Delete messages

Community channel messages are stored on the server (free storage for 7 days) and in the local database. Users can delete messages from their own history — locally only or from the server only.

tip

• Deleting messages only removes them from the current user's history, without affecting other users.
• To permanently delete a message for all community members, use the recall message feature.

Delete messages before a timestamp (all subchannels)

Delete local messages across all subchannels of a community channel before a specified timestamp.

Dart

final community = CommunityChannel('<community-id>');
await community.clearMessagesForAllChannel(
  <cutoff-timestamp>,
  (error) {
    if (error == null) {
      print('All subchannel messages cleared');
    }
  },
);

Delete messages before a timestamp (specific subchannel)

Delete messages in a specific subchannel before a timestamp.

Dart

final subChannel = CommunitySubChannel('<community-id>', '<subchannel-id>');
await subChannel.clearSubChannelMessages(
  ClearSubChannelMessagesParams(
    timestamp: <cutoff-timestamp>,
    policy: MessageOperationPolicy.local,
  ),
  (error) {
    if (error == null) {
      print('Subchannel messages cleared');
    }
  },
);