Receiving Events

message.deleted

A message was deleted or recalled.

Event payload

{
  "id": "evt_2f9c1a4b7e",
  "type": "message.deleted",
  "provider": "whatsapp",
  "account_id": "acc_8c21d0",
  "occurred_at": "2026-06-08T12:37:01Z",
  "data": {
    "conversation": { "id": "8613912345678", "type": "user" },
    "sender": { "id": "8613912345678", "type": "user", "name": "Jordan Lee" },
    "message": { "id": "wamid.HBgM" },
    "event": { "kind": "message_deleted" }
  }
}

Notes

A message was deleted or recalled. Only data.message.id is guaranteed — it identifies the removed message; text and media are dropped. event.kind is message_deleted.