How to make a bot delete its own message after 5 seconds

Question

I can't get the bot to delete its own message.

I have tried await ctx.message.delete() and ctx.message.delete(embed)

@bot.command()
async def help(ctx):
    embed=discord.Embed(title="List of commands.", description="", colour=discord.Color.orange(), url="")
    await ctx.send(embed=embed)
    await ctx.message.delete()
    await asyncio.sleep(5)
    await message.delete()

I'm wanting the bot to delete the command then send an embed: "A list of commands has been sent to your DM's" then wait 5 secs and delete the embed

XroixHD XroixHD · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-28T17:31:57

ctx.message.delete() deletes the message from the user.

But to delete the bot's message you need the bot's message object
from the return of ctx.send() :

bot.remove_command('help') # Removes default help command 

@bot.command()
async def help(ctx):
    embed=discord.Embed(title="List of commands.", description="", colour=discord.Color.orange())
    msg = await ctx.send(embed=embed) # Get bot's message

    await ctx.message.delete() # Delete user's message
    await asyncio.sleep(5)

    await msg.delete() # Delete bot's message

EDIT: You can use parameter delete_after=(float)

await ctx.send(embed=embed, delete_after=5.0)

How to make a bot delete its own message after 5 seconds

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