How to delete all your messages from chat in telegram? Easy, just use this program

main.py

# Copyright (c) 2017 Stanislav Bobokalo & Alexey Borontov

# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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# copies or substantial portions of the Software.

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.

from time import sleep
from os import getenv

from pyrogram import Client
from pyrogram.api.functions.messages import Search
from pyrogram.api.types import InputPeerSelf, InputMessagesFilterEmpty
from pyrogram.api.types.messages import ChannelMessages
from pyrogram.errors import FloodWait, UnknownError


API_ID = getenv('API_ID', None) or int(input('Enter your Telegram API id: '))
API_HASH = getenv('API_ID', None) or input('Enter your Telegram API hash: ')

app = Client("client", api_id=API_ID, api_hash=API_HASH)
app.start()


class Cleaner:
    def __init__(self, peer=None, chat_id=None):
        self.peer = peer
        self.chat_id = chat_id
        self.message_ids = []
        self.add_offset = 0

    def select_supergroup(self):
        dialogs = app.get_dialogs()
        groups = [x for x in dialogs.dialogs if x.chat.type == 'supergroup']

        for i, group in enumerate(groups):
            print(f'{i+1}. {group.chat.title}')

        print('')

        group_n = int(input('Insert group number: '))
        selected_group = groups[group_n - 1]

        selected_group_peer = app.resolve_peer(selected_group.chat.id)
        self.peer = selected_group_peer
        self.chat_id = selected_group.chat.id

        print(f'Selected {selected_group.chat.title}\n')

        return selected_group, selected_group_peer

    def run(self):
        q = self.search_messages()
        self.update_ids(q)
        messages_count = q.count
        print(f'Found {messages_count} your messages in selected supergroup')

        if messages_count < 100:
            pass
        else:
            self.add_offset = 100

            for i in range(0, messages_count, 100):
                q = self.search_messages()
                self.update_ids(q)
                self.add_offset += 100

        self.delete_messages()

    @staticmethod
    def chunks(l, n):
        """Yield successive n-sized chunks from l.
        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/312443/how-do-you-split-a-list-into-evenly-sized-chunks#answer-312464"""
        for i in range(0, len(l), n):
            yield l[i:i + n]

    def update_ids(self, query: ChannelMessages):
        for msg in query.messages:
            self.message_ids.append(msg.id)

        return len(query.messages)

    def delete_messages(self):
        print(f'Deleting {len(self.message_ids)} messages with next message IDs:')
        print(self.message_ids)
        for message_ids_chunk in self.chunks(self.message_ids, 100):
            try:
                app.delete_messages(chat_id=self.chat_id, message_ids=message_ids_chunk)
            except FloodWait as flood_exception:
                sleep(flood_exception.x)

    def search_messages(self):
        print(f'Searching messages. OFFSET: {self.add_offset}')
        return app.send(
            Search(
                peer=self.peer,
                q='',
                filter=InputMessagesFilterEmpty(),
                min_date=0,
                max_date=0,
                offset_id=0,
                add_offset=self.add_offset,
                limit=100,
                max_id=0,
                min_id=0,
                hash=0,
                from_id=InputPeerSelf()
            )
        )


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        deleter = Cleaner()
        deleter.select_supergroup()
        deleter.run()
    except UnknownError as e:
        print(f'UnknownError occured: {e}')
        print('Probably API has changed, ask developers to update this utility')
    finally:
        app.stop()

Getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 196, in <module>
    client.run()
  File "main.py", line 101, in run
    self.filter_messages_from_chunk(peer, from_id)
  File "main.py", line 138, in filter_messages_from_chunk
    msgs, status = self.get_chunk(peer, n)
  File "main.py", line 163, in get_chunk
    add_offset=add_offset
TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'hash'

@bamtan Fixed. That was because of new Telethon version

It uses old method to delete messages that is very slow. Also it's not updated for last version of telethon.
I forked and modified this script. Also I added deletion of messages from dialogs.

Project was fully reworked.

Main features:

• Substantially improved speed (only a few seconds needed to remove ALL messages in a supergroup)
• Changed Telethon to Pyrogram
• Moved development to repository with user-friendly README

Main future feature are auto executable builds for new versions of utility.

Nice piece of code! 👍

I forked it and made some small changes:

• fix some imports to get it working with the latest pyrogram version.
• added the phone number input
• added filter for normal "group" not only "super_group".
  • Also tested by deleting several normal group's messages without any issue.

