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# Purge

> One of the best commands of the Connections, with this command you will be able to delete any message in any connection with any filter you want

## Command Syntax

`/purge !:limit :connection :type :input :frozen`

<Warning>Parameters that start with "!" are **REQUIRED**</Warning>

## Permission

Only trusted admins and the physical owner can run this command.

## Options

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Limit">
    This is the number of messages that you want to purge in the connection, the
    maximum is 100 and the minimum is 2
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connection">
    The connection option is in which connection you want to purge the messages
    from, but why is this option optional? Connections will try to get the
    connection of the current channel is it's not provided, otherwise
    Connections will use the connection you provided
  </Card>

  <Card title="type">
    This is the most powerful option in this command, with this you will filter
    the messages you want easily.

    ![Something](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/connections-b7efc2e5/public/purge-types)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Input">
    This option is required for certain types
    like when we want to purge messages from a user, so we need to pass the user that we want to purge in the input option
  </Card>

  <Card title="Frozen Messages">
    This option tells Connections whether Connections should ignore frozen messages or delete them as well.

    See about frozen messages in the [features](/home/features.mdx) page
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Info>
  When you use purge, Connections will automatically log the purge in the logs
  channel
</Info>

<Warning>This command does not have a prefix version</Warning>