId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').soft_delete.post()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Soft-delete message in a channel

Request

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


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].SoftDelete.PostAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta teams channels messages soft-delete post --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").SoftDelete().Post(context.Background(), nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").softDelete().post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete')
	.version('beta')
	.post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->softDelete()->post()->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Teams

Invoke-MgBetaSoftTeamChannelMessageDelete -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').soft_delete.post()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 3: Soft-delete message of a reply

Request

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


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Teams["{team-id}"].Channels["{channel-id}"].Messages["{chatMessage-id}"].Replies["{chatMessage-id1}"].SoftDelete.PostAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta teams channels messages replies soft-delete post --team-id {team-id} --channel-id {channel-id} --chat-message-id {chatMessage-id} --chat-message-id1 {chatMessage-id1}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.Teams().ByTeamId("team-id").Channels().ByChannelId("channel-id").Messages().ByChatMessageId("chatMessage-id").Replies().ByChatMessageId1("chatMessage-id1").SoftDelete().Post(context.Background(), nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.teams().byTeamId("{team-id}").channels().byChannelId("{channel-id}").messages().byChatMessageId("{chatMessage-id}").replies().byChatMessageId1("{chatMessage-id1}").softDelete().post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/replies/1649852161658/softDelete')
	.version('beta')
	.post();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->teams()->byTeamId('team-id')->channels()->byChannelId('channel-id')->messages()->byChatMessageId('chatMessage-id')->replies()->byChatMessageId1('chatMessage-id1')->softDelete()->post()->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Teams

Invoke-MgBetaSoftTeamChannelMessageReplyDelete -TeamId $teamId -ChannelId $channelId -ChatMessageId $chatMessageId -ChatMessageId1 $chatMessageId1

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.teams.by_team_id('team-id').channels.by_channel_id('channel-id').messages.by_chat_message_id('chatMessage-id').replies.by_chat_message_id1('chatMessage-id1').soft_delete.post()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content