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# Delete messages

> Removes up to 500 messages from your Inbox. WhatsApp and LinkedIn messages are removed in Connie only. With `deleteForEveryone`, your own sent message is kept as a "You deleted this message" placeholder instead of disappearing.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/inbox.yaml delete /inbox/messages
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Connie Inbox API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Endpoints the Connie web app uses for the Inbox: conversations, messages,
    drafts, labels, views, and the Calls and Meetings views. They authenticate
    with your signed-in browser session — see
    https://docs.connie.ai/api-reference/authentication. These are the app's own
    endpoints and can change when the app changes.
servers:
  - url: https://connie.ai/api
security:
  - sessionCookie: []
tags:
  - name: Conversations
    description: List, count, pin, star, assign and bulk-update conversations.
  - name: Messages
    description: Read messages, read state, reactions, stars, bookmarks and pins.
  - name: Sending
    description: >-
      Send new emails and chats, reply, search recipients and upload
      attachments.
  - name: Drafts
    description: Drafts saved in Connie and drafts stored in a connected mailbox.
  - name: Labels
    description: Workspace labels and the labels on each conversation.
  - name: Views
    description: Custom Inbox views.
  - name: Spam
    description: Mark conversations as spam or not spam.
  - name: Meetings and calls
    description: >-
      Recorded meetings and dialer calls shown in the Inbox, and their action
      items.
paths:
  /inbox/messages:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Messages
      summary: Delete messages
      description: >
        Removes up to 500 messages from your Inbox. WhatsApp and LinkedIn
        messages are removed in Connie only. With `deleteForEveryone`, your own
        sent message is kept as a "You deleted this message" placeholder instead
        of disappearing.
      operationId: deleteMessages
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorkspaceId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - messageIds
              properties:
                messageIds:
                  type: array
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 500
                  items:
                    type: string
                deleteForEveryone:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Messages deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  deleted:
                    type: integer
                  conversationIds:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  messageIds:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
components:
  parameters:
    WorkspaceId:
      name: workspaceId
      in: query
      required: true
      description: >
        Your workspace ID. Also accepted as `workspace_id`, the `x-workspace-id`
        header, or `workspaceId` in a JSON body. If you leave it out, the
        request silently runs against the first workspace you joined.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Missing or invalid input.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: No valid session, or the session expired (`SESSION_EXPIRED`).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        You're not a member of the workspace, or the account or conversation is
        restricted to other people.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    sessionCookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Cookie
      description: >-
        The full Cookie header copied from a signed-in connie.ai browser
        request. See the Authentication page.

````

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