# Delete a thread message

Retracts one message the CALLER wrote; anyone else's is a 404. Soft: the row keeps its stamps so the transcript's shape and the pinned strip stay honest, and the words and the mentions are cleared. Answers 204.

Access class: `def:read`.

## Endpoint

`DELETE /v1/definitions/{key}/threads/{threadId}/messages/{messageId}`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| key | path | string | Yes |
| threadId | path | string | Yes |
| messageId | path | string | Yes |
| body | query | null | No |
| params | query | object | No |
| query | query | object | No |

## Responses

### 200

the action's answer

Content type: `application/json`.

### default

a refusal: `{"error": "<what a person needs to read>"}`. 401 no credential, 402 the plan does not include this, 403 the seat does not, 404 the thing does not exist or is not yours to see.

Content type: `application/json`.

```json
{
  "error": "string"
}
```