Delete a message from system

DELETE/v3/messages/{messageId}

Deletes a message from the Linq API only. This does NOT unsend or remove the message from the actual chat — recipients will still see the message.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

messageId: string

formatuuid

Delete a message from system

curl https://api.linqapp.com/api/partner/v3/messages/$MESSAGE_ID \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $LINQ_API_V3_API_KEY"

{
  "error": {
    "status": 400,
    "code": 1002,
    "message": "Phone number must be in E.164 format",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/1xxx/1002/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2004/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 403,
    "code": 2005,
    "message": "Access denied - insufficient permissions for this resource",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2005/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2001/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/3xxx/3006/"
  },
  "success": false
}

Returns Examples

{
  "error": {
    "status": 400,
    "code": 1002,
    "message": "Phone number must be in E.164 format",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/1xxx/1002/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "code": 2004,
    "message": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication token",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2004/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 403,
    "code": 2005,
    "message": "Access denied - insufficient permissions for this resource",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2005/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 404,
    "code": 2001,
    "message": "Resource not found",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/2xxx/2001/"
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "error": {
    "status": 500,
    "code": 3006,
    "message": "Internal server error",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.linqapp.com/error/codes/3xxx/3006/"
  },
  "success": false
}