---
title: "Delete a message for everyone"
method: POST
path: "/v1/messages/{id}/revoke"
tags: ["Messages"]
---

# Delete a message for everyone

`POST /v1/messages/{id}/revoke`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.chatrail.dev`
- URL: `https://www.chatrail.dev/v1/messages/{id}/revoke`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Removes a message this number sent from every phone in the chat, within WhatsApp's window of about two and a half days. The record stays in ChatRail, marked deleted, and the deletion is audited.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

The message, with `deleted_at` set.

## Other responses

- `404`: No such message.
- `409`: Not deletable: received, already deleted, or past the window.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/chatrail/apis/chatrail-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/chatrail/apis/chatrail-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/chatrail/apis/chatrail-api/revisions/acc5b88c6f59?raw)