chatMessage: softDelete

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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/v1.0/users/8f98f01d-1a73-401a-b9e9-9fd1e6f5e5ar/chats/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Soft-delete message in a channel

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/softDelete

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 3: Soft-delete message of a reply

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8593a/channels/19:22273db3497f4b32bue61f6e82be21c5@thread.tacv2/messages/1649864053377/replies/1649852161658/softDelete

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content