Maybe this will help someone.
Cheers :)

So just to confirm this also goes through each group and deletes all the messages? Does it delete personal chat messages as well?

Hey @mayeaux,
the script will first show a numbered list of all super-groups with you as member.
You can then select one group-number to delete messages from.
Hence this does NOT work for personal chats and if you want to delete in ALL groups, simply repeat this process.
Afterwards, it will only delete all messages that YOU sent in this group.
Not those of other people.

If this is what you want, I would still recommend not using THIS GIST because it is outdated.
I recommend the new repository.

Cheers

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TypeError: GetDialogs.get_dialogs() got an unexpected keyword argument 'pinned_only'

Pyrogram libary changed and is now using async/await mandatory, changed the code to make it work with newest update (April,2023):

# Copyright (c) 2017 Stanislav Bobokalo & Alexey Borontov

# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
# copies or substantial portions of the Software.

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
import asyncio

from time import sleep
from os import getenv

from pyrogram import Client
from pyrogram.enums import ChatType
from pyrogram.errors import UnknownError, FloodWait
from pyrogram.raw.functions.messages import Search
from pyrogram.raw.types import InputMessagesFilterEmpty, InputPeerSelf
from pyrogram.raw.types.messages import ChannelMessages

# from pyrogram.api.functions.messages import Search
# from pyrogram.api.types import InputPeerSelf, InputMessagesFilterEmpty
# from pyrogram.api.types.messages import ChannelMessages
# from pyrogram.errors import FloodWait, UnknownError


API_ID = getenv('API_ID', None) or int(input('Enter your Telegram API id: '))
API_HASH = getenv('API_ID', None) or input('Enter your Telegram API hash: ')

app = Client("client", api_id=API_ID, api_hash=API_HASH)
app.start()


class Cleaner:
    def __init__(self, peer=None, chat_id=None):
        self.peer = peer
        self.chat_id = chat_id
        self.message_ids = []
        self.add_offset = 0

    def select_supergroup(self):
        dialogs = app.get_dialogs()
        groups = [x for x in dialogs if x.chat.type == ChatType.SUPERGROUP]

        for i, group in enumerate(groups):
            print(f'{i + 1}. {group.chat.title}')

        print('')

        group_n = int(input('Insert group number: '))
        selected_group = groups[group_n - 1]

        selected_group_peer = app.resolve_peer(selected_group.chat.id)
        self.peer = selected_group_peer
        self.chat_id = selected_group.chat.id

        print(f'Selected {selected_group.chat.title}\n')

        return selected_group, selected_group_peer

    async def run(self):
        messages_count = await self.search_messages_and_update_ids()
        print(f'Found {messages_count} your messages in selected supergroup')

        if messages_count < 100:
            pass
        else:
            self.add_offset = 100

            for i in range(0, messages_count, 100):
                await self.search_messages_and_update_ids()
                self.add_offset += 100

        await self.delete_messages()

    @staticmethod
    def chunks(l, n):
        """Yield successive n-sized chunks from l.
        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/312443/how-do-you-split-a-list-into-evenly-sized-chunks#answer-312464"""
        for i in range(0, len(l), n):
            yield l[i:i + n]

    async def delete_messages(self):
        print(f'Deleting {len(self.message_ids)} messages with next message IDs:')
        print(self.message_ids)
        for message_ids_chunk in self.chunks(self.message_ids, 100):
            try:
                await app.delete_messages(chat_id=self.chat_id, message_ids=message_ids_chunk)
            except FloodWait as flood_exception:
                sleep(flood_exception.x)

    async def search_messages_and_update_ids(self):
        print(f'Searching messages. OFFSET: {self.add_offset}')

        i = 0;
        async for message in app.search_messages(self.chat_id, query="", limit=100, offset=self.add_offset):
            self.message_ids.append(message.id)
            i=i+1;

        return i


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        deleter = Cleaner()
        deleter.select_supergroup()

        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        loop.run_until_complete(deleter.run())
    except UnknownError as e:
        print(f'UnknownError occured: {e}')
        print('Probably API has changed, ask developers to update this utility')
    finally:
        app.stop()

Pyrogram libary changed and is now using async/await mandatory, changed the code to make it work with newest update (April,2023):

After entering number of a group I get this response:

DeprecationWarning: There is no current event loop
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
Searching messages. OFFSET: 0
Found 100 your messages in selected supergroup
Searching messages. OFFSET: 100
Deleting 200 messages with next message IDs:

After listing 200 IDs app stops.