Accounts</h4> <p>If you would like to delete your account, you can do this on the <a href="https://telegram.org/deactivate">deactivation page</a>. Deleting your account removes all messages, media, contacts and every other piece of data you store in the Telegram cloud. This action must be confirmed via your Telegram account and cannot be undone.</p> <h4 id="102messages102messages"><a href="#10-2-messages"></a>10.2. Messages</h4> <ul> <li>In secret chats, deleting a message always instructs the app on the other end to delete it too.</li> <li>In cloud chats, you can choose to delete a message for all participants within at least 48 hours after sending.