Delete message - Automate.ax

slack.deleteMessage permanently deletes a bot-authored message.

Example

automations/delete-slack-message.automation.ts

import { automation } from "automate.ax"
import { slack } from "automate.ax/slack"

export default automation("Delete Slack message", () => {
  slack.deleteMessage({
    conversationId: "C01234567",
    timestamp: "1700000000.000001",
  })
})

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`conversationId`	`string`	Yes	Conversation containing the message.
`timestamp`	`string`	Yes	Slack timestamp identifying the message.
Second argument: `{ account }`	`string \| IntegrationAccountReference<"slack">`	No	Slack binding. Defaults to the project binding.

Output

Returns { conversationId: string; timestamp: string } for the deleted message. The action fails when the bot didn’t post the message or Slack no longer permits deletion.