# /purge

### Description

This command allows you to delete a specified amount of messages

### Cheat Sheet

{% hint style="info" %}
`/purge !amount: channel:`

<mark style="color:red;">**Note:**</mark>**&#x20;Any parameter prefixed with&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**!**</mark>**&#x20;is required, the others are optional.**
{% endhint %}

**Permissions**

* Administrator

### Parameters

Parameters are the options you can pass if you want extra input or custom behaviour.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Purpose</th><th>Options</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:green;background-color:green;"><code>Amount</code></mark></td><td>The amount of messages to delete in the channel</td><td><code>&#x3C;any></code></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:green;background-color:green;"><code>Channel</code></mark></td><td>The channel to delete messages in</td><td><code>&#x3C;any></code></td></tr></tbody></table>


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