# Edit/delete messages

## Edit message text

To edit message text, use **Edit class-method** or `.edit` **answer/api method**

#### Edit class-method or .edit method take arguments:

<table><thead><tr><th data-type="number">Argument</th><th width="322.9305108145421">Description</th><th>Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Content you want to edit</td><td><strong>Required</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Keyboard you want to add</td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#editmessagetext">More options</a></td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Message id you want to edit</td><td>Optional. Current message id by default</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
If you want to know what arguments an API method takes, see the IDE hint
{% endhint %}

## Edit message caption

To edit message caption, pass **Caption class-mark** to **Edit class-method** or to `.edit` **answer/api method**

## Edit message media

To edit message media, pass **media class** you want to edit to **Edit class-method** or to `.edit` **answer/api method**

## Edit message keyboard

To edit message keyboard, pass **Keyboard class** you want to edit to **Edit class-method** or to `.edit` **answer/api method**

## Edit message: example

{% code title="app.controller.ts" %}

```typescript
import { Caption, Controller, Edit, Keyboard, KeyboardTypes, MessageSend, OnClick, OnCommand, Photo } from 'nestgram';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import * as path from 'path';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService) {}

  @OnCommand('start')
  helloMessage() {
    return new MessageSend(
      new Photo('path', path.resolve(__dirname, 'media_1.jpeg')),
      new Keyboard(KeyboardTypes.underTheMessage)
        .btn('Edit media', 'editMedia').row()
        .btn('Edit caption', 'editCaption').row()
        .btn('Edit keyboard', 'editKeyboard').row(),
      { caption: 'First caption' },
    );
  }

  @OnClick('editMedia')
  editMedia() {
    return new Edit(new Photo('path', path.resolve(__dirname, 'media_2.jpeg')));
  }

  @OnClick('editCaption')
  editCaption() {
    return new Edit(new Caption('Second caption'));
  }

  @OnClick('editKeyboard')
  editKeyboard() {
    return new Edit(
      new Keyboard(KeyboardTypes.underTheMessage)
        .btn('Nice', 'nice')
    );
  }
}
```

{% endcode %}

## Delete message

To delete message, use **Delete class-method** or `.delete` **answer/api method**

#### Delete class-method or .delete answer method take arguments:

<table><thead><tr><th width="150" data-type="number">Argument</th><th width="374">Description</th><th>Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Message id you want to delete</td><td>Optional. Current message id by default</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Chat id in which the message you want to delete is located</td><td>Optional. Current chat id by default</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
If you want to know what arguments an API method takes, see the IDE hint
{% endhint %}

{% code title="app.controller.ts" %}

```typescript
import { Controller, Delete, Keyboard, KeyboardTypes, MessageSend, OnClick, OnCommand } from 'nestgram';
import { AppService } from './app.service';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(private readonly appService: AppService) {}

  @OnCommand('start')
  deleteMePlease(): MessageSend {
    return new MessageSend(
      'Delete me please',
      new Keyboard(KeyboardTypes.underTheMessage)
        .btn('Delete', 'del'),
    )
  }

  @OnClick('del')
  deleteMe(): Delete {
    return new Delete();
  }
}
```

{% endcode %}


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