# Delete Slack message

Canonical URL: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/slack/actions/messages.delete

Delete a message authored by the installed Slack app.

Action ID: `messages.delete`
Provider: Slack (`slack`)
Contract version: 1

## Risk and exposure

- Risk: Destructive
- Idempotency: Safe — Safe to retry without coordination; repeats do not create additional side effects.
- Availability: Default
- Exposure: REST, SDK, MCP
- MCP hints: readOnly=false, destructive=true, idempotent=true, openWorld=true

## Required scopes

- `chat:write`
- `channels:history`
- `groups:history`

## Input schema fields

- `channel_id`
- `ts`
- `thread_ts`

## Output schema fields

- `channel_id`
- `ts`

Provider overview: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/slack
Actions index: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/integrations/slack/actions
Exact canonical JSON contract: https://docs.fuse.init.inc/api/catalog/v1/providers/slack/actions/messages.delete
Deployment-effective discovery: https://api.fuse.init.inc/v1/tenants/%7Btenant_id%7D/providers/slack/actions