Delete message

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07/20/2022
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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 message in the specified user's mailbox, or delete a relationship of the message.

For example, you can delete a specific @-mention of the specified user in the message.

Note You may not be able to delete items in the recoverable items deletions folder (represented by the well-known folder name recoverableitemsdeletions). See Deleted item retention and Clean up deleted items for more information.

Permissions

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

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Mail.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Mail.ReadWrite
Application	Mail.ReadWrite

HTTP request

To delete the specified message:

DELETE /me/messages/{id}
DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}
DELETE /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}
DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}

To delete a specific mention in a message:

DELETE /me/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}
DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}
DELETE /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}
DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.

Example

Request 1

The first example deletes the specified message.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/{id}


GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

await graphClient.Me.Messages["{message-id}"]
	.Request()
	.DeleteAsync();

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('/me/messages/{id}')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

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


GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

graphClient.me().messages("{id}")
	.buildRequest()
	.delete();

Important

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


//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)


graphClient.Me().MessagesById("message-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Remove-MgUserMessage -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId

Important

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


<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);


$graphServiceClient->me()->messagesById('message-id')->delete();

Important

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

Response 1

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Request 2

The next example deletes a certain mention in the specified message.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}


GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

await graphClient.Me.Messages["{message-id}"].Mentions["{mention-id}"]
	.Request()
	.DeleteAsync();

Important

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('/me/messages/{id}/mentions/{id}')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

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


GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

graphClient.me().messages("{id}").mentions("{id}")
	.buildRequest()
	.delete();

Important

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


//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)


graphClient.Me().MessagesById("message-id").MentionsById("mention-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Remove-MgUserMessageMention -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -MentionId $mentionId

Important

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


<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);


$graphServiceClient->me()->messagesById('message-id')->mentionsById('mention-id')->delete();

Important

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

Response 2

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Delete message

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Example

Request 1

Response 1

Request 2

Response 2

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