Python Discord bot delete users message

Question

I am working on a discord bot in python3 (discord.py 1.3.3, discord 1.0.1) and I have a need to delete a user message, but I can't figure out how to call the coroutine properly.

I have looked at some other threads, and tried reviewing the documentation (and the discord.py docs) but I haven't been able to figure it out.

Here's what I'm testing with:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

TOKEN = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')

@bot.command(name='deleteme', help='testing command for dev use')
async def deleteme(ctx):
    msg = ctx.message.id
    print(f'DEBUG: message id is {msg}')
    await msg.delete
    # await ctx.delete(msg, delay=None)  #nope
    # await ctx.delete_message(ctx.message)  #nope
    # await bot.delete_message(ctx.message)  #nope
    # await command.delete_message(ctx.message)  #nope
    # await discord.Client.delete_message(msg)  #nope

Running this returns the console debug message with an ID number, but the message isn't deleted. If I add a debug print line after await msg.delete it doesn't return. So this tells me where the script is hanging. That said, I still haven't been able to figure out what the proper command should be.

The bots server permissions include "manage messages"

Konyer Konyer · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-09T23:19:06

In order to delete a message, you have to use the discord.Message object, for example, you would do:

await ctx.message.delete()

The delete() coroutine is a method of discord.Message

Python Discord bot delete users message

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